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to wonder what on earth this is about?

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ReastieHorrorShow · 18/10/2011 21:24

this . Have I missed something? Why would someone want this?

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troisgarcons · 18/10/2011 21:26

Presumably for their children to play in? or have I wildly missed something?

ScaredBear · 18/10/2011 21:26

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CompleteMug · 18/10/2011 21:26
Hmm My first thought is that it was a scam, but their feedback rate is pretty high...
usualsuspect · 18/10/2011 21:27

Whats wrong with it?

GreatBallsOfFluff · 18/10/2011 21:27

What's wrong with it?

CompleteMug · 18/10/2011 21:27

It's a photocopy of the picture of all these items. Not the actual items themselves.

TidyDancer · 18/10/2011 21:27

You've missed something trois! It's for a photocopy of the picture. Weird.

ZillionChocolate · 18/10/2011 21:27

Can't imagine. You could just print it out from ebay? Maybe contact the seller and ask what it's for? He's not selling (or has sold as far as I can see) anything similarly weird.

PumpkinStars · 18/10/2011 21:28

To keep their kids entertained ?? Hmm

GreatBallsOfFluff · 18/10/2011 21:28

X-post usualsuspect Smile

CompleteMug · 18/10/2011 21:28

Zillion, agreed. I've just checked too.
Nothing dodgy coming from his activity on eBay. I'm assuming an error on his part?

Bohica · 18/10/2011 21:29

Hmm I was going to post that some people can't afford to buy things like this new and then saw the description.

troisgarcons · 18/10/2011 21:29

Oh lord ... I was only looking @ the picture ....

SHRIIIEEEKPoolingBearBlood · 18/10/2011 21:29

It's a scam, obviously. The pick up only leads you to believe that it's the real thing, and they're counting on people not bothering to read it properly for the sake of 99p. Like me ahem

usualsuspect · 18/10/2011 21:30

oh yeah ,odd

HauntyMython · 18/10/2011 21:30

I love these random-shite-on-ebay threads! How bizarre.

Maybe he thinks he's such an awesome photographer that people will bid? Hmm

troisgarcons · 18/10/2011 21:30

Op is right - scam ..... if you look closer to xmas you will see all sorts including swathes of descriptions, with the small print 'xbox box only' ie no xbox

GreatBallsOfFluff · 18/10/2011 21:31

Ah ok I see. How weird. Yup agree, who would want it? But then maybe they're hoping people wouldn't read the description.

CompleteMug · 18/10/2011 21:31

It's possible that his account has been hacked - it's known to happen...

HauntyMython · 18/10/2011 21:31

ROFL at the photocopy thing too - never heard of the Snipping tool on windows I guess :o

CompleteMug · 18/10/2011 21:32

That said, I would have thought that hackers/scammers would have gone for something more lucrative like GHD's or IPhone's....

piprabbit · 18/10/2011 21:32

I don't think it's an error on his part.
The title says that it is 'A picture' of the items and the main listing says that it is a photocopy of the listing picture.

Perhaps it's the first time he's tried to scam people?

LynetteScavo · 18/10/2011 21:32

They are also selling this.

Makes me want to bang my head on the wall, seeing glued down wooden track. The whole point is that kids develop their track building skills (plus a lot of other skills along the way) by building different tracks themselves!!! Angry

But if you want to stifle your children, go ahead. Glue the track down.

They may well grow up to sell photo copies of random crap photos. Hmm

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Bogeymanface · 18/10/2011 21:33

I saw one once that was a very carefully worded auction for an Xbox box. Yep, the box that it comes in, not the Xbox itself. You had to be a true cynic like yours truly to spot it (if it looks too good to be true....) and it was withdrawn after I reported it. But the wording was the work of a genius, this is a very poor attempt imo.

Report it though, as there are people who will be taken in, as this thread has shown.