http://cgi.ebay.com/NES-GAME-DUST-COVER-LOT-LOGO-BLACK-SLEEV...

yea its def a little shady way to do an auction. I dont know if you overpaid for cases tho as thats what they normally go for if someone needs em and there is a bidding war.

If you thought games were included just tell them you arent paying. No big deal, Ebay is in favor of the buyer now and they pretty much dont care about sellers having non paying bidders. He can't leave you a negative anymore either. So i would just say your not paying for them, besides the seller should expect whoever wins to not pay, because of the way they did this jacked up listing.

I don't think he's misleading people at all. The auction title and picture are pretty clear that it's for dust covers and there is a blurb of text above that list of games saying that the stuff below the blurb is stuff in other auctions. I've seen plenty of things like this in the past, lots of people advertise there other auctions in their listings. If you don't have enough time to thorougly read the auction description then it's probably better to just not bid.

Yeah this happens all of the time on eBay. It is the buyer's responsibility to read all terms of the auction before bidding.

Actually, if he doesn't pay, the seller can file a non-paying bidder claim which will result in a non-paying bidder strike on his account.  A few of those an you are banned from eBay.  eBay only favors the buyer if the buyer actually paid for something.  eBay does not take kindly to people bidding on auctions and then not paying.   

I should have read that before I bid but saw the games listed in bold red and assumed that they were in the auction. It is my fault for not reading thoroughly .. like I said I got excited 

You get 3 non-paying strikes before any restrictions are placed on your account.  And it's certainly not a permanent ban. You probably get suspended for a week or something and then go right back to business as usual.

Im not gonna be a deadbeat and not pay , I bid on it im responsible for paying it and that's what I will do. Maybe ive never just come across an auction being listed in that manner. More interested in getting some feedback on the way the games were listed , I guess I have game sleeve s to fill now..

Sellers can block accounts with non-paying strikes from bidding on there auctions too.  I have to imagine a lot of sellers do that.  I started to about 6 months ago and it's really cut down on non-paying bidders.

To be honest I don't think you overpaid for as many as you got either.  You could always try and recoup some of the money by reselling some of them.  There's always people looking for those.

I'm a NES hoarder .. I never sell anything. Good to know at least what I did buy was worth it, Thanks!

Actually I would personally BURN his ass.

If it's listed in the description it's included. I would tell him make sure he includes everything listed in the description, that includes the other auction, and when he refuses give him a strike.

People want to be shady teach them a lesson.

I was thinking something along those lines considering the way the games were specifically listed , but he did say in the sentence before that the games were in ANOTHER auction. So again was on me for not reading. 

Dude, he's not doing anything shady.  It's perfectly legit to advertise your other listings within a listing.  eBay sellers do it all the time.  I don't mean this in any offence to the original poster, but it's not the sellers fault that the buyer didn't read the entire listing.

Having a seperate section showing thumbnails of other auctions under a heading "check out my other items" is Not the same thing as posting whats included in another auction inside the "description" section" of current auction.

It's shady and I wouldn't pay for it. Hes just lucky he realized what was going on. It's in the description it's in the acution. My opinion!

No offense taken. I've said it's my fault for not reading and I paid for this auction. Because It is my responsibility to pay as the buyer. I was curious to know if it was ethical of him to list like that. It would be one thing for him to say hey check out my other stuff like :

So what happens with an auction like this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/NES-NINTENDO-...

Do you rush and click the BIN and demand that those games come with it? I mean they're in the picture right?

There's a fine line between being a salesman and being shady. The seller obviously added those keywords to generate more hits. Putting them in bold red is kind of shady I'll admit. But they weren't pictured and it wasn't that misleading if you took the time to read through. Not saying I agree with what he did, but it definitely doesn't make him a con artist.

No, I honestly don't think using colored text is misleading at all.  He clearly states in the description that those are other things he has up for auction.  When sellers create auction listings they expect that people are actually going to read the listing.  I really don't think he was thinking "gee, if I put these in red maybe the people bidding will think this stuff is included too even though I said above it's a list of other stuff I have up for auction".  I can't find something to be misleading when it's all layed out in plain and simple text in the auction description.

The fact of it is, is that ebay has gotten so full of scam artist you can barely bid on anything. Ebay wont do anything about it, so these people will just keep scamming people.

Just like the asswipes who post Factory sealed games w/h-seam and then post in details it is an reproduction h-seam. I mean seariously people.

It is getting to a point where you almost need a Lawyer to know what yopu are getting and it's annoying.

People constantly try and find "legal" ways to mislead people and they desrve what they get.

The stuff is under a heading that says to check out his other items.  I don't get why putting pictures under a heading like that is not shady, but having the same heading with a text list is shady.

Really? What exactly is an AUCTION DESCRIPTION??????

Just so I understand, you really think the seller was putting that list of stuff to purposely mislead people into thinking that stuff was included in the auction, even though he clearly states right above it that it's a list of other stuff up for auction?

Maybe the guy is guilty of lousy desktop publishing skills, but I really don't think he was trying to con or mislead anyone.

The stuff is under Auction description, that is why it is shady!

Having other listing outside of the description box is different.

yes I do

It's the terms of the auction.  Do the terms of the auction state anywhere that those games are included? Nope.

Does eBay allow sellers to advertise there other auctions within auction descriptions? Yes.

Nothing shady about it.