Ebay hall of shame

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  1. retro

    retro Administrator Staff Member

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    This twat thinks he can make a profit from unreleased games and ROMs. He even uses misleading phrases such as:

    No, not the later ones, that don't boot from CD-R!

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    Bullshit! You're selling ROMs and betas, mate! Of course they're copyrighted, they're not in the public domain, and yes, you're infringing copyright!

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    Now here are some stats for you:

    27 auctions @ £3.50 = £94.50
    33 auctions @ £3.99 = £131.67
    21 auctions @ £18.99 = £398.79

    Total: £624.96

    On top of that, he sold 3 copies of an earlier 6 disc pack @ £12.99, so another £38.97... so over £650 selling dodgy ROM CDs.

    These people need to be reported. As well as eBay, you can report piracy to the following:

    http://www.fact-uk.org.uk/
    http://www.crimestoppers-uk.org/
    http://ap.nintendo.com/
    http://www.microsoft.com/uk/licensing/homeuser/how-to-report-piracy.mspx
     
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    retro, Feb 28, 2011
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  2. Consumed

    Consumed Fiery Member

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    There's quite a few who do this actually, selling anything from the emu's you've listed above to the Jeff Ma compilations from 2003/2004 and the recent(ish) DreamAgain shooting/racing/fighting collections :-(

    How it can be acceptable to sell cd-r's for the DC yet not for other systems is beyond me. Surely a bent disc is a bent disc no matter what machine it's on. Don't get me wrong, I'm not advocating what these people are doing but if these same sellers were selling golds for the PSX or DVD rips for the PS2 or Xbox the auctions would be removed instantly. Double standards of the highest order.
     
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  3. LeGIt

    LeGIt I'm a cunt or so I'm told :P<BR><B>Site Supporter

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    Its cunts like that which put me off paying out of th earse to buy then dump. I paid a good chunk of cash for my Propellor Arena GD-R back in the day yet it is these cunts which are the only ones which profit from it =/ Tempted to buy one for his address and go round with a bat - if it turned out to be a community member I'd brng their collection home with me too :p
     
    LeGIt, Mar 1, 2011
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  4. Disjaukifa

    Disjaukifa Intrepid Member

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  5. Disjaukifa

    Disjaukifa Intrepid Member

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    Comes with 9 common games, light gun, controller, but no power cord . . .
     
    Disjaukifa, Mar 1, 2011
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  6. Cyantist

    Cyantist Site Supporter 2012,2013,2014,2015

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    Thats a recipe for disaster! 0 feedback, bullshit price, no real picture and the obligatory ''No power cord so we can't test it, NO REFUNDS.''
     
    Cyantist, Mar 2, 2011
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  7. Disjaukifa

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  8. mooseblaster

    mooseblaster Bleep. Site Supporter 2012, 2014

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    Interestingly, with eBay UK it states quite clearly that for businesses selling on eBay 'untested, no refunds' and other weasel words are no excuse and the buyer can return it and get a refund if it doesn't work.

    http://pages.ebay.co.uk/safetycentr...dingtrust/knowyourrights.html#whatiftheseller
     
    mooseblaster, Mar 2, 2011
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    Shox2711 Rapidly Rising Member

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    512GB RAM!! LOL

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  10. dreamcast_zone

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  11. Cyantist

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  12. segaloco

    segaloco Enthusiastic Member

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    To tell you the truth, if I wanted a Dreamcast signed by someone, lets say, Putin, I'd just print this on a peel-away and stick in on the dreamcast http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Putin_signature.svg (Not that I would really do that, but I'm just saying, signatures can be copied like never before thanks to the internet ;))
     
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  13. Cyantist

    Cyantist Site Supporter 2012,2013,2014,2015

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    Its only a matter of time before the forgers begin using templates and spray markers to do anybodies signature...
     
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  14. Japan-Games.com

    Japan-Games.com Well Known Member

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    I sent am email to a collector friend of mine who knows a lot about Dreamcasts. I think he mentioned this console years ago. It might actually be a legitimate console.
     
    Japan-Games.com, Apr 8, 2011
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  15. neozeed

    neozeed Spirited Member

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  16. Alchy

    Alchy Illustrious Member

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    Just report it whenever you see it, it takes less than a minute.
     
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  17. neozeed

    neozeed Spirited Member

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    Ive reported loads of dodgy rip off sega stuff but they never do anything.
     
    neozeed, Apr 8, 2011
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  19. Consumed

    Consumed Fiery Member

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    Him and others have been mentioned in this thread before, any other console that has copies advertised for it and it's clamped down on immediately as infringed copyright but anything even remotely Dreamcast related seems to be fair game.

    The message it sends out is spend an hour or 2 on snesorama, UG or DCisozone and the money will come rolling in, the seller you've linked has sold shitloads of copies of games/comps that are easily found on their boards.
     
    Consumed, Apr 8, 2011
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  20. Japan-Games.com

    Japan-Games.com Well Known Member

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    I gave up on reporting anything after people began ripping laserdiscs to DVDs. Song of the South was a big seller with people selling hundreds of bootleg copies. I reported maybe 10 different Sellers but in the end nothing was ever pulled.

    I don't think I've ever reported a video game auction but a while back eBay pulled a 64DD auction of mine since they thought it was a machine to copy disks...heh. In the end I sent an email with links talking about the item and I got a response from a human saying they looked over the links and saw that it was a legit product. Kinda took me by surprise...
     
    Japan-Games.com, Apr 9, 2011
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