eBay scam, guy pretending to sell Ben's laptops.

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eBay scam, guy pretending to sell Ben's laptops.

Post by typamc95 » Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:44 pm

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Re: eBay scam, guy pretending to sell Ben's laptops.

Post by vskid » Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:54 pm

I reported the seller's listings. Not sure what good it'll do. If Ben reported them, it would probably be more effective, as they are his images of his creations.
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Post by Triton » Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:55 pm

lol lifted the pics right off of endgadget what a tard

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Post by limpport » Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:56 pm

Reported as well.

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Post by Tchay » Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:57 pm

EDIT: I reported the jerk.
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Re: eBay scam, guy pretending to sell Ben's laptops.

Post by Tchay » Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:35 am

ATTENTION! This is what the seller says in his own defense. I'll let you guys decide if its legit:

i know i didnt take the pics i said it was like this one i am not taking credit for ben's work i just dont have access to a cam to take pics right now i'm making them to order i have spent 6 months reading all that ben has put out on these i built my own 2 months ago and did it for cheap so i figured other people would want one as well but dont have the skill to build there own or the money to buy one of ben's so ebay it is the first thing i am going to do is get a cam to take my own pics as you notice i left the logo of bens on the pics i have answered every question about this system the guy that bought it even asked if i was ben i told him no and he still bought it so the he knows it not a ben orignal ben's work is beautiful im making myself a ps3 one right now the case deisng is a pain hope this help straighten thing out

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Post by Pkmnjunky7 » Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:02 am

Tchay wrote:ATTENTION! This is what the seller says in his own defense. I'll let you guys decide if its legit:

i know i didnt take the pics i said it was like this one i am not taking credit for ben's work i just dont have access to a cam to take pics right now i'm making them to order i have spent 6 months reading all that ben has put out on these i built my own 2 months ago and did it for cheap so i figured other people would want one as well but dont have the skill to build there own or the money to buy one of ben's so ebay it is the first thing i am going to do is get a cam to take my own pics as you notice i left the logo of bens on the pics i have answered every question about this system the guy that bought it even asked if i was ben i told him no and he still bought it so the he knows it not a ben orignal ben's work is beautiful im making myself a ps3 one right now the case deisng is a pain hope this help straighten thing out

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I refuse to believe someone who can't wrap their small mind around simple syntax and grammar could build a laptop as glorious as bens, or for that matter one that works. I call BS. This guy should be banned from ebay.
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Post by wallydawg » Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:07 am

someone tl;dr this for me and tell me what is going on. Is he saying he owns a ben's 360 laptop or he is auctioning off a commission for him to make one and it isnt even built yet?
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Re: eBay scam, guy pretending to sell Ben's laptops.

Post by nightwheel » Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:26 am

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Re: eBay scam, guy pretending to sell Ben's laptops.

Post by Tchay » Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:30 am

wallydawg wrote:someone tl;dr this for me and tell me what is going on. Is he saying he owns a ben's 360 laptop or he is auctioning off a commission for him to make one and it isnt even built yet?
He claims he built one that is like Bens. He claims he has no camera at the moment so he cannot post pictures of it. So he sells this theoretical laptop to someone on ebay for 1300+ by purely posting pics of Bens laptops.
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Post by eagle5953 » Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:34 am

Not only that, but he wants to know what the winner wants the case to look like, yet he promises it will be there in time for Christmas.

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Post by collinE » Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:55 am

Well, this bothers me. I'd like to sell the one I'm making and if there are guys like this on ebay, scamming with fake 360 laptops, then mine won't sell for as much. :evil:
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Re: eBay scam, guy pretending to sell Ben's laptops.

Post by thewise1 » Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:25 am

If he's able to build an xbox 360p, then I doubt he doesn't have access to a camera. And for a sale above $1000 without even pics....

I feel sorry for the guy who bought this. :facepalm:
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Post by limpport » Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:09 am

thewise1 wrote: I feel sorry for the guy who bought this. :facepalm:

It was probably a fake account that won. The bids have been from accounts that had only won 1 auction, or none at all. There was an account that won 3, but they only bid once.

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Re: eBay scam, guy pretending to sell Ben's laptops.

Post by hailrazer » Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:15 am

Yea it was fake bidding. Don't worry this tard was just trying to get some legit bids and he failed.

And now he will have to close that account when he doesn't pay the Ebay fees. :roll:
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