[LargeFormat] Ebay Madness

[Karl Wolz]

The most important service which eBay provides is that of bringing together
a buyer and a seller.  Most important if you have an odd camera that you
happen to need a particular lens for, or something of that ilk.

It is a common scam to list an item at too high a price to sell and then
wait for the personal e-mails to come in after the auction closes, thus
avoiding eBays fees.

As I said earlier, while it might be legal, it isn't ethical.

Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Mayrand" <dnaryam@videotron.ca>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Ebay Madness


> Actually,
>
> Yes they have some right, the same thing as an estate agent. If someone
get
> in touch with you trough an estate agent while you are under his contract,
> then decide after the contract is over that he wants to buy the house
> directly from you. The estate company has legal right to a comission on
the
> sale. The parallel with ebay is easy to see. I doubt they would take other
> measure than a simple suspension....but they could.
>
> An other aspect is that ebay assure their member that they will receive no
> non-sollicited email. Wich may be reported if you contact sellers of
auction
> already ended
>
> Also I said that I use this tactic a lot, I must also say that I buy
trough
> ebay a lot. The only reason I don't feel too bad to sometime contact and
buy
> outside ebay is that I think the supplement you pay by passing trough ebay
> is for the security they give for the transaction. If you can live without
> security, there should be no fee. I also buy item wich would have never
sold
> because their initial bid was too high, or already listed twice.
>
> Robert
>
>
>
> undOn 2/5/02 1:52 AM, "Jim" <jim@visualimpressions.com> wrote:
>
> > HUH??? The auction is over. No one bid. eBay neither owns the item nor
the
> > right of the actual owner to do as he pleases with it. He could crush it
if
> > he/she so pleases. Or put it on a Yahoo auction.
> >
> > So after an auction is FINISHED, ENDED, KAPUT, NO BIDS, how on earth can
> > eBay tell anyone what they can or cannot do.
> >
> > Answer... they cannot.
> >
> > And anyone is a fool to think that one cannot, or should not, buy
something
> > that is out of an auction by default. And this is not a fee avoidance
> > tactic. It is simply expressing what one party is willing to pay, and
the
> > other party can accept or reject. Simple as that. Auction finished and
done
> > with.
> >
> > Jim
>
>
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