Thursday, January 13, 2005
Where's my Johnny Depp fans?
OK, here's an oddity I came across today:
Magzine supposedly signed by Johnny Depp going off at a seriously ridiculous low price
This is a charity auction. Or at least, the group is registered as a charity with eBay's MissionFish site. I don't know what is required of a group to be allowed to join that set-up. I mean, they COULD be an odd but real charity. When you click through to their About Me page, they say that all the items they have were sent to the various celebrities' agents for signing, and so while they trustingly believe the autographs are authentic, they can't swear for sure....
I honestly don't quite know what to think. If it's a scam, they are ludicrously bad at it. Look at the View Seller's Other Items link and you will see a string of pointless, useless auction titles. These items are also in completely wrong categories for what they are. So...is this a not-too-S-M-A-R-T person who honestly wants to do charity fundraising, or someone posing as a moron in order to suck people in?
Oh, and check out the Tee shirt signed by 53 celebrities
So what did they do, mail the shirt to 53 agents? Or did a few agents nicely run the shirt around to multiple clients?
I really don't know....
Magzine supposedly signed by Johnny Depp going off at a seriously ridiculous low price
This is a charity auction. Or at least, the group is registered as a charity with eBay's MissionFish site. I don't know what is required of a group to be allowed to join that set-up. I mean, they COULD be an odd but real charity. When you click through to their About Me page, they say that all the items they have were sent to the various celebrities' agents for signing, and so while they trustingly believe the autographs are authentic, they can't swear for sure....
I honestly don't quite know what to think. If it's a scam, they are ludicrously bad at it. Look at the View Seller's Other Items link and you will see a string of pointless, useless auction titles. These items are also in completely wrong categories for what they are. So...is this a not-too-S-M-A-R-T person who honestly wants to do charity fundraising, or someone posing as a moron in order to suck people in?
Oh, and check out the Tee shirt signed by 53 celebrities
So what did they do, mail the shirt to 53 agents? Or did a few agents nicely run the shirt around to multiple clients?
I really don't know....
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