Man Pays $750 For a Photo of Xbox One

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Nottingham, UK resident Peter Clatworthy, 19, mistakenly purchased a photo of an Xbox One via eBay in an unfortunate seller scam. He spent £450 (nearly $750) expecting to receive a Day One Edition, but instead received a faded, printed photo of the console's box.

Clatworthy told the Nottingham Post the seller had "written on the back of it, 'thank you for your purchase.' I was fuming." As a regular user of the auction site, Clatworthy didn't expect the seller -- whose feedback was universally positive, which is reassuring for potential buyers -- to mislead him. ""It said 'photo' and I was in two minds, but I looked at the description and the fact it was in the right category made me think it was genuine."

Fortunately, Clatworthy will get his money back thanks to PayPal's coverage of these sorts of situations.

 
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This type of shit happened to me before. It was with TRU - TRU 2 Da Game. Said it was the original with Smokin Green on there and I was like hell yeah I'll get it. Got it in the mail and it was a CD-R case with two CD-R's in it. The CD-R's resembled the actual discs of the album Lol I was pissed
 
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MysticOracle

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still a better purchase than an xbox one lol


but i had some shady shit happen like that on ebay with me once....back in like 2007-2008, i bought a sony flat screen 55" for like 300, the description said it was tested and worked great had pictures up showing it even said i would receive the box as well as all documentation, cables and remote...the TV came and i popped the box open and inside was a wood pallet wrapped ridiculously with plastic wrap and bubble packing.....no TV, just the box, documentation, cables and remote....the fucked up part was ebay said he didnt violate anything because the auction was listed at saying i would actually receive just those pieces nowhere did it say the tv was included...i guess i just assumed, silly me ....i did get my money back though through paypal though
 
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MysticOracle said:
still a better purchase than an xbox one lol


but i had some shady shit happen like that on ebay with me once....back in like 2007-2008, i bought a sony flat screen 55" for like 300, the description said it was tested and worked great had pictures up showing it even said i would receive the box as well as all documentation, cables and remote...the TV came and i popped the box open and inside was a wood pallet wrapped ridiculously with plastic wrap and bubble packing.....no TV, just the box, documentation, cables and remote....the fucked up part was ebay said he didnt violate anything because the auction was listed at saying i would actually receive just those pieces nowhere did it say the tv was included...i guess i just assumed, silly me ....i did get my money back though through paypal though
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I remember hearing about people walking mall parking lots pulling those scams
 
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Remember Peter Clatworth, that unfortunate young lad who fell hook, line and sinker for one of the oldest eBay scams in the book, and forked over £450 ($735) for a picture of an Xbox One? We all had a good giggle over that one, and because of all the media attention he got, eBay did end up offering him a full refund via PayPal.

But the teenager still didn't have his Xbox One, and was about to upset his four-year-old son (whom he claimed to have been originally trying to purchase the console for) on Christmas. Luckily, UK retailer CeX has swooped in to save the day, offering Clatworthy a free Xbox One console.

Staff at CeX's store in Exchange Walk, Nottingham city center, presented him with the console on Saturday. "I'm just overwhelmed by the reaction to the story," said Clatworthy. "All I wanted was a refund. I cannot believe this."

The store's assistant manager, David Draycott, who handed Clatworthy the console, said, "We as a company are always looking to do a good thing for somebody. Hopefully Peter and his son will both be able to enjoy this together."

When Clatworthy initially made the purchase, he acknowledged that the eBay listing stated that the item was in fact a photograph, but because it was in the proper category, he thought it was legit and so went ahead with the purchase.

So what's the lesson that we take home from this? If he had just gotten a refund, he would have learned a harmless yet valuable life lesson about eBay scams. But the fact that he was also given a free console in the end? I don't know what to make of this. How about you guys?

Read more at Man Who Bought $735 Xbox One Photo Gets Free Xbox One | The Escapist
 
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so the lesson is if you are a dumb fuck and spend 700 dollars on a picture of an inbox and are also a dumbfuck and have a kid at 16 you get free shit. fuck obama
 
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MysticOracle

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when did the world become such a retarded and sensitive place?

rewarding stupidity

reminds me of last super bowl when this lady got took for her money...sent the cash to the guy and the guy send her bullshit photocopies

meanwhile after she gets tickets as well as full VIP treatment at the super bowl, everything paid for her ..all because she was an idiot
 
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