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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 21:15:08 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Doug Finney writes:
> In lugnet.market.auction, James Brown writes:
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> > 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.
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> 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.
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> Not that I'm saying you're wrong, just that I'm not following your arguement.
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 that they don't auction, because it removes them
from the responsibility loop, and they're big fans of not being responsible.
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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 | | Re: States Go After Online Auctions; $1000 fines
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| (...) Which is fine until someone somes along and tries to sell something not within the TOS. Then eBay 'censors' the seller & auction by removing it. eBay is trying to walk a fine-line between having no responsibility (a common-carrier auction site (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: States Go After Online Auctions; $1000 fines
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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