Teen Spends $750 on an Xbox One Photo, Gets What He Paid For

[DrCosmic]

No, you know what's ridiculous, the person who BOUGHT IT. So what if a guy puts something online he knows is insane. He's a genius for taking advantage of simple minded individuals and trying to work the system. It's the same as idea as Pyramid schemes. They take advantage of people they know are simple minded for personal gain. Sit there and tell me on a corporate level America doesn't do the same to us.? You think you have any control over the stock market when you buy your 100 shares in some company?

So... are you saying everyone here is ridiculous for being taken advantage of by Corporate America? That they are right, and we are wrong?

And if taking advantage of the simple minded is genius, doesn't that mean pedophiles are like, total savants?

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

I don't feel sorry for him, I feel sorry for the $750 for an XB1 because he was impatient and it is a mass produced items and there will be no shortage for it.
I didn't mean that it is difficult to buy from ebay, only that you must be cautious because you can easily make a mistake.
Buyer Beware.

"on the description it clearly said it was a photograph" : that is what I think is the misleading part on the item title. I don't have access to the full auction and detailed description so I can't say more about it.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

And if taking advantage of the simple minded is genius, doesn't that mean pedophiles are like, total savants?

That example might be too extreme.

 

[DrCosmic]

That example might be too extreme.

Might be too extreme for the TOS, I haven't checked them, but for the point, it's very salient. If taking advantage of people is good, where does it stop? If it's up to all of us to teach "dumbasses" about their mistakes the hard way, where does that start? What's the limit? What's the principle here? What, exactly, makes this example too extreme?

 

[NickNitro]

I'm not trying to praise this man as much as I may have made it seem. What I am trying to do is get everyone to stop feeling sorry for the guy who got scammed. **** like this happens all the time and if its easier for you guys to call me out than to accept the fact he was a moron and got what he deserved then so be it.

The guy worked the system and knew someone was dumb enough to bite. He wins, they lose. End of story. The fact that you'd bring rape into the argument and go soo far out of bounds to try and prove you were right and make me feel like I'm in the wrong is nonsensical.

 

[X Knight]

I hope the buyer does get his money back. more importantly, I hope he's learned a valuable lesson. I don't feel sorry for him ( he was foolish with his money and didn't do due diligence ), but the dick seller is more in the wrong than the buyer.

as for the seller, he is a scammer and crook. I hope, at the very least, his account gets banned.

 

[NickNitro]

Oh I'm sure his account will get banned. Hopefully they'll ban his IP address as well to save him from making another account.

 

[X Knight]

hopefully.

 

[DrCosmic]

I'm not trying to praise this man as much as I may have made it seem. What I am trying to do is get everyone to stop feeling sorry for the guy who got scammed. **** like this happens all the time and if its easier for you guys to call me out than to accept the fact he was a moron and got what he deserved then so be it.

The guy worked the system and knew someone was dumb enough to bite. He wins, they lose. End of story. The fact that you'd bring rape into the argument and go soo far out of bounds to try and prove you were right and make me feel like I'm in the wrong is nonsensical.

It would be easy to just say "Haha, he got scammed, that would never happen to me!" But I'm more interested in making sense than doing what's easy.

You can't say End of Story and then keep going with the story. That's nonsensical. Pointing out that you believe in boundaries and then asking what they are is very sensible, in contrast. Working the system knowing someone will bite is the end of the story, according to you, so what part of the system they work should be irrelevant, if that's truly the end of the story.

Since it's not: How do you determine what people deserve? Do you deserve to be scammed by Corporate America? Why is requesting sex 'out of bounds' but requesting money isn't? What things are "good" to take advantage of and what things are "bad" to take advantage of? How can I tell the difference?

 

[Pink Ranger]

Is this guy a stupid, foolish, idiot? Yes. For many reasons. One could argue that if you are raising at 4-year-old child at the age of 19, spending close to $800 even on a real Xbox for yourself (let's face it, he bought it for himself) makes you dumb and selfish.

Does he "deseve" to get scammed? No. Being an idiot doesn't mean people should be able to steal from you.

 

[X Knight]

Is this guy a stupid, foolish, idiot? Yes. For many reasons. One could argue that if you are raising at 4-year-old child at the age of 19, spending close to $800 even on a real Xbox for yourself (let's face it, he bought it for himself) makes you dumb and selfish.

Does he "deseve" to get scammed? No. Being an idiot doesn't mean people should be able to steal from you.

exactly.

and yeah. I do agree that he bought it for himself.

somehow, I just don't see a $750 X1 being appropriate for a 4 year old kid.

maybe a Wii-U with Mario type games............but not the games that are currently on the X1.

 

[Breogan]

The guy worked the system and knew someone was dumb enough to bite. He wins, they lose. End of story.

He didn't successfully "work" any system, or win anything, since he has to return the money and is being banned from the system he was working in. For deceiving and cheating. As was the woman in the Judge Judy video.
Where is the success and win in those, and in their plan to deceive you so much admire?

There is nothing to admire in them, they did not "win" and that is not where the story ended as you say.
They got caught because they had idiotic plans of trying to sell photos instead of "real" items, by deceptively listing them in the context of real items.
This was an idiot plan, formulated by low life scheming idiots.
.
The ones who made the mistake of biding, upon realizing they were scammed, despite their mistakes did the smart thing and turned to the people and institutions that would protect them.
That is smart. And what some people are defending, despite their recognizably idiot mistake.

You (and SuperFerret) chose instead to applaud, admire and defend the FAILED idiot schemers, and call them and what they tried to do - "genius" and "rightfully deserved". And you still see them as a winners.

Pathetic.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

What, exactly, makes this example too extreme?

The gap between being scammed of money in comparison to pedophile hunting children make it extreme.
Note : I understand what you wanted to say.

 

[SuperFerret]

It's so tempting to completely Godwin this thread with those remarks...

Nah, none of this is racially motivated. There are complete wastes of human life that hail from all races and ethnicities, but we're getting off topic.

 

[DrCosmic]

The gap between being scammed of money in comparison to pedophile hunting children make it extreme.
Note : I understand what you wanted to say.

I agree it was distasteful, but that's the only difference I've seen.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

And that is also the only difference I saw.
When using example, it must be on an even level in order to avoid the "Hitler argument".
Note : I am not giving a lesson for I am not in a proper position to do so, I just try my best to not go too far when I use analogies and comparisons.

 

[terry78]

Some would see this is as Darwin just sorting them out. And honestly as a bunch of nerds we'd probably be inclined to agree if it was anything but a guy buying a video game system, as we all often do.

 

[Teelie]

Nah, none of this is racially motivated. There are complete wastes of human life that hail from all races and ethnicities, but we're getting off topic.

Not wanting to get more off topic but that's an incomplete view of what happened. People who were considered inferior (including those who were ******ed or in some other way feeble) were right along side the other "undesirables" in being removed from life.

The reason I even brought it this far is the comment, "You're saying you don't occasionally look around and think about how fewer people there would be in the world if we still had predators killing and eating humans?"

And that's as far as I'm going on that.

This was a scam, plain and simple. And even if the man's reasoning was stupid, it does not make him stupid. It was clearly marked as a game system, in the game system sub-catagory and despite saying "photo" was worded in such a way as to mislead and defraud.

Justifying this as genius or working the system is just saying that you want to laugh at someone else's misfortune and not feel guilty for finding someone being scammed out of money funny.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Oh I'm sure his account will get banned. Hopefully they'll ban his IP address as well to save him from making another account.

People need to grow more conscious instead of being entirely banned

 

[DrCosmic]

And that is also the only difference I saw.
When using example, it must be on an even level in order to avoid the "Hitler argument".
Note : I am not giving a lesson for I am not in a proper position to do so, I just try my best to not go too far when I use analogies and comparisons.

That makes sense, honestly. I'll think about that in the future.

Some would see this is as Darwin just sorting them out. And honestly as a bunch of nerds we'd probably be inclined to agree if it was anything but a guy buying a video game system, as we all often do.

Except when we're getting sorted out, then all of a sudden injustice and morality become part of our vocabulary again.

 

[SuperFerret]

Not wanting to get more off topic but that's an incomplete view of what happened. People who were considered inferior (including those who were ******ed or in some other way feeble) were right along side the other "undesirables" in being removed from life.

The reason I even brought it this far is the comment, "You're saying you don't occasionally look around and think about how fewer people there would be in the world if we still had predators killing and eating humans?"

And that's as far as I'm going on that.

This was a scam, plain and simple. And even if the man's reasoning was stupid, it does not make him stupid. It was clearly marked as a game system, in the game system sub-catagory and despite saying "photo" was worded in such a way as to mislead and defraud.

Justifying this as genius or working the system is just saying that you want to laugh at someone else's misfortune and not feel guilty for finding someone being scammed out of money funny.

Stupid is as stupid does. We're all stupid from time to time.

And I did laugh and I don't feel guilty about it.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

Hey, if this guy could fool someone into buying a photo instead of the real thing, good for him.

 

[Warhammer]

I will say one thing and go ahead and call me a sap for it. Personally, the teen who spent the $750 is an idiot. I am glad that he learned his lesson because it could have been far worse. However, the fact that somebody maliciously tried to take advantage of someone and mislead them is a vile act. The lack of a moral compass is a serious issue. Those people always get there's down the road. They are pieces of s*** and fowl human beings.

He doesn't deserve to be praised.

 

[terry78]

Yeah, they ultimately do get turned into half chicken/half human hybrids, don't they?