Re: [FWDLK] Cheesy ebay auction

[Ray Jones <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: Re: [FWDLK] Cheesy ebay auction

According to e-Bay, it's against the rules to:
eBay prohibits email offers to buy or sell listed items outside of the eBay site. Offers of this nature circumvent eBay's fee structure and are a potential fraud risk for both buyers and sellers. Some examples of off-site offers include:

*    Using information obtained through eBay to offer to buy or sell a listed item off-site.
*    Canceling a listing to sell to a buyer who became aware of the item through eBay.
*    Ending a listing early to sell the item at a higher price to the winning bidder.
*    Offering to sell an item to a bidder in a Reserve Not Met listing.
*    Offering to sell duplicate or additional merchandise underbidders.
Now they say "e-mail offers", but we'll see if that includes a phony auction to get a name for a off site sale.
-- 
Ray Jones, Jones Ridge, in the Ouachita Mtns near Mena, Western Arkansas
> From: Ron Waters <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: Ron Waters <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 18:13:39 -0500
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Cheesy ebay auction

> Not sure if this is even legal under ebay terms.  Someone may want to forward this to ebay to find out for sure.  And, yeah, it does smack of arrogance...
>  
> Ron
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: Mark J. Hash <mailto:mjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
> > To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 1:27 PM
> > Subject: [FWDLK] Cheesy ebay auction
> >
> > Hello list,
> > Just stumbled across one of the cheesiest ebay auctions I've ever seen.  This guy is auctioning the right to negotiate purchase of a '57 Fury.  Of course, if you don't meet his price, he'll simply put the car itself on ebay.  Is it just me, or does this auction ooze of arrogance?
> >  
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10076&item=2451262333 <http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;category=10076&amp;item=2451262333> 
> >  
> > Mark   mjh
> > '57 Fury, '57 Savoy O/D, '68 300 rag in wet OR