Friday Poll: Have you ever been scammed on eBay?

The online auction world isn't immune from scam attempts. Tell us if you've ever been caught up in one.

A British teen recently dropped $735 on what he thought was an Xbox One Day One special edition on eBay. Unfortunately, he chose to ignore the item description specifying the auction was for a photo of the console, not the actual console. He was upset when the photo, and not a console, arrived in the mail.

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here's where they are at so far...

They got the ebay key phrase right, scam-a-rama

The article seems to imply that only buyers get scammed but that's not so...

Of course being scammed is only half the fun. When you look for assistance, you get insulted, stalked threatened and harassed by obvious paid shills. Golly, I bet they make just as many enemies (if not more) that way.