The Mystery Auctions on eBay
By Jdmaurer16
@Jdmaurer16 (107)
United States
4 responses
@Michele21 (3093)
• United States
16 Mar 07
I have never seen these on Ebay...what is it exactly? Are you bidding on a set amount of cash from the seller?? That is kinda cool...please let me know that sounds really interesting!!
@Jdmaurer16 (107)
• United States
17 Mar 07
Not exactly. What you do is, you buy an e-envelope for, lets say $1.00. Then you envelope will contain cash amounts from $0.25 to about $100. You will never know what you will get! I think they are fun, but would it be considered gambling?
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@coolseeds (3919)
• United States
18 Mar 07
Hi,
I am a powerseller on ebay & very familiar with the rules. It is illegal on ebay to sell lottery tickets. That is why it is worded to be politically correct so ebay doesn't remove the auction. Such as you will be purchasing an envelope & only an envelope.
More than likely you will not win more than you paid. It is a way for sellers and buyers to increase their feedback.
You can not sell feedback on ebay either. Ebay removes a lot of auctions for digital items below a certain amount because they consider it the selling of feedback.
You can take your chances but you will probably not get much more than you paid.
@lenywp (1963)
• Australia
17 Mar 07
I have seen them before but would probably never buy them. They seem tempting, but the people aren't prefessionals which would sell some with real value and some with almost nothing but these people will just put in something tiny they found around the house. It' not all of them but most will do it. It's not classified as gambling, but as throwing money away.
@clarkebar (130)
• United States
18 Mar 07
I sell on e-bay and I am on everyday can you tell me where these mystery autions are and who sponsers them? It sounds like fun. Does E-bay sell the envelopes? Could you let me know as I would like to visits this site. Thanks for your time Stephanie
