Did you get the 360 yet? thread

[Lord Nepenthean]

You should sell the box and the system separately.  I guarantee you'll get much more that way.  People will bid on the box without even reading the auction.  PLEASE do this.  (Help us Obi-Wan Kenobi [I am lazy or I would check spelling] - You're our only hope!)

[TraderJake]

That is so evil, yet so awesome.

I always thought you were a morally upstanding human being, but doesn't this cross that line? Either way, that is great, I agree, you should sell them separately.

[Lord Nepenthean]

I would sell them separately.  As far as I am concerned, it is totally morally fine.  I would clearly state in the auction that it was for the "BOX ONLY," so it's not like I'd be misleading anyone.  I saw people do that when PS2 came out and I gave them all extra points.  (Since I am the one that gives out points.)

[Zimbacca]

I'm liking this plan.  

[TraderJake]

 (Since I am the one that gives out points.)

Yes, yes you are.

It may technically be morally ok, but I would feel really bad for the coal miner from Eastern Ohio who spends his entire November salary on a box for his son that he thought would also include an Xbox 360. Poor poor guy. I am not saying I am against this plan, but I do think that it could be really really evil.

[yap]

It's not "technically morally okay" to rip someone off.  

For those that think it's okay, I suggest a career fleecing old people out of their life savings with telemarketing scams.  Hey, it must be okay, they're stupid enough to believe it!

Or maybe you can sit outside an Easter Seals apartment complex with a 360 box and a price tag of $100, put box only somewhere on the box.  Then when a retard buys the box you can laugh all the way to the bank.

Or maybe a job in politics would be correct for you.

How disgusting.

[TraderJake]

There is nothing wrong with auctioning the box alone the way Nep has suggested, and the way it has been suggested in the past. I honestly do not see how being a corrupt politician and selling the box separately are in any way related. Corrupt Politicians perform immoral acts all the time – They purposefully go back on promises, they mislead, and they screw people over. However in this auction, I don't see how we are doing this in any case by auctioning off the 360 box separately. If the auction is clearly marked all over the place as for the box only, such as the statement, "This is for the BOX ONLY.  There is no XBox 360 system in this auction.  Again, for the thick-headed, this is the BOX ONLY." I don't see how we are possibly misleading anyone if we adorn the auction with these types of disclaimers. The honest truth of the matter is that people need to research what they are buying to make sure they are getting what they want.  In this case how hard is to make the connection that you are not buying an Xbox 360 when the title of the auction is “Xbox 360 BOX ONLY,” and has disclaimers such as the one previously mentioned. I can feel a little bit sorry for someone who buys this thinking it is a 360, but then the bidder should have thoroughly researched the item before he bid, so he should understand that what he is buying is not a 360.

[yap]

There is no market for XBOX 360 boxes separately.  Your hopes are that someone misreads, skims over, etc the ad and confuses it for a real XBOX.  You will gladly accept $500+ for the box alone.  That's where the problem is.

You're using the EXACT SAME mentality as nearly every other scammer on earth.  Yes people should research more before they buy, I agree 100%.  If they did there would be no scams.  The people who do it are still pathetic.

I mean whatever, if that's what you want to do go ahead.  Someone's grandmother who isn't hip to computers might buy that box accidentally, it's a real jackass thing to do.

Hopefully you don't get scammed someday.

[yap]

If you're not trying to rip anyone off, and your intentions are good, put the box up with a Buy it Now price of $10 - $20.

Oh yeah, that's what I thought, you're trying to scam people out of their cash.

[captain_nintendo]

Do you guys think it would be all right to discuss having an Xbox 360 in this thread?  


Possibly grill each other in the idle chatter thread or through pm's


Please do however let us know what your 360 went for on evil bay though  |D

[Lord Nepenthean]

You're using the EXACT SAME mentality as nearly every other scammer on earth.  Yes people should research more before they buy, I agree 100%.  If they did there would be no scams.  The people who do it are still pathetic.

I don't think it's exactly the same thing.  Scammers mislead (and therefor lie), and that is where the difference is.  People should indeed research before they buy - but I can hardly say reading the auction description or even just the title is qualified as research.  When you spend $400 or more on something, do you do so without even looking to see what you are getting?  Bidding on a $400 auction that you've not read the description of is the equivalent of buying a closed brown paper bag for $400 without ever opening to see its contents.  It's not about research or knowledge - it's about being a freaking imbecile.  Also, nobody's grandmother is going to have this happen to them.  Grandmothers are not the type of person to bid hundreds of dollars on a video game system, especially not without both reading the auction AND getting somebody they know to check that they are getting the right thing.  In the description I (or TraderJake suggested), even they could figure out that they should not drop the money.  Scammers telling lies about a project or people not even paying attention to blatant and honest data about a product?  Big difference.

As for talking about having a 360....  nobody has one.  You'll get to play the thing more if you just stop at Wal-Mart your way home from work every day.

[captain_nintendo]

I thought 2 people here had one ??



I could be wrong....


But hey, I do have 2 games    


Impressive isn't it ??  

[Tynstar]

I am with Yap on this one. Even if the seller puts BOX ONLY in the auction I still think the seller is trying to scam buyers.

[bum-man]

I agree that it's a scam to attempt something like this because it's being done with the intent of misleading the buyer.  I have seen legit auctions for boxes of vintage systems but the intent there was to sell to a collector, not trick someone (regardless of the intellect or financial status) out of their money.

[captain_nintendo]

I am with Yap on this one. Even if the seller puts BOX ONLY in the auction I still think the seller is trying to scam buyers.

Well, there are collectors who only want the box for some systems and items.

Why cant there be a listing for one?