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Re: This makes me SICK!
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lugnet.market.auction
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Mon, 8 Jan 2001 15:20:23 GMT
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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*
against the eBay TOS. (This type of "interference" is
competition.)
However: the $9.99 information auction is already against the
eBay TOS, so the $0.02 auction would also be.
The following is forbidden:
"Offering in a listing the opportunity to purchase
the item or other merchandise outside of eBay. "
Furthermore, in my opinion, this is conceptually the same as a catalog sale,
which is listed separately:
"listings of catalogs from which buyers may directly
order items are prohibited. "
(1) Unless Bryan thought Chris
meant to send the info to the original eBay seller.
I think Chris meant to send the information to the bidders
in the new $0.02 auction.
David Eaton wrote:
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> In lugnet.market.auction, Bryan Wong writes:
> > Chris Crawford wrote:
> > > 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.
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> 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
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> 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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| (...) Huh... didn't know that... I wonder if putting a link would be ok, seeing as it's not content which should fall under jurisdiction of Ebay-- tho the link itself would be... Something along the lines of: "<a href=www.walmart.com>Click here to (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: This makes me SICK!
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| (...) **snip** (...) Is it against the TOS simply to send a private email to a bidder letting him/her know about purchasing options? I may be guilty in that case, because on one or two occasions I've mailed bidders on items with slightly misleading (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| (...) If it were done right, I imagine that it wouldn't violate the TOS... Something along the lines of: -------- DESCRIPTION: Silver Champion & Railway Express STARTING PRICE: $500 I bought this Silver Champion on www.walmart.com for $75 (plus 5.95 (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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