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News Credits: 10 · by **Trikeboy** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 6:34 pm

Hi, I saw this auction on ebay and had to share it: http://cgi.ebay.com/TRANSFORMERS-SOUNDWAVE-OVERSIZED-W-RAVAGE-LASERBEAK-/220676872456?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33615dd908. I had to laugh, 30 bids and currently at $99.99. You can get it sealed from KOToys for $13. The seller is going to be very very happy with the end result. Serves people right for not doing research before bidding on things.

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 10:10 pm

That's in part because TFW05 is advertising the auction: http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-new ... ff-170695/

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 10:11 am

lol...wow, lucky seller. :lol:

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 10:17 am

kirbenvost wrote:lol...wow, lucky seller.

Yeah no kidding. An item the seller probably paid less than 20 dollars for. Guess it shows what a little advertising on one of these fan sites can do.

News Credits: 10 · by **Trikeboy** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 10:12 pm

Wow, it is up to $122.50. This seller must feel like he jumped out a plane with no parachute and landed on a very busy, female only nudist beach (male only if the seller is female, or, if they are gay... You see where I'm going with this).

by **onewaydown** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:41 am

$142.50 now... jesus. I wonder how the buyer is going to feel once he gets it. He's gotta think it's the same quality plastic as the authentic one.

Man, I gotta buy some of these from Gen Zhao. =) Heck, I'll probably try to customize them to at least give them something more of value.

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:54 am

El Duque wrote:
kirbenvost wrote:lol...wow, lucky seller.

Yeah no kidding. An item the seller probably paid less than 20 dollars for. Guess it shows what a little advertising on one of these fan sites can do.

And how few people actually bother to research the products they're buying. :lol:

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:01 am

Unbelievable.

by **onewaydown** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:03 am

kirbenvost wrote:And how few people actually bother to research the products they're buying.

Well, TFW did clearly say it's a KO... so they should be aware it's not legit if they were directed from them. However, yeah, they fail at looking up what it's actually worth.

by **NTESHFT** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 3:30 pm

It would be funny if someone were to contact the winner, after they paid, to let them know how they got duped................

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 5:20 pm

I'm really amazed by this. Five minutes of research could have saved whoever ends up winning this over a hundred bucks. Google is your friend.

http://www.kotoys.com/kotoys.php?id=269 ... +Laserbeak

News Credits: 10 · by **Trikeboy** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 6:27 pm

headsortails wrote:It would be funny if someone were to contact the winner, after they paid, to let them know how they got duped................

I have actually been wanting to do that

I would send the winner a direct link to the product page on KOToys.

edit: I couldn't send the winner a message but I sent this to the seller:

Hi, I was watching your Soundwave auction. I have to say congratulations to you, you just got $140 for a toy that anyone can buy, right now, for less than $30 from www.kotoys.com. I hope they paid you.

by **NTESHFT** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 4:35 am

Now that is funny!..................... :lol:

News Credits: 10 · by **Trikeboy** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 6:41 pm

I just got this reply from the seller:

I know...it's insane. I couldn't believe it either. I hope they pay me as well.

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:28 pm

Here is another one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/TRANSFORMERS-SOUNDWAVE-OVERSIZED-W-RAVAGE-LASERBEAK-G1-/190453136166?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c57e43b26

News Credits: 10 · by **Trikeboy** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:51 pm

wow, who the hell is bidding on these? I might order a couple off of KOToys myself if this one goes for over $100.

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:02 am

That second one went for over $75.00, what the hell is going on here!? Maybe the key is posing it beside some MP Seekers, that way potential buyers think, "that giant Soundwave would look good on my MP Decepticon shelf." Madness.