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Re: States Go After Online Auctions; $1000 fines
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lugnet.market.auction
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Wed, 15 Dec 1999 18:43:48 GMT
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James Brown wrote:
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> In lugnet.market.auction, Frank Filz writes:
> > Jim Piccuito wrote:
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> > > In lugnet.market.auction, Scott Arthur writes:
> > > > Can it not be argued that it is ebay that is doing the auctioning?
> > >
> > > Sorry to say but, Ebay is a server they provide the services we are the ones
> > > in control of the auctions we sell. Just like a web page, AOL, ect. is the
> > > server. You are the one that controls the page.
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> > No, eBay is the auctioneer. You don't submit bids to the sellers, you
> > submit bids to eBay. I doubt you need to get a license (which in NC
> > requires training and passing a test) to hire an auctioneer to dispose
> > of poor deceased aunt Mary's estate.
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> Actually, no. Ebay is "only a venue" - which is the electronic equivalent of
> an auction house. They provide a "place" and advertising, whereas any actual
> auctioning that's done is by the people who buy time.
If I am the auctioneer, and not eBay, then why can't I set the terms of
bidding (minimum raises, how the auction ends, etc)? It seems to me that
semantically, eBay is the auctioneer.
--
Frank Filz
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| (...) ones (...) the (...) Ebay determines the conditions under which you may auction things using their venue (including min bids, increments, etc), but they do not actually auction anything. They sell eSpace to auctioneers. This is (among other (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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