spikedjack
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Registered: 16th Oct 08
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Last week i placed a phone i now have no use for (due to upgrade on ebay).
The phone is an apple iPhone 3g 8gb and is in decent condtion currently fetching around £150 on ebay.
However ebay have dropped a clanger and listed it as a 3gS 8gb which is the next model up.
I noticed this straight away and although i had put it was a 3g in the description, thought it best to contact ebay for a title change. I since have done this twice and have not had the title changed, so after the second time of it not being changed, i again ammended the description to confirm in a seperate sentence that it is indeed a 3g.
Now looking at the listing it has 5 hours left and is already upto 142 quid. If this goes for what i want it to or possibly even more, and the person was to think it was a 3gS am i in the wrong or could there be any comeback to me?
im on the understanding that if they havent read the description before spunking 150 quid on a phone then tough shit however if it could cause problems with me recieving the cash or what not then i'd rather cancel it.
thoughts?
thanks.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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just put a disclamer on the description in capitals stating ebay have messed up the title and you are not in any way responsible if people buy it thinking it's a 3gs.
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Technically its listed incorrectly but it depends whether the buyer -
1. notices
2. is bothered
3. negotiates
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spikedjack
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Registered: 16th Oct 08
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Ben i have added an ammendment as soon as i noticed ebay were'nt doing anything about it.
Ian, i presumed this would be the case, however im hoping people aren't stupid enough to bid without reading the description.
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spikedjack
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link to the auction
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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quote:
Originally posted by spikedjack
im hoping people aren't stupid
There's your problem right there. 
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spikedjack
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
quote:
Originally posted by spikedjack
im hoping people aren't stupid
There's your problem right there.
I'm hoping also that if it goes tits up that ebay can see it was a genuine mistake and i have tried to recify the problem
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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I don't understand how it's ebay's fault.
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spikedjack
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I typed in 3g 8gb, and it automatically linked it to the 3gs 8gb, which coinsidentally has not long been released due to them only making a 16gb and 32gb prior to this.
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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Well, just tried making an ad for one myself and I didn't get any problems anyway.
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spikedjack
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Understandable, the issue being, i've tried to change it, twice at that, and ebay havent bothered to do so.
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
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You can't change the title once you've listed the auction.
The only thing you can do is cancel the auction and do a new one with the correct listing.
eBay won't change the auction title.
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