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(...) Ok, I see the point, and I admit the information sale was a bad idea. (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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mark hollingsworth wrote in message ... (...) see (...) Check the Buying Lego FAQ at (URL) . Link to it from your auctions if you dare educate your buyers :-) Kevin ---...--- Victorian House: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) It is misleading in that the seller said this is not sold in stores, or something to that effect which is clearly no true. (...) I have had auctions run 1 or 2 weeks in a row with no one meeting the minimum bid, and then the third time around (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) The sad thing is I instinctively wrote "Eric" first by somehow recalling the "Eric McC" signature, and then went back and deleted it when I actually looked at the posting name... Shame on me! :) (...) Ah! Ok... that makes it a bit more (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction)
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Lorbaat wrote in message ... (...) more (...) you (...) I have a problem with him selling information he gleaned for free on LUGNET. I for one do not want to post any more finds on LUGNET for people like him. I currently know a great source for (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) (Please call me "Eric", not "Charles". I gotta get that fixed...) That quote is an exact quote. Here's the web page and a little more context: (URL) Listing Techniques that Circumvent eBay's fee structure Users may not use systems or (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Personal aside (just passing the buck, sorry Charles, if you were indeed wrong) but I tried to be very careful in my wording because I did not actually find the quoted rules which were supposedly in question. Instead I said: (...) I also said: (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Then explain the reasons they don't allow catalog sales or information in the auction description about where to get those or other items. Also, look up what they did to Larry P. If I recall correctly, they cancelled his auctions that referred (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Please back this up, because I have no idea what you're getting at. To me the above makes perfect sense. I'm interested to know why you think Ebay has a problem with other people trying to give out information which diverts Ebay buyers from (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) It is actually all the Pneumatics from a 8299. I got a load of them cheap a while ago as the boxes are bashed up. If anyone wants a Technic guy with SCUBA gear - let me know :-) The 8299: (URL) A (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I'm in an interesting place on this one... On the one hand, I don't like people acting as 'outrageous' middlemen. Marking up the price from what you got it? Fine. Marking it up a LOT? When it's not worth that much? Yeah, I've got a moral (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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You are so correct I wish I had said it myself. (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Wrong, and just plain silly. (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Here's what I really wrote, and you were absolutely wrong about the ebay rules. Check out my RIS sales! Why do you have to be mad when someone else makes money? You should buy a RIS 1.5 set from me, and leave some negative feedback, but be careful (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Yeah, almost as easy as selling easily-obtainable information. It doesn't make me "sick", as some people said- after all, if you can fool people that should know better into paying you $10 for the information, more power to you- but don't get (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Strike that-- he just posted :) DaveE (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) FWIW, the seller contacted me on Monday (or yesterday? I forget) and said he's actually gotten more than one "do-gooder" interaction on his auction, his bidders were "...contacted by someone either offering to sell the same set for a little (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) And finally someone actually has a very good idea. I will stay tuned to see if anyone will actually follow up. After all isn't it is so much easier to complain, interfere with auctions, mistakingly quote ebay's "TOS", and pass judgement on (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I'm not sure where I come in on this whole issue. On the one hand, let the buyer beware is true and if someone is content to pay $120 for a $170 retail set, they are "saving" $50 regardless of how much more they could have saved buying it from (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) No can do, it's a "Buy it now!" auction, first bid ends it. junior (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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