Megan wrote:
> This is not the same as no longer wanting to sell your item *on ebay*
> because you have been offerred more off ebay...
>
> I guess my feeling is that what the seller did was unethical since he did
> want to sell the item. If he wanted to sell the item, and put it up for
> bid, then he is accepting the risk, like anyone else, of not getting what
> they would like for it. That should not be sufficient cause for stopping
> the auction and making those who bid in good faith suffer from his
> greediness.
>
> >Because your cancellation will be put in the bidding history for this
> >auction, bidders may ask you to explain your cancellation. So, please
> >include a one-line explanation of your cancellation for the official
> >record.
>
> And from all the questions about what happened to the auction, and why
> it was ended early... it would appear the seller didn't even do this.
Ethics didn't make big business big, creativity (as they call it) and cunning
did. Poor people have ethics. If the fact that this person closed early gets you
so bad, then boycott the seller by not bidding on his/her items in the future.
DONT however write emails to other bidders to tell them of his/her practices, as
you will surely get boinked [technical term for screwed] and your registration
locked out. It's hard to prove a seller is doing anything wrong whereas a copy
of your emails are enough to make eBay's people knock you off their user base.
Best bet is to laugh it off and go on with life, and maybe you'll see another
like item later.
>
>
> Megan Gentry
> Former RT-11 Developer
>
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Received on Fri Sep 17 1999 - 12:35:40 BST