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In lugnet.market.theory, John DiRienzo writes:
> Ray Sanders wrote in message <381B909A.51AD387E@gate.net>...
> > Could someone link to an outside home page, and there have links to all
> > the non-eBay auctions ? I don't see any way they could barf at that.
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> Thats what I do, and have never had a complaint from eBay - you can see
> the page I link to in the first URL below.
From what I've gathered in my light scanning of the various sources of eBay
conditions is that they have sets of woolly and sometimes contradictory
sounding regulations. Whether this is because they are inept or whether it is
because having clear rules means that they would have to abide by them (ie
they'd have less power), I cannot say. Of course, it could be their ambiguous
(bad) writing style that adds to my confusion...
Some more from ended@ebay.com (I think if you mail that address you get an
automated reply)
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We have several reasons for the ending of auctions, ALL OF WHICH ARE NOT
DISPUTABLE. They are as follows:
1. ADVERTISEMENT: You item must be listed as an actual auction and not as
an advertisement for your item or service. We allow goods or services
being offered to advertise a business, however, eBay does not allow
auction listings to be used as advertisements for soliciting potential
customers for an item or service by offering it for direct purchase (that
is, bypassing the auction format).
--
This says:
* You can advertise a business
* Your business cannot sell an item or offer a service
Translation:
* Watch your step, if you annoy us, we'll pull your auction.
I'm pretty sure that you can extract at least one more meaning from that
paragraph, but the point is that while there is ambiguity, they are entitled to
do what they want, and (as has been demonstrated) they will.
In the context of a Fair Lego Sellers site, for that page to be linked directly
from an eBay auction, I think it would have to be pretty tame. If it had a list
of all the less scrupulous individuals and where to get Lego cheaper than on
eBay (S@H), then I think they would pull the plug.
If the page just had information on known trusted sellers, then that would be
less controversial. If it had the other information as a link to another site
then I don't think that they could touch it. Or at least, they shouldn't be
able to!
Just some rambling thoughts.. I'm back into GMT again and I'm wondering what to
do with my extra hour :)
Richard
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| (...) By this definition there are MANY auctions going on for computers and software that violate the TOS, as I've seen many auctions that ofer a link to a straight sale (at a higher cost) if you want it now. (...) Actually, it means that you cannot (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.general)
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| Ray Sanders wrote in message <381B909A.51AD387E@gate.net>... (...) Thats what I do, and have never had a complaint from eBay - you can see the page I link to in the first URL below. -- Have fun! John My Trade/Sale (and links) Page (URL) weird Lego (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.general)
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