RTX 3080 “Paper Edition” eBay scam

[Bombastinator]

1 hour ago, TigerHawk said:

These people def play or played EVE online, sitting in Jita. Scam as old as the internet.

Much much older.  Most scams I understand have names.  Frequently names so old the referents they make no longer make sense making the names seem random.

[suicidalfranco]

And an idiot an his money are soon to be parted

[S w a t s o n]

6 hours ago, Bombastinator said:

No it’s really a scam.  It shows an intent to deceive.  To claim it is other is sophistry. 

Ok, I will unironically sell you a picture of a house for $500.

 

Seriously, right now I will ship one out and give you a tracking number if you paypal me $500.

 

Is this a scam?

[CTR640]

Pictures of hand sanitizers

[AnonymousGuy]

This listing wouldn't pass ebay:

 

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Manipulating eBay's search and browse experience by adding popular keywords in your listings that don't have any relation to your items, or using other tactics that could mislead buyers, is not allowed.

 

Everyone can be all "hurrr durrr, read the description" but it's blatantly obvious that the listing title is trying to deceive people...hence not allowed.

And oh yeah listing it under "graphics card" category as well as the "item specifics" saying it's a graphics card make this tactic a scam.  The description isn't some magical place where you can put a bunch of fine print.

[LAwLz]

Can't wait some moronic Youtuber to make an Nvidia hit piece where he says this is a conspiracy from Nvidia in order to screw their customers and somehow make Nvidia more money, and then end the video by saying we should all buy AMD stuff because Big Navi will be great and Nvidia are evil.

Then a bunch of moronic fanboys will parrot that video as the gospel and "proof" that Nvidia is bad and AMD is great.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

9 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

I believe they did the same for either the PS3 or PS4 when that came out. 

-snip-

This is happening with the PS5 as we speak. At least this person is actually showing images of the actual product. And yes, it looks like bots (or people) are trolling PS5 scalpers as well.  

[Bombastinator]

10 minutes ago, S w a t s o n said:

Ok, I will unironically sell you a picture of a house for $500.

 

Seriously, right now I will ship one out and give you a tracking number if you paypal me $500.

 

Is this a scam?

Only if you set it up so I think I’m buying a real house.  It might even be a good deal if it’s a really good picture.  There are even pictures of houses worth hundreds of times as much.  The problem is these people think they are buying cards not pictures of cards.  This might make an amusing concept though.  Banksy doing a painting of a 3080 could be entertaining as hell. 

[Bombastinator]

4 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

This is happening with the PS5 as we speak. At least this person is actually showing images of the actual product. And yes, it looks like bots (or people) are trolling PS5 scalpers as well.  

My first thought seeing this was “you could fit a kilo of cocaine under that black part”

[S w a t s o n]

Just now, Bombastinator said:

Only if you set it up so I think I’m buying a real house.  It might even be a good deal if it’s a really good picture.  There are even pictures of houses worth hundreds of times as much.  The problem is these people think they are buying cards not pictures of cards.  This might make an amusing concept though.  Banksy doing a painting of a 3080 could be entertaining as hell. 

Ok I'll sell you a picture of a Koenigsegg Gemera for $2 mil printed on photo paper using official company assets.

 

The problem is anyone thinking they are getting a card when it says fucking paper edition in the title. They deserve it, not a scam.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

5 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

My first thought seeing this was “you could fit a kilo of cocaine under that black part”

Might not be a bad idea to make it feel like a real PS5. Give it some heft. 

[Bombastinator]

24 minutes ago, S w a t s o n said:

Ok I'll sell you a picture of a Koenigsegg Gemera for $2 mil printed on photo paper using official company assets.

 

The problem is anyone thinking they are getting a card when it says fucking paper edition in the title. They deserve it, not a scam.

Are they foolish?  Sure.  Do they “deserve it”?  The “they” and “deserve it” become the questionable ones. Does the duper “deserve” a thousand dollars for cheating someone? Was it some sort of public service?  No.  That’s not why they did it. Who gets to choose who deserves what? That one has already been determined.  In the US it’s referred to as a “jury”  unless the super waives that right in which case it’s called a “judge”. 
 

As a side note there’s an BMW m1 that was painted by some famous artist.  Not a picture of the car, the car was painted.  I understand it’s value is medium ridiculous.  All of these things though are about value of object though.  It becomes an issue when the object being sold is misinterpreted.

[AnonymousGuy]

29 minutes ago, S w a t s o n said:

Ok I'll sell you a picture of a Koenigsegg Gemera for $2 mil printed on photo paper using official company assets.

 

The problem is anyone thinking they are getting a card when it says fucking paper edition in the title. They deserve it, not a scam.

Are you listing the picture under "ebay Motors" category instead of Art?

 

Quit being intentionally dense.  You know the only reason someone is calling something "paper edition" instead of "printed photo" in the title is because they're trying to slip a scam by.  Is your next scenario going to be "say I were to rob you at gunpoint, you fucking deserve it for carrying money around in public, not robbery"?

[TetraSky]

And that's why you read the entire description and product info.

[Andreas Lilja]

It's a scam when it's written 3-4 times that it's merely paper?

[Bombastinator]

Just now, Andreas Lilja said:

It's a scam when it's written 3-4 times that it's merely paper?

The difference between confidence crime and vigilante dealer of justice huh?  There both criminal.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

1 minute ago, Andreas Lilja said:

It's a scam when it's written 3-4 times that it's merely paper?

What 20lb bond copy paper? This is an outrage, I was promised 65lb cover stock.

[Bombastinator]

3 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

What 20lb bond copy paper? This is an outrage, I was promised 65lb cover stock.

For a hand done painting on gessoed canvas on a minimum size from an unknown artist $500 might be a reasonable commission price.

[S w a t s o n]

28 minutes ago, AnonymousGuy said:

Are you listing the picture under "ebay Motors" category instead of Art?

 

Quit being intentionally dense.  You know the only reason someone is calling something "paper edition" instead of "printed photo" in the title is because they're trying to slip a scam by.  Is your next scenario going to be "say I were to rob you at gunpoint, you fucking deserve it for carrying money around in public, not robbery"?

So basically you're ok with illiteracy, ok good to know. It literally says it's a photo in the AD

[Bombastinator]

3 minutes ago, S w a t s o n said:

So basically you're ok with illiteracy, ok good to know. It literally says it's a photo in the AD

And where is the ad?  I believe that bit was mentioned.

 

the mental picture I am having of the later conversation amuses me.  
Gigantic cell mate: “”Ahma Gonna call you Cindy”

Seller of picture: “I am Batman!” 
 

should go swimmingly.

[S w a t s o n]

23 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

And where is the ad?  I believe that bit was mentioned.

 

the mental picture I am having of the later conversation amuses me.  
Gigantic cell mate: “”Ahma Gonna call you Cindy”

Seller of picture: “I am Batman!” 
 

should go swimmingly.

is this some like justice porn fan fic fantasy? tmi bro, no one's going to jail for this anyways

[Bombastinator]

1 hour ago, S w a t s o n said:

is this some like justice porn fan fic fantasy? tmi bro, no one's going to jail for this anyways

Still avoiding the “where is the ad” part.  For theft by swindle to be a jailable felony in the US the amount of money does have to be fairly high, and white collar crime where no one dies rarely gets jail time these days it’s true.  Has more to do with an overworked justice sytem than right or wrong though.   Even the multi-million theft by swindle perps are getting pardoned as long as they’re white and from the right kind of family recently. Short con is like that.  Doesn’t stop it from being a scam though.

Edited September 19, 2020 by Bombastinator

[S w a t s o n]

16 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

Still avoiding the “where is the ad” part.  For theft by swindle to be a jailable felony in the US the amount of money does have to be fairly high, and white collar crime where no one dies rarely gets jail time these days it’s true.  Has more to do with an overworked justice sytem than right or wrong though.   Even the multi-million theft by swindle perps are getting pardoned as long as they’re white and from the right kind of family recently. Short con is like that.  Doesn’t stop it from being a scam though.

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Your entire argument hinges on the category? It's ok to be illiterate and 10iq guys it was wrong category.

[Bombastinator]

Just now, S w a t s o n said:

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Your entire argument hinges on the category? It's ok to be illiterate and 10iq guys it was wrong category.

The “it’s ok to be illertate argument was ignored because it is silly.
Do you actually want a takedown of the illeratcy thing?  Like “illiteracy precludes using the internet to begin with” or something like that?

 My argument didn’t hinge on the catagory. That was someone else.  I’m just pointing out that you’re avoiding it. 

[S w a t s o n]

34 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

The “it’s ok to be illertate argument was ignored because it is silly.
Do you actually want a takedown of the illeratcy thing?  Like “illiteracy precludes using the internet to begin with” or something like that?

 My argument didn’t hinge on the catagory. That was someone else.  I’m just pointing out that you’re avoiding it. 

You would think so and yet??