Jay, Stefan and Bob,
You really don't get it do you? If I were at a live auction I'd know who was
bidding on items because I could see their faces and their bids and I'd make
my decisions as to if I were going to bid accordingly. NO ONE is saying
DON'T BID AGAINST ME, they are just saying, this is what my name is on ebay.
Period. Bidders at Sotheby's and Christie's aren't faceless, they don't
stick you in an isolation booth so you don't know who you are bidding
against, so how can you dare say this is unethical in all auctions?
How you can see this as bid manipulation is beyond me.
Whatever,
Robert Weeks
(Who lives in a "Utopia" where people treat each other well and is damned
glad)
-----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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