eBay Scammer on Judge Judy

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BoingBoing points to not one but two cases where scammers on eBay have been selling PICTURES of iPods and other electronics in auctions that sound as if they are selling the actual items.

The audacity of online scams knows no limits and, there’s probably a lesson here on how not to write a misleading ad, i.e. don’t say it’s weighs 4.90 oz if all you’re going to send is two A4 sheets of paper!

There are aspects of Judge Judy’s style that would be considered as unprofessional in a “traditional court”, but heck people who appear to think that it’s OK to sell “photos of things” in the first place, deserve humiliation, IMHO. The seller knows that nobody, no matter what the fine print says, goes shopping to eBay, or anywhere, with the intention of spending hundreds of dollars on a PICTURE of a product.

Sheesh, you could just right click and Save As …

But, as commenter “jasonmp85″ at YouTube says, “You know what? They caught her on a technicality. What she did was obviously wrong, but if (a) the auction states it’s for a picture, and (b) is internally consistent with that fact (aka no 4.9 oz part), and (c) you can’t prove intent on the part of the perpetrator, they’re off scott free. What the world needs is less stupid people that fall for this shit and more that pay attention to what they’re plopping down their credit card for.”

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