Automated Scripts Overrun eBay Holiday Contest 182
turnkeylinux writes "TechCrunch is reporting that eBay is under fire from users because of a holiday giveaway contest gone awry. On Tuesday Nov. 25, eBay announced its $1 Holiday Doorbusters deals promotion, giving away 100 gifts on a daily basis, all for a $1 fixed price. The gifts ranged from jewelry, clothing, digital cameras, and GPS devices to a brand-new Chevrolet Corvette. The only catch is that there's no announcement on when these items are released or in which category they will be. But cheaters came up with a clever way of winning deals on an automated basis by continuously running scripts to bid on items for $1."
Re:The internet is full of assholes... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The internet is full of assholes... (Score:3, Funny)
Now _this_ is unfair (Score:4, Funny)
Meanwhile, bot scripts are being offered on RentACoder for $20 and even free of charge here and there.
How can I sell my scripts if there is someone giving them out for free? This is outrageous!
Re:Time to offload some crap (Score:5, Funny)
Your life won't be complete until you augment your iPhone with a new postcard! Bidding starts at only $1!!
How a python script stole Christmas! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Time to offload some crap (Score:5, Funny)
Sell a bunch of worthless crap for $1 and charge $8 shipping.
Assuming you can get the script to automatically pay with paypal, I'll be selling all of the pennies in my change jar for $9 each!
Re:The internet is full of assholes... (Score:0, Funny)
Pussies don't like dicks, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes: assholes that just want to shit on everything. Pussies may think they can deal with assholes their way. But the only thing that can fuck an asshole is a dick, with some balls. The problem with dicks is: they fuck too much or fuck when it isn't appropriate - and it takes a pussy to show them that. But sometimes, pussies can be so full of shit that they become assholes themselves... because pussies are an inch and half away from ass holes. I don't know much about this crazy, crazy world, but I do know this: If you don't let us fuck this asshole, we're going to have our dicks and pussies all covered in shit!
The moral of this story is: if you want to fuck over these assholes then be a dick, not a pussy.
Re:The internet is full of assholes... (Score:5, Funny)
/me hurridly begins posting his "ebook" on ebay for $1 each.
Re:Time to offload some crap (Score:4, Funny)
Re:The internet is full of assholes... (Score:5, Funny)
More assholes need to get fucked.
Re:The internet is full of assholes... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Cheaters? (Score:3, Funny)
You're right, the problem is the argument.
Your argument sucks.
Re:The internet is full of assholes... (Score:5, Funny)
[1] Folds up and fits nicely in an envelope. Cool eh?
Re:The internet is full of assholes... (Score:5, Funny)
If the automated scripts are just placing a $1 bid on everything they find, it sounds like a good time to ebay the contents of my penny jar...individually.
Re:Time to offload some crap (Score:5, Funny)
"This is picture I took of my cat with my Cannon Powershot Camera after she overheard that people where using scripting to purchase HOLIDAY DOORBUSTERS items on eBay. Not responsible for poor scripting techniques."
Re:The internet is full of assholes... (Score:4, Funny)
It's not just assholes that the world is full of.
See, there's three kinds of people: dicks, pussies, and assholes. Pussies think everyone can get along, and dicks just want to fuck all the time without thinking it through. But then you got your assholes, Chuck. And all the assholes want is to shit all over everything! So, pussies may get mad at dicks once in a while, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes, Chuck. And if they didn't fuck the assholes, you know what you'd get? You'd get your dick and your pussy all covered in shit!
Re:Now _this_ is unfair (Score:2, Funny)
Sell them for $1. You'll be amazed how many you can sell at that exact price...
The internet is full of backup singers. (Score:4, Funny)
Welcome to my friends list. "legal asshole" meet your consul in the form of "But I'm not hurting anyone" and backup singer "They're a big company. They deserve it". Seen on tour with "I'm not with them but I secretly agree".