What is this person selling?

Whistling_Gypsy

Now you've got me going possibly an incredibly good marketing ploy whereby he is actually selling a tube of toothpaste, but has some scam going where 'friends' post a few times and build up hype to make it sound like something else (drugs B]C[/B]harlie] , monay laundering [[B]Mint[/B etc - Or maybe just appealing to the greed in his customers - thinking they are getting something 'special' (mostly Americans, if I am not mistaken - No offence???

alba37

So we are really none the wiser yet! Maybe money laundering or drugs... anymore conspiracies?

Whistling_Gypsy

Ooohhh - am sure there are Very Valid reasons for taking this to the extreme.......like......... AntiCrest.....(serial No 666) or...breaking news....Scientists today have reaveled a minty solution behind global warming......
Seriously though - I want to know!!!! (Tempted to bid................) Gotta be well dodgy.........(doh!)

Elliesmum

I'm struggling!

peter999

There is obviously something wrong.

There are lot of people with high feedback scores bidding on a tube of toothpaste:

blueangel1974( 589) US $4,250.01
nxtdeals( 32) US $4,240.00
dmadma142( 301) US $4,150.00
glnelso( 44) US $4,070.00
jeff-co( 659) US $4,020.00
lisaengle1973( 86) US $4,000.00
dmadma142( 301) US $3,700.00
snowflowerrose( 232) US $3,297.09
sherrys3littleangels( 2071) US $3,200.00
themagnolias( 2494) US $2,900.00
charlies_golff_superstore( 288) US $2,850.00
nxtdeals( 32) US $2,800.00
innovationonline( 15) US $2,750.00
paymymortgage4me( 95) US $2,500.00
nxtdeals( 32) US $1,500.00
snowflowerrose( 232) US $1,216.19
themagnolias( 2494) US $1,200.00
modernjungle( 1660) US $1,111.11

Something ain't right !!

I know, my selling feedback score is 1100+

maniac886

Looking at the page closer, it seems like the person who wins the auction gets a refund on the full amount of the auction plus they get extra special gifts;

See here

Now...the answer is why is he doing this....what is he getting out of it? I think because he is gaining a massive amount of publicity on these weird items his other cheap e-books are selling really well. Thats how he is able to give these extras for the large value items, through the profit he is making on the e-books!

Marketing is the key here!

alba37

Good god, he's giving back more than he gets!!! Now that's even more weird!

sophie_maxwell

alba37 wrote:

Good god, he's giving back more than he gets!!! Now that's even more weird!

gosh how kind of him :rolleyes:

FloFlo

What if you paid and he disappeared with the money before refunding.

maniac886

FloFlo wrote:

What if you paid and he disappeared with the money before refunding.

I think thats the risk people are willing to take for the rewards. The guy has built up quite a reputation on ebay I have to say.