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Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
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lugnet.market.theory
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Thu, 23 Mar 2000 20:37:30 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Frank Filz writes:
> > Wow, that's totally nasty. Great example! Can that sort of thing happen on
> > eBay as it is now, BTW?
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> Yep. It's also grounds for closing your account if you get caught.
That's a pretty big if. Especially since someone proving it only means your
eBay account getting yanked, as you haven't broken any prosecutable laws (that
I can think of).
Think of it this way: what if you got two friends to do the other deeds for
you? And if you can get two friends to do it for you, you can eliminate the
middle men by just signing up accounts in their name and controlling the
throw-away hotmail accounts yourself.
All it requires is two friends who don't use eBay.
eric
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| (...) Well, nowadays you need a credit card also, don't know exactly what they check, so I don't know if you can get more than one account without the friends credit card number. However, by doing this, you probably HAVE broken laws. I'm not sure (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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