Here’s what sets my Ick Flags a’waving.
~I’ve shopped for a LOT of kid’s clothes on ebay, and I’ve never, ever run across a photo of a child (or a photoshopped version of one) modeling the clothes. Moms & Dads don’t DO that sorta thing, for the most part…because we are all too aware of the pervs out there just searching for pictures of our babies to slobber over.
~The title of the auction: Not “Boy’s Dance Costume - River Dance Style!” or “Custom-Made Boy’s Dance Outfit.” No, we have HOT BOY right there in the title. Ick Ick ICK.
~And the nasty photo itself, of course. Photoshopped or not (sure lookes like it to me, too), it’s just seems geared toward a certain type of shopper, if you get my drift.
Overall, “Eeeeew” factor of 10+.
~karol
You want to go for really disgusting, check out the other bidders to that auction, and what it is they won before (If you don’t wanna travel down that sicko road, here it is- used boys underwear, lots of it). Makes the pictures of Boy Scouts kind of tame in comparison.
The photo is obviously faked, but probably just because the seller didn’t want to model their own child in it (at least that is what I am telling myself).
It’s a free country and all, but man, that winner just creeps me out. :shudder:
It’s not often that anything causes me to actually, physically, shudder. But looking at those past buying histories did it. I need to wash out my brain.
Let’s just hope he’s a Boy Scout leader compiling a history of the Scouts.
On second thought, considering what he just bought, I hope he is already in maximum security prison with no chance for parole.
The dude is definitely a little warped, and I don’t think it would be a bad idea to at least alert ebay of this guy’s purchase history. Let them look into it. If this guy ever gets charged with anything related to pedophelia, ebay may ultimately be brought into the fray, and I’m sure they wouldn’t want that kind of press. It would be in their best interest to investigate.
Well, I’ve seen child models-a friend of mine makes Titanic and other period costumes-a lot for children, and she has pictures of her daughters in the outfits she made for them on her site. Of course, there’s a difference between a girl wearing a pretty dress and a boy wearing leather and straps.
I agree…VERY big difference. I think it’s very common on individual websites, but I just haven’t run across it a lot on ebay. Of course, it’s easy enough to search the web, but somehow ebay seems much more public to me. That’s an artificial sense of security on my part, I’m sure. (Unfortunately.)
Still, I bet she doesn’t use keywords like “HOT!” in her descriptions…
~k
Did you notice that the seller not only listed this “costume” under the Costume category, but he also listed it under boy’s underwear? Why would any NORMAL person who is selling a costume also list it under Boy’s Underwear? No NORMAL buyer is going to be looking for costumes in the underwear category, are they? I think this seller knows that a “certain” kind of buyer is always hunting the boy’s underwear category, and he didn’t want his HOT BOY auction to go unnoticed by these “certain” kinds of buyers.
This is just beyond sick. And look: The seller sold another one of these HOT BOY costumes in May, using the exact description. (Check it out here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=874222392 .) Why is he selling two of the same “used” costume? I would assume that the buyer in May didn’t return the costume for a refund, since they gave good feedback. And, now that I look at the other auctions for the winning bidder of the May auction…hmmmmm.
Agreed, yosemite. The person putting it up was hardly some little boy’s parent - he was a pedophila porn pusher, and knew exactly what he was doing and how to word the ad so they would flock to his auction.
Agreed, yosemite. The person putting it up was hardly some little boy’s parent - he was a pedophila porn pusher, and knew exactly what he was doing and how to word the ad so they would flock to his auction.