On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, William Donzelli wrote:
> > Yes, that sucks majorly. Wired a couple issues ago had a top 100 ideas
> > kinda article, and one of them was for eBay to keep the listings up past
> > 30 days. Such an unfriendly company...
>
> Lots go away after 30 days for a good reason - it cuts down eBay's
> liability. The company is a middleman, and as soon as they can wash their
> hands of a deal, the better.
I think there are other reasons. eBay has already (successfully so far)
argued its immunity from being held as liable, claiming they are only a
marketplace (which I wholly agree with, though they should be held liable
on account of their policies).
I'm sure the real reason is because they actually do sell this data.
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