3-Year-Old Buys £9,000 car

iwanttosave_2

It has marketing ploy written all over it, its not like its a crappy old fiesta, its a vintage car that is worth more than £200, coincidence? I think not.

Very clever that little boy, the force is strong in that one, I doubt my 6 year old could navigate ebay so well.

code-a-holic

kittykate wrote:

It's pathetic. I can't believe the news team really thought that this was 'news'. It's so obviously a lie. I mean, I have no kids but I'm fairly sure a 3yo couldn't do what they are suggesting.

KKx

Yes they can! My 4yr old has done it (the new listing says it was a 4yr old- it was said it was 3 yr old elsewhere).
A email came though on our outlook for something we were outbidded on and it had the pictures of sellers other items. My son had clicked the picture and clicked on each big yellow button he could see. First thing i knew of it was when i sat at the computer and found it all open. My son is used to playing childrens pc games(son of a IT consultant, so has started young), every game has big buttons to click, a 4yr old can have good practise at it.
some seem quick to judge that these instances are stories made up to get out of buying, it can very easily happen though. From then on outlook is not open in the background while he plays his games!!

RAMBLER

Hmm the whole story is suspicious, but it gave me a laugh. Does this have any rammifications for us normal ebayers I wonder?

soolin

RAMBLER wrote:

Hmm the whole story is suspicious, but it gave me a laugh. Does this have any rammifications for us normal ebayers I wonder?

Only that it will lead buyers to think they can get away with buying an item then claiming their cat, dog or 3 year old boy bid, and think we sellers will roll over and let them walk away from the deal.

Ebay fees are high enough as it is why should sellers have to worry that every winning bid might end up with a sob story about it being a mistake..and then pay all the fees? If someone bids on my auctions by accident I know full well that I cannot make them pay, that would be nonsense and would just put my blood pressure up. However I would never do a mutual fee reclaim unless they deposit my fees with me beforehand as a sign of good faith. If they don't pay my fees then I'll go for a full NPB .

It's harsh but after a while you get used to these stories. I have a bidder at the moment my first NPB in many months, has apparently been rushed to hospital and cannot pay. She has however placed other bids in the past 10 days since winning my item and since apparently being in hospital.

Soo

Grabbit_2

This isn't down to the BBC.
It's global news and reuters and I suspect the other news agencies have picked up on it.

Check here http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200609/s1749447.htm

It's clever marketing methinks

rdwarr

If I wanted to sell a Nissan Figaro I would:
1) List it in the "Cars" category
2) Include the word "Nissan" in the description
3) Not price it at twice the going rate.
And I'm not a dealer! Too many "mistakes" to be accidental - I'm almost certain this is advertising now.

Contains_Mild_Peril

I think this dealer could build himself a lucrative sideline as a publicity agent! The amount of media coverage he's achieved is quite remarkable.