Man this guy really opened up shop

dial911 · Post by **dial911** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:26 pm

http://stores.ebay.com/the8th-man

Can't believe he is still doing it. He must be making some serious money.

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:36 pm

Fuck, sweet deals! Thanks for the link bro! Desperate Housewives for a buck?! Bookmarked.

Pa

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:42 pm

Funny.. +1 positive feedback for buying a DVD duplicator, +lots for selling HK evaluation copies of games

OneEyedJack · Post by **OneEyedJack** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:59 pm

They are illegal then?

Post by **system11** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:01 pm

This is the type of guy who hurts the genre through piracy.

Fuck him. Hope he gets cancer.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:13 pm

Mushihime-sama

Clearly a photocopied cover.

superhitachi4 · Post by **superhitachi4** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:44 pm

Bootlegs

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:50 pm

superhitachi4 wrote:Bootlegs

No way! I just paypaled the guy for like six of those PS2 games. Oh dear... I wish you'd have said so sooner. It's days like this that I feel like nobody's got my back.

DAMN YOU INTERNET!!!

Pa

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:34 am

PaCrappa wrote:
superhitachi4 wrote:Bootlegs
No way! I just paypaled the guy for like six of those PS2 games. Oh dear... I wish you'd have said so sooner. It's days like this that I feel like nobody's got my back.

DAMN YOU INTERNET!!!

Pa

Sorry to hear that. If you look on the bright side, I suppose you could give this guy negative feedback. Also, you get to try the games out to see how you like them.

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:39 am

LOL, no. I'm just playin'. I have all of those games (the ones I actually want anyways) and am waaaay savvy enough to spot a bottomfeeder like this dillhole.

It's just that this thread gave me the opportunity to fart around on the internet. Again!

Pa

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:49 am

Should've guessed-- you're too clever and savvy to fall for that one.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 3:35 am

Wow, this is odd.

This dude is from my town.

Post by **undamned** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 4:43 am

landshark wrote:Wow, this is odd.

This dude is from my town.

Go punch him in his stuff!
-ud

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:00 am

Yeah, he's been at it since around summertime and is still enjoying a 100% feedback reputation. Of course, Ebay doesn't do shit as long as it gets its dues. And people who are too miserly to buy legit stuff and too retarded to know how to use file sharing happily keep buying his stuff.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:07 am

That's what I don't understand... eBay really won't do anything about this guy who is blatantly selling pirated software?

So are you taking orders for punches? I'd like one after undamned gets his...

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:18 am

What would it take for Ebay to stop these guys? I mean...fuck... they wouldn't allow DC imports, which were legit games, and these "HK Testing copies"... what the fuck? It's one thing to stupid/beaurocratic, but Ebay simply has no soul.

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:29 am

It's not ebay's soul in question here. I mean what are they supposed to do? Send agents to his house? He does a decent enough job making his listing ambiguous enough so that ebay can't do much. I suspect that sooner or later (sooner I hope) he'll get his. Either a punch to the junk or kicked off ebay or both.

Has anybody here filed complaint with ebay? If the answer is no, let's let the douchebag bootlegger be the one who lacks soul and maybe ebay can just be a company that happens to not be owned/run by a bunch of importer game nerds.

Pa

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:44 am

I don't think they should arrest him or anything, but I think it's fairly clear that his items are not legit. Simply not allowing him to post that crap would be nice. Then again, there's bootlegged DVDs everywhere on Ebay. Until the publishers stand up to Ebay and tell them to fuck off, it won't stop, and I guess we really don't have the right to complain (unless we buy it). I, for one, don't shop on Ebay.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:04 am

Check out the guy's 'about me' page, it's hilarious! I like how he goes on and on about the meaning of "authentic".

http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V ... the8th_man

He sounds like a real moron. His store motto is " "Its all good" and "keepin it real" for your fun and entertainment "

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:23 am

Nothing new here, if you look at the foreign movies listed on ebay about 90% of them are bootlegs.

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:40 am

"IMPORTANT!

To reduce headache, miscommunication, and protect you; and me from little kids that use their mom and pops id's thinking they can play. I now have a pre-approved bidder list. Those of you that have purchased from me before have already been approved. New players have to me email me. Thanks!"

Ahhh...good times...

umi · Post by **umi** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:44 am

He's not really trying to hide it much, is he? Hence the 100% feedback, I suspect. Oh well... maybe he'll convert a few new curious video game fans into shmuppers.

Cranky · Post by **Cranky** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:59 am

It is always pretty obvious when the games don't come with manuals.

I found a copy of Ikaruga DC on E-bay UK and thought I'd watch it and mabey have a crack at it when it was in the last day or so. I asked the seller if it was an original copy or a pirated one and sure enough it was the latter. I forgot to take the game off watch and I got a message off Ebay saying that the seller had been kicked off and not to proceed with any transactions. Good stuff!

I think to get these people booted off, someone has to report them. Mabey someone here can report them and we'll see what happens. Could be interesting.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:26 am

umi wrote: maybe he'll convert a few new curious video game fans into shmuppers.

Do we need those kind of people though?

Post by **system11** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:02 am

I'm very tempted to buy something so I can then give him a negative pointing out it's all fake.

landshark: I'd inform local law enforcement, personally. People selling copies are scum-of-the-earth.

Kron · Post by **Kron** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:53 am

PaCrappa wrote:It's not ebay's soul in question here. I mean what are they supposed to do? Send agents to his house? He does a decent enough job making his listing ambiguous enough so that ebay can't do much.

How about closing his auctions and permanently removing him from listing anything again so there is no possibility of people getting duped?

I can't see how those are ambiguous, Badly printed covers with dodgy cdr/dvdr labels and no instruction booklets. Pretty damn obvious.

PaCrappa wrote: Has anybody here filed complaint with ebay? If the answer is no, let's let the douchebag bootlegger be the one who lacks soul and maybe ebay can just be a company that happens to not be owned/run by a bunch of importer game nerds.

Pa

What exactly are you trying to achieve with comments like this? People would rather call others immature names than support a site that is trying to do the right thing and create a decent fair marketplace? Grow up.

sffan · Post by **sffan** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:00 pm

Yeah!

Sly Cherry Chunks · Post by **Sly Cherry Chunks** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 3:19 pm

sffan wrote:Yeah!

I noticed that. Like they're special "Yeah!" editions of the games or something.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 3:23 pm

its too bad i have morals, i want some of those dvds.

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:48 pm

Kron wrote:How about closing his auctions and permanently removing him from listing anything again so there is no possibility of people getting duped?

I can't see how those are ambiguous, Badly printed covers with dodgy cdr/dvdr labels and no instruction booklets. Pretty damn obvious.

Good eyes. Maybe you should do the world a favor, get a job at ebay and then we wouldn't have this problem.

Kron wrote:What exactly are you trying to achieve with comments like this? People would rather call others immature names than support a site that is trying to do the right thing and create a decent fair marketplace? Grow up.

Grow up? LOL. You do nothing to solve the problem except gripe at some message board where everyone is a nerd and then act like I'm the problem because I am able to tell that people who import Japanese games are nerds. You have a very shaky grasp my son. You can moan at this forum all you like. It ain't solving the problem. Did you report this fool to ebay? Nah, just shumps.com.

Way to go freedom fighter.

Pa