My nominee for best guerilla marketing..../Ha Ha

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Do those auctions end up being a free way to boost your feedback rating? It's a little suspicious, but might be purely for humor. I was once scammed by a seller who accumulated feedback selling small <$5 items before posting a frenzy of auctions for products with values in the hundreds and thousands.
 
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I am sorry for those who cannot read German but anyway you can get the idea
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Better for those not understanding.

Do those auctions end up being a free way to boost your feedback rating? It's a little suspicious, but might be purely for humor. I was once scammed by a seller who accumulated feedback selling small <$5 items before posting a frenzy of auctions for products with values in the hundreds and thousands.
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If somebody bid on it it`s not free - he has to pay sales fee.
It`s not purely for humor - it`s just a kind of clever advertising - and besides this is really funny.
BTW: The "seller", Steve, is a member of this board (member name is 7V)
 
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If somebody bid on it it`s not free - he has to pay sales fee.
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He must've been paying a lot to post his humor on eBay then. Otherwise he can negate the transaction through eBay Sellers Tools and not have to pay the fee.

It`s not purely for humor - it`s just a kind of clever advertising - and besides this is really funny.
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It is interesting, like the hands-free cellphone holder/rubberband. But I'm sure I've seen this on eBay over a year ago.
 
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home.iprimus.com.au/jlstanley/Speakers/Index.html
he closes the auction early... and sends out an emails... lol

"Hi Guys

Thank you very much for bidding on this item. Unfortunately, I was taking it out of its cabinet (not included) ready to dispatch it to the lucky winner, when I dropped it. Try as I might I can't find it so it looks as if I will have to end this auction early. I hope that you're not too disappointed. I guess that's what can happens when you try to sell invisible items.

Also, when I auctioned this crossover in the UK, bids reached £10 million. I realize that you've probably not quite as crazy on your side of the pond but if two of my competitors made very high last minute bids (say $10 million again), the commissions I would have to pay eBay could be horrendous.

Thanks for participating.
Best regards and seasonal greetings
Steve"
 
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