Jim! [Archive] - GoodHunting

Thumper

02-07-2017, 07:24 PM

Ha ha! Yeah, I've seen things like that before. Shit-Disturbers make bogus bids to run the price up to ridiculous levels, then bail out. Some just close their accounts (and I assume open new accounts under a different user name), and some retract their bid. I just looked at the bidding and there are 22 bid retractions or cancellations so far. Many of those show as "non-registered" which means they closed their accounts. Most likely, kids who opened a bogus account just to play the game. I've never experienced that sort of thing personally, I think it generally happens when some silliness enters the picture ... especially when it makes national news like this one. Until the dust settles and a legitimate bidder pays for the thing, there's no telling what it actually sold for ... that is IF anyone was actually placing serious bids. I don't think there's any legal recourse, I believe eBay just issues a negative mark in the bidder's history. Internet trolls don't really care. In comparison to "our" era, it's kinda like the modern day version of prank phone calls. :)

Who knows, one of those high dollar bidders on down the line might have made a serious bid. I guess time will tell.

Of course there are a a bazillion prank listings now. There are Cheetos that look like "insert goofiness here". There's one that just looks like an ordinary Cheeto and listed as a Harambe turd.

Here's one listed as, "Harambe the Gorilla private part - Cheeto Rare and One of a Kind"! :D

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Z9gAAOSw241Yme40/s-l1600.jpg