eBay listing for iPhone with "Flappy Bird" installed. At $90,000 and counting...
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Re: eBay listing for iPhone with "Flappy Bird" installed. At $90,000 and counting...
#2Oh come on, most of those bids have got to fall through, right?
.edit: then again... I guess it only takes two ...
Re: eBay listing for iPhone with "Flappy Bird" installed. At $90,000 and counting...
#3Is this real? I am hoping that this whole thing is an elaborate marketing campaign Dong Nguyen (Flappy Bird Dev).
Re: eBay listing for iPhone with "Flappy Bird" installed. At $90,000 and counting...
#4In auctions like these the highest bidder will never follow through with payment. Unless this is some exceptional case. They are also fueled by shill bids. The bidder's account will be flagged for non-payment, and due to the priced nature of the breach of contract the account would then be closed permanently.
Re: eBay listing for iPhone with "Flappy Bird" installed. At $90,000 and counting...
#5In auctions like these the highest bidder will never follow through with payment. Unless this is some exceptional case. They are also fueled by shill bids. The bidder's account will be flagged for non-payment, and due to the priced nature of the breach of contract the account would then be closed permanently.
Or not, because this is probably a violation of some Apple policy that you agreed with when installing anything from App Store.
Re: eBay listing for iPhone with "Flappy Bird" installed. At $90,000 and counting...
#6Looks like a scam.. The app icon for Flappy Bird is nowhere to be found on that screen.
Re: eBay listing for iPhone with "Flappy Bird" installed. At $90,000 and counting...
#7In auctions like these the highest bidder will never follow through with payment. Unless this is some exceptional case. They are also fueled by shill bids. The bidder's account will be flagged for non-payment, and due to the priced nature of the breach of contract the account would then be closed permanently.
Can you please also explain the motivation for anyone to do all the phony bidding. They don't intend to buy it, they risk getting their account closed, there's no side-channel profit (like ads) from the shill bidding, no one's going to be impressed by the fakery, so why?
Re: eBay listing for iPhone with "Flappy Bird" installed. At $90,000 and counting...
#8PR stunt?
Re: eBay listing for iPhone with "Flappy Bird" installed. At $90,000 and counting...
#9In auctions like these the highest bidder will never follow through with payment. Unless this is some exceptional case. They are also fueled by shill bids. The bidder's account will be flagged for non-payment, and due to the priced nature of the breach of contract the account would then be closed permanently.
Can you please also explain the motivation for anyone to do all the phony bidding. They don't intend to buy it, they risk getting their account closed, there's no side-channel profit (like ads) from the shill bidding, no one's going to be impressed by the fakery, so why?
It could for the attention it causes. Everyone's going to be talking about the listing.
It sort of creates a bit of value in the name 'Flappy Bird'
Re: eBay listing for iPhone with "Flappy Bird" installed. At $90,000 and counting...
#10Looks like a scam.. The app icon for Flappy Bird is nowhere to be found on that screen.
It's a stock photo. Two clues - the only non-apple app visible is ebay's - and the caption "stock photo" beneath the image ..