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Can I report this listing?

I know people should read listings proerly but this really gets my goat

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nokia-N95-black-8gb-Mobile-Phone-boxe_W0QQitemZ140240102040QQihZ004QQcategoryZ3312QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Some foolish person is going to lose their money on this so does anyone know how I can report it or can't I?

Thanks

Kelsey
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  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    You can report it for miscategorisation.
    Edit: apparently you can't, that category seems to be gone...

    I'm going with misleading title. It isn't really, but the category is wrong... maybe someone will take a look at it.
    My TV is broken! :cry:
    Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j
  • Scarlett.1974
    Scarlett.1974 Posts: 2,765 Forumite
    Oh dear :(

    Some poor sod if going to be VERY upset.

    To be fair, it DOES clearly say 'only the box', but the fact that the seller has included all the phone spec. as well as a photo of the phone tells me he's trying it on :(
    You can't control everything in life....... your hair was put on your head to remind you of that :p

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  • scbk
    scbk Posts: 1,216 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I could have some fun here ;):D
  • kels12
    kels12 Posts: 98 Forumite
    Yeah, as the person who posted about it said, it's almost as though they've implied they missed the 'd' off boxed which isn't the case

    It's been reported so hopefully it gets pulled

    Kelsey
  • Drea
    Drea Posts: 9,892 Forumite
    Yea I reported it... that's not nice, someone will end up bidding hundreds to get a box.
    Just because you made a mistake doesn't mean you are a mistake.
  • scbk
    scbk Posts: 1,216 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hmmm unfortunatly there is a character limit on the "ask a question" feature.
    This is what I sent:

    (Dear seller)
    Hi there, will this boxe work with other mobile phones or is it nokia only? I have a sony ericsson k750 that is missing it's boxe, do you think this boxe would be suitable for my sony ericsson k750? Also is there anything inside the boxe as £8.99 is a lot of postage for 1 boxe and I am scared I might be getting ripped off on the postage for this boxe as I'm not even sure if this boxe will fit my mobile phone (it's a sony ericsson). Do you have any more photos of this nokia phone boxe as I'd like to get a good idea what the boxe looks like before I confirm my bid of £100GBP (I plan to snipe the boxe auction just before it ends). Also, do you have a buy it now (some people call it a BIN, but it's nothing to do with rubbish) as I may be interested purchasing this boxe on an imediate basis. If this boxe will not my sony ericsson do you have any other boxes for sale that may fir my mobile phone? Do you have a choice of colours in this boxe? I would like a choice of colour of boxe. bye. xxx.

    :A
  • Scarlett.1974
    Scarlett.1974 Posts: 2,765 Forumite
    Drea wrote: »
    Yea I reported it... that's not nice, someone will end up bidding hundreds to get a box.

    Yes, I have too. I hope ebay pull it.
    You can't control everything in life....... your hair was put on your head to remind you of that :p

    Proud to be BSC no. 103
  • DGJsaver
    DGJsaver Posts: 2,777 Forumite
    i was going to create an account from work just to bid on this and not pay

    worth it or not:confused:
  • jarrod1
    jarrod1 Posts: 534 Forumite
    500 Posts
    if someone bids on that and wins it then it is there own fault for not reading the listing properly, this sort of thing has been going on for years.
    remember the xbox box
  • Scarlett.1974
    Scarlett.1974 Posts: 2,765 Forumite
    jarrod1 wrote: »
    if someone bids on that and wins it then it is there own fault for not reading the listing properly, this sort of thing has been going on for years.
    remember the xbox box

    You're right of course, but sellers like this need to be dealt with, they shouldn't be allowed to get away with it; deliberately trying to mislead and con - imo by showing the photo of the phone and the full spec. he/she knows exactly what they're doing.

    Don't recall the xbox box, but I can imagine :rolleyes:
    You can't control everything in life....... your hair was put on your head to remind you of that :p

    Proud to be BSC no. 103
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