Verification revisited

As bids on NES game lot escalated I sent out this message:

Dear ewaufekhalid,
Thanks for supporting Commodites art project with your bids on Photo of - NES Nintendo Game Lot. I wanted to verify that you know this auction is for a photograph of the described games and not the games themselves. If you haven't checked out thecommodities.blogspot.com or erikdalzen.com yet please do so.
Thanks,
- *commodities*

Dear *commodities*,
i am very sorry for bidding on your item I was not aware of it being a picture. I thought it was a lot of games since de description was so accurate and you put the rarity chart too. I also increased my max bid and would l9ike to know how iI could canacel that. I'm soo sorry of biding before reading the title well and am not interested in buying a photograph. Is it possible to withdraw my bid please.
- ewaufekhalid

Dear *commodities*,
unfortunately by the time i read your email anwsered back and went through the contact us I was over an hour since my bidding. So I am asking of you again if I could please withdraw my bid and cancel the whole thing I have already increased my max bet and am not willing ot pay 85 bucks for a damn photo. seriously thats not fun when you are expecting to spend that money top play bad ass games. Soo please cancel my bid and I will be very gratefull. I am hopefull since you wrote me first notifyng me just to verify if I kne wwhat I was getting myself into.
- ewaufekhalid

Dear ewaufekhalid,
You have to initiate the process if your bid was in error. http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?RetractBidShow or maybe someone will just outbid you who actually wants it.
- *commodities*

And while ewaufekhalid was outbid I'm afraid it wasn't for the best...

Verification

I often send bidders an email to verify that they are aware they are bidding on a photograph and not the item pictured in the photograph. That email goes something like this:

Dear ______,

Thank you for supporting Commodities. I see you are currently the high bidder for Polaroid Type 55 Pos/Neg 4x5 Film Unopened 6/06. I wanted to verify that you understand the nature of this item. As stated in the description, this auction is for a photograph of a box film. The film itself is not up for bid. This is part of an ongoing art project of photographs and drawings. To learn more about the project please visit erikdalzen.com

Sincerely,

*commodities*

Here are the most recent responses:

obviously the ebay add is a little miss leading. I was very much expecting to bis [sic] on a box of film. If you would kindly remove my bid I would appreciate it. I re-read your add and see where it leads in both ways. a photo and box of film. I [sic] shows up in the search for film.

and

Hello, I don't want a picture, I need the film.
Thanks but no!

Does anyone read the item description? I have never purchased something on ebay with out reading the complete description first. Am I the only one that does that? The listing has the word 'photograph' or some other related term in excess of 10 times. I fear that creating any more blatant descriptions will erase the nuances I had hoped to maintain. What makes this so hard to understand? It is interesting to point out that the most misunderstood auctions were the Rollei and currently, the box of Polaroid film.