Simon Edmondson Posted July 12, 2014 Posted July 12, 2014 http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/loom-bands-welsh-ebay-user-7409130This may cause incredulity...I just looked, and with two days to go the price has reached £170,000+ Thats about a third of a million $ at present exchange rate.... Somebody is going to wake up to a legally binding headache... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251582630657 Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted July 12, 2014 Hash Fellow Posted July 12, 2014 I don't even know what loom bands are. I bet that sale doesn't get completed. <_> Quote
Fuchur Posted July 12, 2014 Posted July 12, 2014 I'd say someone did confuse , and . there, right? Quote
John Bigboote Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 I think here iin the States they are known as 'rubber bands'... you get one around your newspaper in the morning- or you USED to! Far Fetched! Quote
*A:M User* Roger Posted July 18, 2014 *A:M User* Posted July 18, 2014 This sale will never complete. Whoever bid this thing up this much is doing it as a goof. Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted July 18, 2014 Hash Fellow Posted July 18, 2014 Do you still have to pay ebay their fee even if the buyer doesn't pay? Quote
*A:M User* Roger Posted July 18, 2014 *A:M User* Posted July 18, 2014 Not sure, I think that's how it is supposed to work. Although with the number of ridiculous auctions I see, that don't ever seem to sell, that may not be the case. I think you used to have to pay, maybe they changed it. Quote
NancyGormezano Posted July 18, 2014 Posted July 18, 2014 (edited) This sale will never complete. Whoever bid this thing up this much is doing it as a goof. I dunno...there were 39 bidders, with 137 bids...Wasn't just one person. (I took a screen shot of bid history, doesn't show all of the bids) Edited July 18, 2014 by NancyGormezano Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted July 19, 2014 Hash Fellow Posted July 19, 2014 One sign it didn't sell will be if it gets relisted. Quote
KJ'd Beast Posted July 19, 2014 Posted July 19, 2014 The winning bidder is listed as having 5 bid retractions in 6 months. I hope the person isn't messing around with the seller. The dress is a hand crafted one of a kind item and probably had at least 80 hours of work in it. I've heard of original designs for at least this much money so I'm not surprised. Quote
Simon Edmondson Posted July 24, 2014 Author Posted July 24, 2014 http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/loom-band-dress-sale-170100-7475753 Taking a break from animating this week, as I woke up last Sunday at 05:00, dreaming of setting animation keys and how I would have to adjust the curves afterwards.Couldn't get back to sleep afterwards. A pause seemed a good idea at that point Heres an update on the story of the dress. Quote
largento Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 It was the seven pounds postage that was the deal breaker. :-) Quote
*A:M User* Roger Posted July 25, 2014 *A:M User* Posted July 25, 2014 Nancy, Even though there are 39 bidders, this could easily be a case of 1 goofball getting all his friends over at weareallmiserablebastards.com to pile on and bid the item up as a goof. It doesn't mean anything. I suppose it is possible that there is one genuine bidder in there that thought it would be neat to have a rubber-band dress. If someone really does purchase this for that price, then good for the seller. But this doesn't pass my skepticism/cynicism filter. Quote
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