Jay:
My response, while only intending good, was obviously nieve of online
auction etiquette. I don't trust e-bay, and have never offered anything for
sale on it, nor purchased anything there. I just know that if I was
standing next to a friend at a swap meet and he said "hey, a widget, I need
one of those" and I had one that I could give him or sell him for less, I
would offer it up.
Our hobby makes us all both buyers and sellers. As buyers, we all want the
best deal. As sellers, we usually want top dollar (unless it is just to
make room). Seems most of the time that listers ask if any body has a
widget on the list before bidding anyway.
David Riker
74 Midget
78 Midget
63 Falcon
http://personalweb.sunset.net/~davidr
----- Original Message -----
From: <type79@ix.netcom.com>
To: David Riker <davidr@sunset.net>
Cc: Stefan Roundy <stefanr@bealenet.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: E-bay
> Listers,
> What is described below is "auction interference" or "bid siphoning" and a
> violation of the ebay user agreement.
>
> As an ebay seller you wouldn't want someone siphoning your bids and as a
bidder
> or Bid "siphoner" you would not want to this brought to the attention of
> safeharbor.
>
> Jay Fishbein
>
> David Riker wrote:
>
> > Also, it allows listers who might have a spare the opportunity to
> > e-mail someone who is bidding on an item and offer to sell a like part
for
> > less than his current bid. Again, nothing wrong here.
> >
>
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