The Ebay Scam Loophole

eBay loophole-- there is an easy way to win any eBay auction for almost no money. I just had it happen to me, and I'm very unhappy with the results of my lost time, and eBay charging me fees that I now have to try and get retracted. While in my case, I had a reserve, many auctions out there do not, and eBay encourages no reserve with their 'hot item' section. To make matters worse, if you start your item off at a reasonable price, you'll get very few bids, and thus less people watching it during the final minutes of the auction.

Normally, on eBay, the process works like this:

You place a max bid for the item. Say the item is an antique vase. You like it, think its worth $100. Bidding opens at $2. You place a bid of $100. eBay gives you the opening bid at $2. You are protected up to $100.

Another bidder. Bidder 2 comes along and he wants the vase for $50., so he bids that amount. Bidder 1 is still the high bidder, at $55 ($50 + $5 increment). So Bidder 2 comes back and bids again, this time at $105. Viola! Bidder 2 is now winning at $105 (he met your high bid of $100 + the $5 increment.

More bids. Bidder 3 thinks the vase is worth $125, and bids that amount. He becomes high bidder with a price of $110. Bidder 4 thinks the vase is worth $130, and becomes high bidder posting that amount. The auction continues in this way until the end. Usually, in the last minutes, the bidding gets very heated, and the vase may end up selling for $600., which is close to what your local antique shop might charge.

This is how the scam works:

Same vase, opens at $2. Only this time, Bidder 1 bids $1000. The opening bid still shows only $2. He immediately follows with a false identity Bidder 2, at $990. Bidder 1 becomes high bidder at $995. Since this is more than you can get a similar product locally, and in a price range the average user is not going to spend lightly, there are no other bidders.

Scam complete. 15 seconds before the auction ends, Bidder 2 rescinds his bid, the "high" price drops back to the opening bid of $2, and Bidder 1 wins at that amount. Unless the seller has a substantial reserve to protect his investment (which is discouraged by eBay) he will be obligated to sell the vase for $2. If he does have a reserve, he doesn't have to sell, but he still owes eBay posting fees and the auction was a waste for him. For those of you who will say that the seller is not obligated to sell -- two things:

Seller must first be aware he was scammed.

Seller will likely end up getting neg feedback from scammer if he does not sell!

Make Computer Talk

This is a visual basic script file that will pop up an msg which requires
you to write smt...
when you write it and press ok
your computer will tell what you typed

Quote:
Dim userInput


userInput = InputBox("Write a message for me to say")


Set Sapi = Wscript.CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice")

Sapi.speak userInput

Be Sure To Save As .VBS

How to drive a family member crazy using ur Desktop

This is for everyone who has a pc shared with the family,and wants to have a good laugh.

Materials:
You,Pc.

Way Of Exocution:
Simple :first what u do is to close all windows,and remove the shortcuts,like "my computer" etc. (you can always bring them back.)
Complicated: Make to taskbar hidden just to make an extra.that will prevent anyone doing anything

take a printscreen of you desktop,prefferd with alot of folders,
its the PRTSC button on your keyboard. past the screen shot in paint,and save it as what ever you want.
save it somewhere youll remember it,

now move all folders on the desktop to a single one from them all.
remember: the more folders in the desktop,the harder is to spot the real one.

now make the printscreen you wallpaper,
then,as someone turns the pc one,tries to open a folder. FAILD.
goes to "My Computer" . Failed.

No Taskbar,no nothing. Here Comes Panic.
Enjoy.

Link for the video tutorial,added a few steps,to make it better.

Code:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3IU6WPYtnk