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Re: Unethical and/or Illegal eBay Auction?!
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lugnet.market.auction
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Tue, 3 Jul 2001 19:56:33 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Matthew Gerber writes:
> In lugnet.market.auction, Scott Runkle writes:
> > This auction is really irritating:
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1612921750
> >
> > Not only is it unethical (in my opinion); it smells of being illegal as
> > well, both to Lego and Lugnet copyrights. I was wondering what other people
> > thought, or had knowledge of with this.
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> My question is...who in their right mind would BOTHER doing this?
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> I mean, first of all, anyone can reference this information at any time on
> the web. The only poeople who might ACTUALLY bid on this are folks who
> already know about the set reference, and know how to use it. Heck, someone
> bidding on the item would HAVE to have a computer and web access to even
> BID! So accessing LUGNET is no problem there.
>
> Secondly, the images in use are screen-resolution! They have got to look
> like absolute CRAP in print! Not to mention that it was done with an inkjet,
> as opposed to say, a color lazer printer.
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> Third, what an expansive WASTE of time and materials! I mean, this set has
> got to equal one small tree in finished paper!
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> I think the fact that there are no pictures posted to the auction is quite
> telling. This person has got to be a dumb-bunny to have thought this
> up...and they deserve the zero bids they are likely to get (although, if
> someone DOES buy this thing, it will be proof of several age-old
> adages..."There's a sucker born every minute" and "A fool and his money are
> soon parted" come readily to mind. HOWEVER, if someone DOES buy it, I have
> some bridges, oil wells and swamp land for sale that I would like to talk to
> them about!)
>
> Matt
I think the most likely occurence is the person printed it up for their own
use (notice that the sets are not up to date), then realized it was of
little use and decided to sell it.
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| (...) My question is...who in their right mind would BOTHER doing this? I mean, first of all, anyone can reference this information at any time on the web. The only poeople who might ACTUALLY bid on this are folks who already know about the set (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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