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Ermm... dodgy auction IMO

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  • FRUIT_SALAD
    FRUIT_SALAD Posts: 254 Forumite
    Ah! i never saw them as them being in the children section but she says they are a size 10 not a childs 10years.

    some of them are primarks adult short knickers.

    she may mean that they are a size 10 but she wore them when she was 16 and thats why shes listed them in the 15-16yrs catogry.

    It could be an innocent noob mistake but then again you never know.
    [STRIKE]0.5 st[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]1st[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]1.5st [/STRIKE] [STRIKE]2st[/STRIKE] 2.5st 3st 3.5st 4st 4.5st 5st :j
  • WelshHybrid
    WelshHybrid Posts: 62 Forumite
    soolin wrote: »
    Call me Mary Whitehouse if you will but yes i have reported and am going to report it on as many ebay accounts as I can remember my passwords for.

    As a parent i find the idea of selling girls used underwear (sold in the childrens section and marked as age 15-16) frankly worrying. Do we really want this type of thing encouraged.

    By all means play around in the adult fetish market, and there are websites that do just that, but lets leave children out of this.
    Hello Mary, I agree with you and the OP. Oh, and I'm broad minded and have no problem with other people's kinks or curiousities, but there's a line that this crosses.
  • isabelle304
    isabelle304 Posts: 300 Forumite
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    edited 8 July 2009 at 7:26PM
    This listing made me giggle at first until I noticed it had been listed under Girls' Underwear (rather than Women's). The seller knows exactly what she is doing and that she should not be doing it, by making the auction private.

    I've reported it too.
  • mandragora_2
    mandragora_2 Posts: 2,611 Forumite
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    edited 8 July 2009 at 7:34PM
    Ah! i never saw them as them being in the children section

    It could be an innocent noob mistake but then again you never know.


    Oh, I think you do; there's nothing 'innocent' about this at all - just the 'faux naif' tone of it - I don't think that will fool ebay, and I imagine this will be pulled in pretty short order.

    Her 'about me' page is quite knowing, and, I think, she's hinting at quite a lot, without actually saying it. I don't see this as especially innocent, or pleasant. Fine, if she wants to describe herself as a

    'Mad dizzy blonde who likes to give superb service x'
    and go on to say:


    'Things I sell
    Absolutely anything if it will make me a few quid lol, just ask me what your looking for and I'll see what I can do :-)'

    and make her money out of the sad, sleazy types who will be drawn, but she's playing with fire, I think, and pandering to some pretty unpleasant tastes
    Reason for edit? Can spell, can't type!
  • FRUIT_SALAD
    FRUIT_SALAD Posts: 254 Forumite
    well it'll be pulled. It shows you the length at which people will go to make some money.
    [STRIKE]0.5 st[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]1st[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]1.5st [/STRIKE] [STRIKE]2st[/STRIKE] 2.5st 3st 3.5st 4st 4.5st 5st :j
  • nat82
    nat82 Posts: 1,115 Forumite
    Why not list them in the women's section if they are as innocent as she makes out? Each to their own I say but advertising used adult pants in a childrens category is just not right.
  • f1re_cr4cker
    f1re_cr4cker Posts: 1,443 Forumite
    ebay actually do not allow sexual service items at all so it will get pulled.
  • ManOnTheMoon
    ManOnTheMoon Posts: 2,815 Forumite
    I hope they ban the bidders too.

    I'm all for adults doing what they see fit, but when it goes into children, these bidders know exactly what they are doing. Their is a name for them, but this forum will likely exclamation mark it out.
  • shelly
    shelly Posts: 6,394 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I hold my hands up and admit I didn't notice they were in the kids section :o

    I see now why most of you think its wrong and I agree.
    :heart2: Love isn't finding someone you can live with. It's finding someone you can't live without :heart2:
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,478 Ambassador
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    This listing (170352746423) has been removed or is no longer available. Please make sure you entered the right item number.
    If the listing was removed by eBay, consider it cancelled. Note: Listings that have ended more than 90 days ago will no longer appear on eBay.

    Well done, the power of MSE wins again.
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