Worst use of the word "rare" on ebay

[punqsux]

ok, post funny auctions here, stuff that claims rare but is sooo painfully not its just funny.

heres one http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8110796 095&rd=1

[jeffreyjrose]

I hate it when sellers do this b/c it truly demeans the actual meaning of 'rare'...

[CheapyD]

Hearing MIDI versions of Nintendo games on eBay auctions is pretty rare though.

[LV-426RS]

lol^


All of this guys stuff is "*RARE*LOOK* N/R"

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=venus23 &include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=50

[karmapolice]

His stuff is waaaay overpriced...totally

[punqsux]

what a joke...i mean come on....bases frickin loaded for nes?! if you gave me $5 i can get you 10 copies of that game!!

[stocker08]

hey! i have that game for Sega Genesis! No kidding either, i really do. LOL. the WWF game.

all his stuff says VERY RARE, so that must be the reason hes selling it for 5$

[Mafia]

Well, at least he didn't try to advertise DKC as rare! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[CaseyRyback]

I bet people even tack rare on the old SMB/ Duck Hunt cart

[daddiebigbig]

its so rare that its only 9.35 ship that sir is rare

[punqsux]

I bet people even tack rare on the old SMB/ Duck Hunt cart

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8110341 735&rd=1
:roll:

[LV-426RS]

sure do

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8110341 735&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

N/M punq beat me to it

[punqsux]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8106648 186&rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V

thats it, this thread is over, it dosent get less rare than that...

[karmapolice]

I think thats the only one not in a land fill...so yes it is rare...but also unwanted

[FunkMachineX]

Techniqually it is rare in the sense that there are few of them not in the trash.....

[karmapolice]

I just said that...I know you werent typing for 30 minutes

[evilmax17]

I think the word is "justified" in that they are kind of rare. Now granted, I could go into a gamespot that sells NES games and probably find one for cheap, but still. You can't walk into any old Best Buy and find these things. So they're "rare" in the sense that you'd have to try a good amount to locate them.

They're not super rare though :wink:

[KaneRobot]

That guy claims SMB/Duck Hunt is a "sports" game. Come on, Duck Hunt is fringe sport at best, and I don't recall SMB being up for Olympic status.

[drone8888]

The use of the word "RARE", spawns more hits.

eBay, is the only place for collector's to snag a lot of treasures, neede for their collections.

So, a lot of people, like myself, type in, for example; Nintendo rare.

So now everyone has to do it.

If there was a universally accepted alternative for that specific word, that's what they'd use.

Like, sealed, mint, scarce, and new.

If you notice, the word "RARE", is not in the descriptive paragraph, and only in the title.
That's because a buyer, can't argue, that their newly found "Rare" game, was described as so.

I haven't been to one,..but I truly beleive that the eBay University teaches sellers, to use such jargon, to boost sales.

What a waste of life, those eBay scum!

[Josef]

Ebay sellers should be required to say why something is rare when they use that word.

i.e. Rare because only 10,000 copies were printed; rare because it's highly sought after by collectors, etc.

SMB/Duck Hunt is neither (not even close).

[Thunderscope]

UG, That's just wrong...

[YoshiFan1]

I agree it's used too much. Too many sellers think it will cause more people to bid I guess.