Before you start calling people unethical, perhaps you'd like to post the
rules from ebay to this list, where it states ebay users aren't allowed to
tell each other their ebay names. That's all that anyone has done here. If
anyone really, really, thinks there is a "Cartel" being developed on this
list then perhaps you need to go back and reread the original posts (among
other things).
If there is a rule on ebay stating that I cannot tell anyone my ebay user
name, then I will abide by that rule. But if there is not, I'd suggest that
you stop broadcasting to this list that this is unethical and against ebay
rules.
Robert
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
b-evans@ix.netcom.com
Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 11:59 PM
To: type79@ix.netcom.com
Cc: Stefan Roundy; spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: E-bay
Jay and Stefan...
You are both absolutely right, it is a form of bid manipulation. As such,
it is
unethical in all auctions, whether at Sotheby's, Christie's or on the
Internet. It
is also a clear violation of eBay rules and has rightly resulted in people
being
banished. If anyone thinks that it is OK to break the rule, they would also
being
saying it would be OK for a seller to break the same rule by using a shill
to drive
up a price.
Bob Evans
Anaheim, California
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