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Re: Auction etiquette?
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lugnet.market.theory
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Mon, 2 Apr 2001 18:35:10 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Dave Schuler writes:
> I'm not sure if I'm in the right group; if not, please direct followups to
> the correct place!
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> While browsing eBay this morning, I came across an item with a misleading,
> if not fraudulent. It's an item currently available on the retail market
> for $50, but the description says "THE VALUE IS MORE THEN $125.00." Value,
> of course, is a subjective quality, but it seems clear that the seller hopes
> to boost the bids on this item by exaggerating its actual worth.
> I'm aware that eBay's TOS frowns on emailing bidders to inform them of
> better prices elsewhere, but what does it say about mailing a seller to say,
> "hey, you're over-stating the value of this common item"?
> I'm not particularly interested in this auction, but I've seen the same
> sort of hyperbole before.
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> Dave!
Dave,
Larry P (Lar++) has had a vertual war with Ebay over this issue...it comes up
about every 6 months...and no good has come from it.
What Ebay needs to do is to empower some of its costomers to be able to quash
auctions that are unfair. This is one case where I think that Ebay is setting
a very bad example...
James
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