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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 20:36:20 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, James Brown writes:
> 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 things) one
> of the ways eBay avoids responsibility for pretty much anything that happens
> there.
But isn't that analogous to real-world auction houses? They typically aren't
actually auctioning anything either, just providing a venue and a caller
(didn't want to call them auctioneers to avoid term confusion) in exchange
for a percentage of the take.
Not that I'm saying you're wrong, just that I'm not following your arguement.
Doug
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 | | Re: States Go After Online Auctions; $1000 fines
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| (...) The difference is that eBay (unlike a caller) isn't doing any flogging/promotion for the item. That's my main point. eBay provides an interface, but that's it. My other point (only implied, mostly) is that eBay will (IMHO) promote the idea (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: States Go After Online Auctions; $1000 fines
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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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