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Very Annoyed with Ebay sellers ending auctions (RANT!)
redhand:
--- Quote from: JumboBeef on July 20, 2008, 15:08:04 ---
EBay have made hundreds from me over the years so, no, I will not lose sleep over it! Anyway, it costs money to list something so they are making money from you anyway.
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Presumably then you have made Thousands out of Ebay as well. As has been said earlier If you don't like Ebays rules and charges then don't use it. If you use it then do so legally and not with intent to commit fraud. or obtain monies by pecunary advantage. Both are illegal. I doubt you would go into a shop and swap pricetags or otherwise attempt to deprive the shop keeper of their rightful money. So why do it on Ebay.
pux:
i say get over it.......... for the first couple of years of using ebay i stayed with in the rules and got stung several times and ebay did sod all about it so in my view dog etc dog :roll: they deserve all they get.
JumboBeef:
--- Quote ---If you use it then do so legally and not with intent to commit fraud.
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You're missing the point a bit Redhand.
In an auction, the item is your until the hammer falls. Before that, you can sell it else where, keep it, or take it outside and set fire to it.
Take house auctions: it always says 'for sale by auction, unless sold beforehand' or some such like.
EBay have stuck in a rule, which is to their benefit, and their benefit only (it might even be illegal...?) which says you cannot do with your property as you wish, because they might lose out on some money. If you are happy with that then fine: most people aren't.
carbore:
Hello
If i posted a message on the For Sale here saying "FREE TO GOOD HOME, Winch bumber and winch of LR 90 (will deliver)
And then when I had replies said, sorry its actually £500 quid and £3 per mile form Cornwall, dont you think people would be annoyed? its not like I have taken any money form anyone but its the principal, If I said Free then it shoudl be FREE, If I say Auction then it should be Auction, if I says £500 ono othen £500 ono.
If people want it that way then thats it but if you brake one rule for your benefit then dont be surprised if someone breaks another for thier own, look at professional footballers and how thier attempts to get away with unsporting play affect young kids the pros shout at the ref so 7 year old boys do and thats why I think that the general lack of moral discipline is not a good thing and why I will continue to abide by the rules and expect others to do so.
Sider:
--- Quote from: JumboBeef on July 21, 2008, 07:33:27 ---
--- Quote ---If you use it then do so legally and not with intent to commit fraud.
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You're missing the point a bit Redhand.
In an auction, the item is your until the hammer falls. Before that, you can sell it else where, keep it, or take it outside and set fire to it.
Take house auctions: it always says 'for sale by auction, unless sold beforehand' or some such like.
EBay have stuck in a rule, which is to their benefit, and their benefit only (it might even be illegal...?) which says you cannot do with your property as you wish, because they might lose out on some money. If you are happy with that then fine: most people aren't.
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Actually, some auction houses will allow you to withdraw items from auction for free, and some will charge you for it. It depends on the terms and conditions. When you put something up for sale, you are agreeing to said T&C.
You uses the service, you pays the charges. No one forces you to sell through a particular website/auction house/magazine.... If you are not happy with what ebay charges, use someone else's services. If you use ebay and then do a deal behind their back, you are acting, at the very least, inmorally, in my eyes.
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