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Re: This makes me SICK!
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lugnet.market.auction
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Tue, 9 Jan 2001 22:41:20 GMT
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Dave Schuler wrote:
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> In lugnet.market.auction, Charles Eric McCarthy writes:
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> > Putting information in the listing about where to get it cheaper *is*
> > against the eBay TOS.
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> **snip**
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> > I think Chris meant to send the information to the bidders
> > in the new $0.02 auction.
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> 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 (even by omission) descriptions, along the lines of "MINT Lego
> Battledroid three-pack never sold in stores. Low $20 starting bid."
> Obviously the buyer should beware, as always, but am I violating the TOS by
> emailing the first hapless bidder and saying "hey, you can get two of those
> sent to you for what you're paying for one"? I'm not involved in the
> auction, nor in any competing auctions, but I'm sort of playing a watchdog
> role, I guess.
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> Dave!
I think that is against the eBay TOS. See:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/investigates.html#misc
eBay clearly doesn't want any bidders to have more information
about where to buy things, because that means less money to
sellers and less in eBay fees.
I think a good approach to disseminating this sort of information
would be to put together a FAQ and then have lots of $0.27 information
auctions for it. Does anyone feel strongly enough to organize it?
/Eric McC/
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: This makes me SICK!
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| Eric McCarthy wrote in message <3A5B9390.3A434438@r...ng.com>... (...) Maybe adding a few things to the Buying Lego FAQ would do the trick, then everyody link to it. My auctions now all link to it. If all the lugnetters who sell on eBay linked to (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: This makes me SICK!
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| (...) And finally someone actually has a very good idea. I will stay tuned to see if anyone will actually follow up. After all isn't it is so much easier to complain, interfere with auctions, mistakingly quote ebay's "TOS", and pass judgement on (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | 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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