Re: [FWDLK] eBay Quasi-Cheaters

[eastern sierra Adj Services <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've been biting my "tongue", about this thread, but my fingers still
work.

Ebay is a TIMED bidding event, NOT an auction, where final "fair value,
last call" is observed, before the bidding is closed.

There are principally only 2 reasons to bid "early" @ Ebay:

1) to drive-up the 'final' price, to ensure that the final-bidder pays
at-least a fair-market-price, for the item (this is usually  a
vindictive reason--"I don't really want 'this' item, but I wanna make
sure that 'you' don't get-it, cheaply ! )

2) You're not gonna be 'around/available'  @ the end of the time-limit,
so you place a "very" high bid, "early",  & hope that no one out-bids
you, @ the very-end.  This technique can get expensive, but it @ least
ensures that you get a bid in ,  before Ebay's site might 'crash' on
you, at the 'end'.

I see NOTHING immoral or unethical about bidding @ the very-end of
Ebay's timed-events.

I DO see unethicalness in merely bidding-up on an "auction", early, (&
usually-only one-time) in order to increase the 'final'  selling-price.

And I REALLY see unethicalness in directly-contacting a seller, to try
to induce 'him' to remove his site, in order to sell his item directly
to "me" !!

I feel much better, now.

Neil Vedder

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