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Ebay scam? Why are people bidding for weird stuff on Ebay?

What's with the auctions on Ebay, where a caps lock key from somebody's keyboard sells for $50? Or the secret of invisibility, or an empty soda can... and these guys have no negative feedback!!! What's going on?

Update:

It actually seems that both seller and buyer are getting SOMETHING from this. Had it been a scam seller would not have all this positive feedback. There are books sold on Ebay about how to make money selling nothing.

I'm not bidding myself, just mystified about scams, if it is one...

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  • 1 decade ago
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    the world's going nuts my friend.

  • 5 years ago

    Yes, definitely a scam, that is always discomforting. I think there is a way to change your username without losing all of your feedback, and I would also change your password. I think there is also a section on eBay to report this kind of thing.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Weird stuff on eBay, weird people bidding! There's a lot of it about on the internet, hadn't you noticed?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    There' are just a lot of con-men and gullible fools on the internet.

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  • 1 decade ago

    lol, i think it's just a joke. I saw someone selling a spade for 50,000 dollars. I think its just them trying to be funny.

  • 1 decade ago

    Fraud, scammers.

    If you feel funny, don't give your money, honey.

  • 1 decade ago

    that's what people do with money that they dont use anymore to wipe their a*s*s with

  • 1 decade ago

    Please show me an example of that, a link please!

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