[LargeFormat] extreme ebay madness

[Tim Atherton]

you really have got your knickers in a twist about this haven't you!

All I said was the buyer got ripped of - true. Scam - I would think so.
Describing the book as Rare when it's a new book in print - certainly
illegal under the UK Trades Descriptions Act... !

Now - give me your address and I'll send you a quarter.

tim a


> -----Original Message-----
> From: largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net]On
> Behalf Of Paul and Paula Butzi
> Sent: February 13, 2002 10:16 PM
> To: largeformat@f32.net
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] extreme ebay madness
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>
> To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 8:36 PM
> Subject: RE: [LargeFormat] extreme ebay madness
>
>
> > >
> > > Well Dagor's was a first edition.
> >
> > wow - first edition - as it was published last summer I imagine
> there is no
> > second edition!
> >
> > someone got ripped off!
>
> While it may, apparently, be a "common scam", it is only so where there
> is the intent to do so. There are most likely as many "innocent"
> transactions of this sort going on. Entirely common and acceptable
> in my experience. Illegal - nope. Unethical - hardly.
>
> -Paul
>
> (the text is, almost word for word, what you wrote on Feb 5 regarding
> various schemes for avoiding Ebay fees.  What's sauce for the goose
> is sauce for the gander.  You can hardly complain 'someone got ripped
> off' in this case while gleefully exhorting people to rip off
> Ebay in another.
> If you're going to laud people who negotiate ways to avoid Ebay fees (what
> I'd call 'sharp' business practice) then you should laud someone who
> by simple copywriting manages to drive the price up beyond the point
> you think it's a good value. )
>
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