this story,
. It's in Dutch, so here's the summary of the main story.
Zis guy buys tickets for the football world championships (last year? can't remember, lulz), but a few days before he and his uncle go there, his uncle dies from a heart attack in the last minute of the Netherlands v. Uruguay.
He ventures forth to ebay to sell the tickets asap (as they cost him €1800 and the plane would depart in just two days or so, tickets have to be transferred 24 hours beforehand).
Some guy buys it for €3200 on ebay. Guy mails, no reply for several hours, until he gets a reply pretty much saying 'Yeah uh my wife doesn't agree with me spending so much money on tickets', pretty much calling it off. Guy lowers the price to try and still sell it, going down to the original €1800, but still no sell. The buyer goes "This is ebay, not the supermarket, I'm not obliged to buy anything" (loose translation).
So what does the guy do?
He creates a new account on ebay, creates hisself an alter-ego, and contacts the buyer, offering to buy the tickets for €4000 (they agree on €4500). The buyer bites, and the guy gets an e-mail soon after, where the buyer offers to buy the tickets again for €1700. Guy says €2300, buyer goes okay, etc.
So, guy goes to the buyer (a two hour drive) and ends up at a huge villa, where a Danny de Vito grumpily buys the tickets for €2400 (100 added due to the big drive), shelling it out in cash from a big roll of moneys.
The next day, the buyer calls the guy again, this time thinking he's calling the second buyer (the alter ego), reminding him to transfer the tickets in an hour for €4500. Alter-ego puts on a nervous voice, and tells the buyer that his passport has expired and he can't go (and can't buy). Buyer explodes, WRYYYY, etc. When he's done, alter-ego goes "Listen dude, this is ebay, not the supermarket, I'm not obliged to buy anything"