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Re: This makes me SICK!
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Date: 
Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:50:46 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Bryan Wong writes:
Pure speculation on my part. Hey, why not put up your own auction for $0.02
and send the info to all bidders? Not sure if this is against eBay TOS or
not.

Yes, I think that's against the eBay TOS cuz it's "interefering" with his
auction.

If it were done right, I imagine that it wouldn't violate the TOS...
Something along the lines of:

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DESCRIPTION: Silver Champion & Railway Express
STARTING PRICE: $500

I bought this Silver Champion on www.walmart.com for $75 (plus 5.95
shipping) and this Railway Express on www.walmart.com for $55 (plus 5.95
shipping). There's still some quantity left at at walmart.com, but
meanwhile, you can buy mine if you don't want to buy from them.
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It'd look stupid on your part (and you wouldn't get any bids), but I don't
think it would violate the TOS, unless you claimed that you only posted it
to discredit an existing auction.

DaveE



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  Re: This makes me SICK!
 
DaveE and Bryan Wong (1) together have it backwards. Putting information in the listing about where to get it cheaper *is* against the eBay TOS. Example provided by DaveE (quoted below). Offering the same item for less than someone else *is not* (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)

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  Re: This makes me SICK!
 
(...) You're too nice, Chris. :) Actually, he's been selling them for over $100 on eBay himself... As if that wasn't enough of a profit, now he has to charge people for his source of cheap sets! (...) Yes, I think that's against the eBay TOS cuz (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)

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