There was an ad running here for a 69 2000 Roadster, that was advertised @
$2500, 2 weeks ago, and is now being advertised for $5800. I wonder---
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Bradley <ambradley@yahoo.com>
To: Andrew Murphy <solex67@hotmail.com>; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, June 02, 2001 1:19 AM
Subject: Re: Sorta <OT> Auction Policies
>IIRC, you can cancel your auction at any time. However, what the
>seller did was against Yahoo! auction rules, which state:
>
>Manipulative bidding. Neither buyers or sellers, or any party acting on
>their behalf, may engage in manipulative bidding practices, including
>sellers bidding on their own auctions or bidders "bidding up" the
>highest bid in an auction so as to make other bidders retract their
>offers.
>
>This is on http://user.auctions.yahoo.com/html/guidelines.html.
>
>You can and should report them to Yahoo! auctions, however they will
>probably only get a slap on the wrist "don't do that again!" and be
>allowed to continue, or at worst their Yahoo! auction priveledges will
>be revoked. If he wanted at least $3,000 he should have set a reserve
>price, which he didn't.
>
>I complained to Yahoo! (see the bottom of the URL above), and we can
>encourage people to let that Roadster rot, although getting it out of
>the hands of that owner is probably a good idea (Roadster owner
>integrity and all).
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