Originally posted by: geekzapoppin
Looks like Mr. DirkSteele is at it again. The price is up to $80 already. Time to do some reporting. Let's hope it works.

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZdirkQ2dsteele

Edit: eBay sure makes it nearly impossible to report someone. How is it done?

Why bother - take him down and 2 others replace him - BEING someone’s whose DVD's are just about a mainstay on eBay now ( My Holiday Special with Muppets and ads + DVD-rom that has MY album on it, The Casting auctions and a few others)

I've tried to shut them down a billion times but it's like killing cockroaches with a feather

Dr. Gonzo is included and has most likely created one of the most famous versions of the OT DVD’s - eJackers have made TONS from his WONDERFUL transfer

We’ve had a few threads about this here and at MYSPLEEN.com; where I have uploaded 28 Star Wars torrents and about 10 (1 DVD, and a bunch of VCD’s

) on Napster way back when (r.i.p.) - inadvertently I’ve been the source for most of these eJackers either via my uploads.

Let them be man - and please understand that you will only find yourself getting furious over something that WE have NO control over…

THAT and I've really come to the conclusion that there are SO MANY fans that want the ORIGINAL Trilogy and sadly eBay is their only source and by shutting the auctions not only do we artificially inflate the prices of the remaining sets (by diminishing the “market”) we create a feverish frenzy of bidding that will only FORCE the prices hit up to $200 for 4 simple DVD-r discs.

I mean if the only way YOU could get the Original Trilogy was eBay (NOT every fan is as tech savvy as forum members nor do they have broadband – PLEASE keep this in mind now) and after looking at EVERY Comic book and Collectable shops in your town to find a DVD copy. You might be forced to buy the DVD’s on eBay – then the bidding starts…. Prices soar

(Expletive Deleted) WE as fans are insane and YOU know this…

I’ve seen SW fans fistfight over toys (Wal-Mart) and I’ve even seen a Star Wars mugging at Celebration I in Denver - A group of… well there is no soft way to put this so screw the sugar coating… NERDY fans got jacked by some tougher “skater/punkish” guys…

MAN, imagine getting jacket for a bag of SW swag and a few autographs.

I’ve seen a Star Wars DVD set sell for $500 once in 1999 and the seller got the best feedback I’ve ever seen.

EVEN I paid $200 for my first Asian bootlegs back in 1999 - after that I got a PC then soon DSL next thing you know here we are.

eBay works on the bidding and buy-it-now system so when it’s all said and done it is the BIDDERS that pay the price THEY choose to pay – the bidder is NEVER forced to pay he chooses that as a FAN – So in some sick way by reporting the auctions and getting them shut-down WE are denying a FAN his or her memories of the OT… the way WE all remember it that is.

THE only way to fight this is to post our own auctions for a few bucks a disc. THIS will force the prices down fast – BUT I’ve tried this and I always get reported buy the eJackers as I cut DEEPLY into their pockets… (you know who you are) NEXT thing you know they report all of your auctions (including car parts!?!) and YOU get shut down and they continue to sell.

So post a few auctions and ask a few bucks a DVD (a fair price that you yourself would pay) – THIS will fight the eJackers and also help a fellow fan get the films for a few bucks VS. $100 - Help others achieve their collecting goals for the sake of the hobby, not just for the sake of profit. I upload the movies and I trade ("Do, or do not. There is no try.") the best way to fight these eJackers is to copy, trade, give away or hook people up for a few bucks - I tried the free thing for a while (Blanks and postage for burns) but getting stuck burning DVD’s at 1 and 2x (at the time that was as fast as DVD writers wrote) every day is not conducive to having a family (not at ALL) so I started to trade instead

Dang gang, sorry I didn’t mean to ramble but this whole eBay sellers thing has me perplexed.