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    What's your most expensive online mistake?

    Just booked a one way flight but got the airports the wrong way round. Son of B... I'm checking the amendment/cancellation small print at the moment...

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    if they got it the wrong way round you should be good for a refund?

    mine was my first ebay purchase...only 50 quid scammed out of me, but the bloke took a lot of people for a lot of money on the same day...about 40-50 grand i counted. he is now in prison fellating mr big.
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    stupid betond belief.
    You owe it to yourself to click here really.

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    I don't buy online but Jon does, and he ordered a Fairmans Tee and a CKY Tee from Fairmans skateshop in West Chester and the Tee's were like £10 each but what he didn't notice was they charged him £50 for postage and packing, apparently they send overseas parcels by 'signed fo'r delivery hehe though he was well chuffed with he tee's when they turned up, very very good quality

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    On a forum some cockroach scammed me outta 90 quid

    Was Kuston, did 2 deals on there, ripped off on both, **********s
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    I lost £35 on ebay.com when I bought some Initial D manga books. I paid $60 for 7 volumes and never received any of them . Paypal didnt give me the money back either as the 60 day period had expired while I was waiting for them.

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    I bought a copy of Capcom vs. SNK2 for the Dreamcast, a Jap only game, from Ebay. When it turned up it was a blatant pirate copy. The little scamp that ripped me for it only lived in Grays, I was tempted to drive the 20 miles up there and brick every window in his house- in the end I put it down to experience. So, £14 is the most I've ever lost. As a deeply tight man, it still pains me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Clunk
    if they got it the wrong way round you should be good for a refund?
    It was me and my big fingers that put the airports the wrong way round ...

    £25 to change the booking (not too bad) +the difference in the cost of the flight the other way round (50% more!!)

    That will teach me to rush a last minute booking. Anyway I fly today, bye bye England.

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    Bought a pair of Evisu jeans on eBay, £50, when they arrived I realised they were fake, as I have 2 pairs of real ones. The seller promosied me they were 100% geniune, yeah right.


    It was the first and last time I bought clothing on eBay!
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    For me it was ebay, ordered medal of honour AA + spearhead, MOHAA turned up genuine but the expansion pack was a pirate version,

    Downloading warez (probably off bit torrent since I rekon he was about 15) is bad enough, but selling it is really stupid... He got reported to FACT, EA, Ebay and paypal - and after that I went on a spree of looking though ebay for other obvious fakes, dvds are the easiest, and reported the sellers to the various copywrite holders (and always fact+ea)

    What can I say, it was a slow day at work and they deseve everyhting they get, revenge is sweet

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    Well, lost £12 on a *BRAND NEW* Warioware on Ebay.. turns out to be a pirated version as well..

    My advice, never EVER trust anything from Asia, although I'm asian.. their trading habits are a piss.. mind my language.. I'm still pretty furious about it..
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    Most expensive mistake... chatting up a girl who lived miles and I mean miles away and then going out with her for 6+ months.

    40 quid a week the train tickets cost me lol

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    An online porn subscription on my credit card. I didn't know I'd done it for months (I was drunk when I opened the account!) and it cost me a fortune! That was a few years ago now.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big RICHARD
    An online porn subscription on my credit card. I didn't know I'd done it for months (I was drunk when I opened the account!) and it cost me a fortune! That was a few years ago now.....
    How much did it cost you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DeludedGuy
    How much did it cost you?

    About £150 in the end. It was an American company. I rang them and told them that it had been unauthorised use of my card so they would cancel straight away. I think it was a 12 month contract!

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    £10 on these forums for a pc game that never turned up he got some other people too... *sigh* here

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