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  • emby
    emby Posts: 446 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Are these auctions still allowed?
  • bigbullyweedave
    bigbullyweedave Posts: 57 Forumite
    Wonder how many of the 400+ "buyers" realise they have less than a 1% of getting the item they have "bought"? I can see lots of disputes and negative feedbacks!
  • luvvlyjubbly
    luvvlyjubbly Posts: 2,440 Forumite
    Oh I'm sure there will be plenty who think that they are bidding to receive 4 hamsters for 99p, just take a look at one of the questions.....yeah maybe i take that back about wishing i had thought this up
    Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid doing altogether.:D
  • luvvlyjubbly
    luvvlyjubbly Posts: 2,440 Forumite
    emby wrote: »
    Are these auctions still allowed?
    Hmmm seems not
    http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/listing-bonus-prize-giveaway-raffle.html
    Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid doing altogether.:D
  • Strapped
    Strapped Posts: 8,158 Forumite
    Shame it's illegal :rolleyes:
    They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth. -- Plato
  • luvvlyjubbly
    luvvlyjubbly Posts: 2,440 Forumite
    hmm yeah.....but they are giving half to charity and Ebay is making a nice killing, do u reckon they would pull it?
    Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid doing altogether.:D
  • BeenieCat
    BeenieCat Posts: 6,567 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    It reads to me that only 50% of the 99p winning bid will be donated to charity, not sure why!
  • Strapped
    Strapped Posts: 8,158 Forumite
    BeenieCat wrote: »
    It reads to me that only 50% of the 99p winning bid will be donated to charity, not sure why!

    Because the seller snapped up a load of go go hamsters from John Lewis and can't shift them at the inflated prioces he hoped for?
    They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth. -- Plato
  • twotimes
    twotimes Posts: 6,555 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I swear when I looked at this the other day the seller had received negatives from people who had bid on these gogo pets. Some of them were people saying they had bid just so they could leave a negative to complain about the fact the seller is breaching policy. Out of the 5000+ people who have viewed this item I'm sure many have reported it; I know I have. If ebay have had a look and deleted the feedback why haven't they deleted the listing? As the link posted above states, this listing isn't allowed. Seems like ebay just want to turn a blind eye and make some money out of it.
  • cyberbob
    cyberbob Posts: 9,480 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Just bid then put an INR in:D
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