Fraud is what it's called and against Yahoos policies. I know they busted
people on Ebay for doing the same thing and it made the front page of the NY
Times.
You can inform Yahoo of the illegal activities of the seller. They'l
probably pull the item.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Murphy" <solex67@hotmail.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 7:29 PM
Subject: Sorta <OT> Auction Policies
> Hello All,
>
> A couple of weeks ago, I spotted an Auction for a 69 2000 on Yahoo that
> seemed to be a very good deal. It was listed as no reserve and there was
> some list interest in it. It climbed up to around 2500.00 or so and there
> was some list comments that the high bidder was located right where the
car
> was being offered- in Eads Co. Turns out there was a good reason the high
> bidder was in the same location as the car- it was the person offering the
> car.
>
> Well, the car is back again. I can only surmise that the seller bid on his
> own car trying to get the bid price up? Now the add says the guy will take
> 3000.00 for it.
>
> Is this legal? Can you advertise a no reserve auction and then not take
the
> highest bid by bidding on your own car? Sounds like fraud to me. Any legal
> people on the list know the answer?
>
> http://page.auctions.yahoo.com/auction/52222566
>
>
> Andrew Murphy
> 1964 1500
> 1967 2000 Solex
> SoCalROC
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