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Re: shills on eBay
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 21 Feb 1999 16:57:09 GMT
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Mike Stanley writes:
> Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote:
> > I am not sure I'd call it a "shill" but I think it's reasonable, if you
> > decide to run a joint RTL/eBay auction, to set up another id, post
> > feedback stating that it is a proxy for the high RTL bidder and that
> > you'll tell who if emailed (tough to do in one line, I admit), and use
> > that ID to bid whenever the RTL bids top the eBay one.
> >
> > That's a suggestion I've made before.
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> I think that's a good idea.
I think it is a fair idea (meaning that the process is a fair one). I don't
believe that this is consistent with eBay's terms of use. Each ID must be a
real person (not quoting the exact language of course). In fact eBay policy is
changing on March 1 to address this and other problems.
On a related topic, is emailing a high bidder and telling him/her that he/she
is getting ripped off consistent with the terms of use? I only ask this
because there was a thread on another, non-lego group in which this was
claimed. I personally could not find any reference to this on the eBay site.
Personally I do believe it is fair to email a bidder with this type of
information, and have done it myself in the past.
BTW, I am not a big eBay user. I learned most of this stuff while trying to
find reference to the emailing a bidder question.
(this debate about email to bidders was on rec.toys.cars if anyone is
interested.)
Since we are allready off-topic I will add that the collectible nature of toy
cars seems to be waning. Many or even most of the hotwheels listed lots on
eBay are going unsold. Many nice people emailed me in response to a WTB post
with offers at near-retail pricing. I hope this bodes well for SW lego as
well.
Barry
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| (...) I personally wouldn't care if it were consistent with the terms of use. In fact, I e-mailed people like this long before I ever created an active eBay user account, just because people used their e-mail addresses as their user-ids. Now that I (...) (26 years ago, 21-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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