talk about a disturbing ebay listing...

[Starwars4J]

I agree, plus posting the auction on a forum, saying that your son died, AND calling the set "super rare" is disturbing :-/

Where did she post it on a forum?

[snefroe]

Well if this is genuine:

then i don't really see any problem here; My grandmother died two years ago and my mother and my aunt (my grandmother's daughters) just told the family to take what we wanted and all the rest would be sold... My niece took lots and lots of stuff to garage sales... We split the money that was still on her account, ... nobody said anything like "g... people... this disgusting..." Clearly many of you have never been involved in what happens when family members die, trust me, you can't keep everything and if there's a choice of throwing away something that's still in perfect condition or sell it on ebay or whatever, believe me, many will sell it... and why not? If your father dies and you're stuck with a second car, wouldn't you sell it, and wouldn't you state that you're doing it because it was your fathers? It happens all the time... in this case, I wouldn't even state that it's a marketing trick, nobody is going to buy this out of sympathy, but because you may get a good deal here...

if it isn't genuine... then i don't really see what impact this statement can have. I would or wouldn't buy this because of the extra info. I don't care why people sell their stuff, i just look if it's a good deal or not... period.

[Trionx]

Where did she post it on a forum?

She posted it here on Eurobricks. :-| . And what I meant in my post is that posting on a forum, giving info out (whether it be true or false) that your son died so you can get more people buying your stuff is wrong.

Well if this is genuine:

then i don't really see any problem here; My grandmother died two years ago and my mother and my aunt (my grandmother's daughters) just told the family to take what we wanted and all the rest would be sold... My niece took lots and lots of stuff to garage sales... We split the money that was still on her account, ... nobody said anything like "g... people... this disgusting..." Clearly many of you have never been involved in what happens when family members die, trust me, you can't keep everything and if there's a choice of throwing away something that's still in perfect condition or sell it on ebay or whatever, believe me, many will sell it... and why not? If your father dies and you're stuck with a second car, wouldn't you sell it, and wouldn't you state that you're doing it because it was your fathers? It happens all the time... in this case, I wouldn't even state that it's a marketing trick, nobody is going to buy this out of sympathy, but because you may get a good deal here...

if it isn't genuine... then i don't really see what impact this statement can have. I would or wouldn't buy this because of the extra info. I don't care why people sell their stuff, i just look if it's a good deal or not... period.

Yeah, but what she's doing is going around places saying that "my son died and I'm selling his stuff" while thats fine to say on eBay, posting it on here so more people can see the sets and buy them is a bit greedy. One thing I want to know is how old was her son when he died? The eBay page says that the set is in "mint condition" and I think that any kid would open that set after he/she got home with it? Also, in your post you're giving examples like a car and stuff like that, but what is going on here is that she's selling stuff that is almost minor, I was looking at her other auctions and she was selling stuff like this and giving the same story. One last thing I want to add is that for some who's married and had a kid you would think would be better at grammar and spelling. :-/

[Hobbes]

She posted it here on Eurobricks. :-|

Where?

The first post in this thread is not her posting if you're referring to that. morris just posted about the auction and quoted the description.

How about reading the topic title? It was clear to everybody else...

Now you can roll your eyes...

[Trionx]

Where?

The first post in this thread is not her posting if you're referring to that. morris just posted about the auction and quoted the description.

How about reading the topic title? It was clear to everybody else...

Now you can roll your eyes...

Ah, it all come clear now... :-P I was wondering about the topic tital, thanks Hobbes. :-D

EDIT: I was looking at morris's post and I saw that he didn't say that the auction wasn't his, so that's why I thought it was his.

[El Bucanero]

This is strange....

If he is trying to attract buyers by saying his son died, he is SICK!

If it is true, well, I wouldn't sell his LEGO because I'd keep them some kind of memory..

I don't know alot about exo force, so may I ask, Is this really rare??

[rexcal]

When I read this thread for the first time I really was wondering...

Much ado about nothing?

Seriously, I don't really understand why most of you guys (except snefroe1) are having such a big problem with this.

First,

we don't know if this is a made up story or not and we'll never find out. But I think it's none of our business anyway. Of course I do understand that one can wonder about the seller giving us this info anyway, but as long as we don't know about this person and all the circumstances who are we to judge?

Second,

people grieve in different ways, most of us certainly would not mention the death of a family member on ebay. But concerning the ones who do - that's fine with me, everyone deals differently with tragic incidents and the loss of a child surely is one of the most sad things I imagine one can experience. I also can imagine that listing these items can cause pain, too, and being as direct as the seller is might be helpful for dealing with his/her situation.

Third,

it's just like snefroe said, the belongings of passed away people get sold all the time, so this also shouldn't be the problem. There are people who would keep the stuff as part of the memory, but I think it's only normal and healthy not to keep everything, so this is everyone's individual decision what they want to keep in loving memory.

I didn't want to sound offensive towards you, it's just that we should not judge something we know so little about...

One thing we all can agree on: If this is a fake, then it's a very distasteful one.

[Trionx]

This is strange....

If he is trying to attract buyers by saying his son died, he is SICK!

If it is true, well, I wouldn't sell his LEGO because I'd keep them as "relic"(can't find a good English word yet)

And I wouldn't buy it, because of the idea this belonged to a dead kid... ( wouldn't buy exo force at all though) Voodoo!

BTW, I don't know alot about exo force, so may I ask, Is this really rare??

Mr Tiber

No, the set she's selling is a Target store exclusive, but it's still on S@H (link)

When I read this thread for the first time I really was wondering...

Much ado about nothing?

Seriously, I don't really understand why most of you guys (except snefroe1) are having such a big problem with this.

First,

we don't know if this is a made up story or not and we'll never find out. But I think it's none of our business anyway. Of course I do understand that one can wonder about the seller giving us this info anyway, but as long as we don't know about this person and all the circumstances who are we to judge?

Second,

people grieve in different ways, most of us certainly would not mention the death of a family member on ebay. But concerning the ones who do - that's fine with me, everyone deals differently with tragic incidents and the loss of a child surely is one of the most sad things I imagine one can experience. I also can imagine that listing these items can cause pain, too, and being as direct as the seller is might be helpful for dealing with his/her situation.

Third,

it's just like snefroe said, the belongings of passed away people get sold all the time, so this also shouldn't be the problem. There are people who would keep the stuff as part of the memory, but I think it's only normal and healthy not to keep everything, so this is everyone's individual decision what they want to keep in loving memory.

I didn't want to sound offensive towards you, it's just that we should not judge something we know so little about...

One thing we all can agree on: If this is a fake, then it's a very distasteful one.

I do agree about your first and second point, but Like I said before, the problem was that she was using her child's death to sell some random lego sets. If you look at one of my posts, I have a link to some lego plants she was selling, (plus like another member said before, using the "L@@K" sign when you're selling your dead child's legos seems a bit disturbing) anyway to me it seem like shes/hes trying to sell some legos in a very sick way.

[blueandwhite]

it's just like snefroe said, the belongings of passed away people get sold all the time, so this also shouldn't be the problem. There are people who would keep the stuff as part of the memory, but I think it's only normal and healthy not to keep everything, so this is everyone's individual decision what they want to keep in loving memory.

I didn't want to sound offensive towards you, it's just that we should not judge something we know so little about...

One thing we all can agree on: If this is a fake, then it's a very distasteful one.

I think your missing the point.

I don't think anybody would suggest that there is something wrong with selling off a loved one's belongings after he or she passes on. Nobody would disagree with you there. Heck, estate sales happen all the time. It's just that some people (including myself) find the manner in which this seller is going about selling these items to be distasteful. Also, I have a hard time buying into the notion that advertising her son's death on ebay is part of the grieving process - particularly when she seems to be using it as a tagline. Each of her LEGO sales includes the same cut-and-paste line. It just seems to be in poor taste.

[rexcal]

I think your missing the point.

I don't think anybody would suggest that there is something wrong with selling off a loved one's belongings after he or she passes on. Nobody would disagree with you there. Heck, estate sales happen all the time. It's just that some people (including myself) find the manner in which this seller is going about selling these items to be distasteful. Also, I have a hard time buying into the notion that advertising her son's death on ebay is part of the grieving process - particularly when she seems to be using it as a tagline. Each of her LEGO sales includes the same cut-and-paste line. It just seems to be in poor taste.

I'm not missing the point.

Read this thread carefully and you'll find postings that say that the kid's belongings shouldn't be sold at all.

How do you know how a parent's grieving process might look like? People are different. I find this kind of auction unusual, too. But that's all i can say based on the information we have.

[xenologer]

The eBay page says that the set is in "mint condition" and I think that any kid would open that set after he/she got home with it?

Lots of ebay descriptions like to call a set 'mint' even if it's an opened box. They don't litereally mean that its 'mint', the mean that the 'condition' is mint. Condition meaning the bricks are clean and not worn out...

Yeah, I think its kinda sneaky and splitting hairs when they describe stuff like that, but ohwell...

[blueandwhite]

I'm not missing the point.

Read this thread carefully and you'll find postings that say that the kid's belongings shouldn't be sold at all.

How do you know how a parent's grieving process might look like? People are different. I find this kind of auction unusual, too. But that's all i can say based on the information we have.

Again, people feel differently on this matter. Personally, I feel its in poor taste regardless of whether its a sham or not. Only a few posters have taken issue with the fact she is selling these items. Most have simply expressed their belief that advertising the death of her son with the sale items is incredibly inappropriate. You ask others not to judge her, yet in doing so, you are actually judgeing them. Everybody has a right to an opinion, even if that opinion is what you would consider inappropriate.

[Sir Dillon]

Read this thread carefully and you'll find postings that say that the kid's belongings shouldn't be sold at all.

How do you know how a parent's grieving process might look like? People are different. I find this kind of auction unusual, too. But that's all i can say based on the information we have.

I have no problem with someone selling their late son's belongings. It just seems to me, (if this is real) that she is using her son's death as a way to attract more attention to the auction, and get more bids. That's why I find it in poor taste.

[rexcal]

Everybody has a right to an opinion, even if that opinion is what you would consider inappropriate.

Of course everone has. I never denied that.

;-)

[morris]

Guys, we should all pay some RESPECT to the dead, and not make money out of them, yes, including our own offspring.