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constantmotion · 12-15-2010, 12:12 PM

I don't know if this is true or not, but it's funny.

First of all, I am not claiming to have invented this trick. I imagine others have used it with varying degrees of success. I also want to point out that nothing here is embellished or exaggerated. I had tickets to a sporting event and couldn't attend. I made a 1-day listing and clearly stated that the tickets must be picked up in person within 24 hours (the game was the evening after the auction ended, so there wasn't any time to ship the tickets). A woman won the auction for about $600. The auction had ended at 10:00am and by 5:00pm she still hadn't responded to my emails trying to organize the exchange. Finally, at 9:30pm, I got a one-liner email: "I overbid and my husband won't let me buy these. Sorry and enjoy the game!

" I first tried explaining that I wouldn't have the time to resell the tickets (I already got turned down by the losing bidders). She said, "... that's not my problem. It's eBay, not a car dealership. I can back out if I want." I still don't understand the car dealership reference. I was pretty upset. I was basically going to be stuck with tickets to an event that I couldn't attend. That's when I got the idea to convince her to change her mind. I created a new eBay account, "Payback" we'll call it, and sent her a message: "Hi there, I noticed you won an auction for 4 [sporting event] tickets. I meant to bid on these but couldn't get to a computer. I wanted to take my son and dad and would be willing to give you $1,000 for the tickets. I imagine that you've already made plans to attend, but I figured it was worth a shot." At 11:30pm she responded to Payback: "I'll do it for $1,100, no less. I can meet you at the game if you agree. I need your phone number."
At 11:35pm, Payback wrote: "Deal. Here is my number..." (Thanks Google Voice for the throwaway number). She called a few minutes later and made Payback "promise" to go through with the deal. She emphasized that she'd be out a lot of money if Payback backed out. Payback swore he would never do such a thing. At 11:45pm, the woman emailed me: "Fine. I'll buy them. But you have to drop them off at my house tonight. I'll have the cash ready." So at ****ing midnight I drove to her house across town and met her on the road in front of her apartment building. She was a nasty and rude individual. Things didn't get any better when I told her I wanted an extra $20 for the trouble of driving there at midnight (yeah, pushing my luck, I know). It became very awkward and she literally threw 31 $20 bills at me. I counted them before handing over the tickets. I said, "thanks for the great transaction" as she flipped me off while walking away.
At 10:00am she called Payback to make sure they were still on for the exchange. Payback said that he could no longer go to the game and wouldn't be able to do the exchange. She blew her ****ing top and I swear to god started speaking in tongues. Payback said, "Ma'am, this is eBay, not a car dealership" and hung up. I got a rabid email 10 minutes later telling me that I was going to hell and that she's reported me to the local police, FBI, and... the fire department. WTF? I never heard another word from her. I have no idea if she went to the game or not.

Was this wrong?

EDIT: The Rabid Email
"Fuxking funny ****er! You know you can go to JAIL for this. YOu theef!!!!! [City] cops FBI fire and government already no. Your done. I got your number and your name. This is thefting property ****ER!!! Give my $620 back or everything bad wiil happen - ****!!!!! You cant steal and get away. Refund me now or else!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You dpnt want a lawsuit. Trust me. u dont. You can have tickets jut give my my money and be done."
That's the bulk of the email, word for word. There was more at the end too. She must have pressed 'enter' 30 times and wrote "****" and the another 30 times and wrote "HELL". Then she wrote her name which was strange.

T-buck · 12-15-2010, 12:20 PM

Awesome.

JeremyH · 12-15-2010, 12:21 PM

Haha.....greatness!

reddevildemo · 12-15-2010, 12:22 PM

Sounds great to me, great thinking....I hate how winning bidders can just not pay and nothing happens.....as sellers we have no rights anymore.

BEELZEBOB · 12-15-2010, 12:30 PM

That rules.

I would have never let her get a hold of payback.

She probably would have never put the 2 togeather.

richardgarrett56 · 12-15-2010, 12:34 PM

thats fn funny

ped453 · 12-15-2010, 01:49 PM

this is just the funniest shit, good job man, she deserves it

ecoli · 12-15-2010, 01:51 PM

Freaking hilarious. Karma's a bitch for her.

highlandcrawler · 12-15-2010, 02:27 PM

I would like to personally take this opportunity to congratulate you on a job well done

. I have had similar issues before and have gotten screwed before also. I didn't have the thought to go through the troubles you did to bet paid but great idea. I don't endorse doing anything "shady" on ebay but what you did was in the grey area and after you being screwed makes it okay in my book. Karma man shes a bitch as that bitch found out

punkfan · 12-15-2010, 02:43 PM

you are the man that is the best get even story ever.

fred0000 · 12-15-2010, 02:50 PM

Made my day. Good job lol

Twiztid Metal · 12-15-2010, 03:16 PM

First of all thats great. 2nd of all, WHAT Sporting Event was this??!?!

If it was some sort of play off game i could see the price of $600. If it was a sold out concert i could see it up near that....

Just curious?

chops1sc · 12-15-2010, 03:38 PM

I don't think this was his deal. He just read it somewhere I think? That's what I gather from the first line of the post.

Either way pretty quick thinking on his part!

Duuuuuuuude · 12-15-2010, 04:39 PM

I would have kept her in the dark until the next night when she was waiting at the arena for someone who would never show.

constantmotion · 12-15-2010, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chops1sc

I don't think this was his deal. He just read it somewhere I think? That's what I gather from the first line of the post.

Either way pretty quick thinking on his part!

Yeah....wasn't me

http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/commen...er_to_pay_for/

Arrio · 12-15-2010, 05:49 PM

Bwahahaha... Awsome! really enjoyed the story...

Stormin2u · 12-15-2010, 05:52 PM

What a hoot nice work.

klabeaume · 12-15-2010, 06:02 PM

This made my night, great work

Highlucks · 12-15-2010, 07:17 PM

Gold

irok22s · 12-15-2010, 07:53 PM

That is a great story. Serves the her right, karma is a mofo. bwahahahaha

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12-15-2010, 12:12 PM	#1
constantmotion On the lookout for Rocks Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Monroe, Louisiana Posts: 3,711	Uncooperative eBay buyer I don't know if this is true or not, but it's funny. First of all, I am not claiming to have invented this trick. I imagine others have used it with varying degrees of success. I also want to point out that nothing here is embellished or exaggerated. I had tickets to a sporting event and couldn't attend. I made a 1-day listing and clearly stated that the tickets must be picked up in person within 24 hours (the game was the evening after the auction ended, so there wasn't any time to ship the tickets). A woman won the auction for about $600. The auction had ended at 10:00am and by 5:00pm she still hadn't responded to my emails trying to organize the exchange. Finally, at 9:30pm, I got a one-liner email: "I overbid and my husband won't let me buy these. Sorry and enjoy the game! " I first tried explaining that I wouldn't have the time to resell the tickets (I already got turned down by the losing bidders). She said, "... that's not my problem. It's eBay, not a car dealership. I can back out if I want." I still don't understand the car dealership reference. I was pretty upset. I was basically going to be stuck with tickets to an event that I couldn't attend. That's when I got the idea to convince her to change her mind. I created a new eBay account, "Payback" we'll call it, and sent her a message: "Hi there, I noticed you won an auction for 4 [sporting event] tickets. I meant to bid on these but couldn't get to a computer. I wanted to take my son and dad and would be willing to give you $1,000 for the tickets. I imagine that you've already made plans to attend, but I figured it was worth a shot." At 11:30pm she responded to Payback: "I'll do it for $1,100, no less. I can meet you at the game if you agree. I need your phone number." At 11:35pm, Payback wrote: "Deal. Here is my number..." (Thanks Google Voice for the throwaway number). She called a few minutes later and made Payback "promise" to go through with the deal. She emphasized that she'd be out a lot of money if Payback backed out. Payback swore he would never do such a thing. At 11:45pm, the woman emailed me: "Fine. I'll buy them. But you have to drop them off at my house tonight. I'll have the cash ready." So at **ing midnight I drove to her house across town and met her on the road in front of her apartment building. She was a nasty and rude individual. Things didn't get any better when I told her I wanted an extra $20 for the trouble of driving there at midnight (yeah, pushing my luck, I know). It became very awkward and she literally threw 31 $20 bills at me. I counted them before handing over the tickets. I said, "thanks for the great transaction" as she flipped me off while walking away. At 10:00am she called Payback to make sure they were still on for the exchange. Payback said that he could no longer go to the game and wouldn't be able to do the exchange. She blew her ing top and I swear to god started speaking in tongues. Payback said, "Ma'am, this is eBay, not a car dealership" and hung up. I got a rabid email 10 minutes later telling me that I was going to hell and that she's reported me to the local police, FBI, and... the fire department. WTF? I never heard another word from her. I have no idea if she went to the game or not. Was this wrong? EDIT: The Rabid Email "Fuxking funny er! You know you can go to JAIL for this. YOu theef!!!!! [City] cops FBI fire and government already no. Your done. I got your number and your name. This is thefting property ER!!! Give my $620 back or everything bad wiil happen - !!!!! You cant steal and get away. Refund me now or else!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You dpnt want a lawsuit. Trust me. u dont. You can have tickets jut give my my money and be done." That's the bulk of the email, word for word. There was more at the end too. She must have pressed 'enter' 30 times and wrote "**" and the another 30 times and wrote "HELL". Then she wrote her name which was strange.

12-15-2010, 02:27 PM	#9
highlandcrawler Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Grants Pass Posts: 806	I would like to personally take this opportunity to congratulate you on a job well done. I have had similar issues before and have gotten screwed before also. I didn't have the thought to go through the troubles you did to bet paid but great idea. I don't endorse doing anything "shady" on ebay but what you did was in the grey area and after you being screwed makes it okay in my book. Karma man shes a bitch as that bitch found out

12-15-2010, 12:20 PM	#2
T-buck Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 609	Awesome.

12-15-2010, 12:21 PM	#3
JeremyH I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 16,952	Haha.....greatness!

12-15-2010, 12:22 PM	#4
reddevildemo RCC Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: Green Bay Posts: 1,138	Sounds great to me, great thinking....I hate how winning bidders can just not pay and nothing happens.....as sellers we have no rights anymore.

12-15-2010, 12:30 PM	#5
BEELZEBOB I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: By a lake in Thornton Posts: 2,218	That rules. I would have never let her get a hold of payback. She probably would have never put the 2 togeather.

12-15-2010, 12:34 PM	#6
richardgarrett56 Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: chin ckeck Posts: 752	thats fn funny

12-15-2010, 01:49 PM	#7
ped453 Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2009 Location: 354 Posts: 670	this is just the funniest shit, good job man, she deserves it

12-15-2010, 01:51 PM	#8
ecoli I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Canada, eh. Posts: 2,919	Freaking hilarious. Karma's a bitch for her.

12-15-2010, 02:43 PM	#10
punkfan Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Knee deep in a creek with a fish on the line Posts: 456	you are the man that is the best get even story ever.

12-15-2010, 02:50 PM	#11
fred0000 cherry bomb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada Posts: 1,598	Made my day. Good job lol

12-15-2010, 03:16 PM	#12
Twiztid Metal Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: I'm a michigan boy can you feel that! Posts: 577	First of all thats great. 2nd of all, WHAT Sporting Event was this??!?! If it was some sort of play off game i could see the price of $600. If it was a sold out concert i could see it up near that.... Just curious?

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12-15-2010, 07:17 PM	#19
Highlucks Try to Bend it Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Perth Australia Posts: 3,163	Gold

12-15-2010, 03:38 PM	#13
chops1sc Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sumter, SC Posts: 619	I don't think this was his deal. He just read it somewhere I think? That's what I gather from the first line of the post. Either way pretty quick thinking on his part!

12-15-2010, 04:39 PM	#14
Duuuuuuuude Suck it up! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Arkansas Posts: 11,652	I would have kept her in the dark until the next night when she was waiting at the arena for someone who would never show.

12-15-2010, 05:49 PM	#16
Arrio Newbie Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Newport News Posts: 13	Bwahahaha... Awsome! really enjoyed the story...

12-15-2010, 05:52 PM	#17
Stormin2u I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew. Posts: 7,843	What a hoot nice work.

12-15-2010, 06:02 PM	#18
klabeaume RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: union Posts: 1,657	This made my night, great work

12-15-2010, 07:53 PM	#20
irok22s Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 750	That is a great story. Serves the her right, karma is a mofo. bwahahahaha .

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