[CR]Re: The ethics of ending auction sales early AND Benelux

(Example: Framebuilding:Technology)

Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 07:53:49 -0700
From: "mark assaf" <mark@sciencemonster.net>
To: Kevin Moran <gridplan@yahoo.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <98957.27307.qm@web52310.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <98957.27307.qm@web52310.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
Subject: [CR]Re: The ethics of ending auction sales early AND Benelux

> If you're not re-listing on eBay with Buy It Now, how > then do you pay eBay their final value fees once the > sale is made? > > -kevin >

GO to the 'end the auction early' page. Select 'end the auction,' the highest bidder wins, and it's a done deal. At the end of the month you pay your fees.

eBay puts the mechanism right there for you to use. Why would they have that there if you are not supposed to use it? Why make it so you can end the auction early and let the high bidder win? Why? What other possible reason is there to end the auction early and let the highest bidder win, unless it's there so you can end the auction early and let the highest bidder win if you want to?

I just can't see what the big deal is. If people are going to be scuz buckets and cheat eBay or a buyer, stopping me from ending auctions early isn't gonna stop them. They just charge $30 to ship a with a first class stamp, or they casually mention 'i have more if you need them' or they advertise a mint seat bag and send you one covered with pink stains. Or they just outright email you and offer to sell it off eBay. Or they 'reserve the right to sell it locally.' THat all just SHOUTS scam! THOSE are the people you guys should obsess about.

-- mark assaf burlingame ca 94010 http://www.sciencemonster.net

Kevin Moran wrote:
> If you're not re-listing on eBay with Buy It Now, how
> then do you pay eBay their final value fees once the
> sale is made?
>
> -kevin
>
>> That's a load of crap. He lied to you. Look on the
>> 'cancel an auction' page, and click thru to the
>> warnings and reasons. It says right there
>> you can end it and sell to the highest bidder. It
>> doesn't say ANYTHING about relisting with buy it
>> now. It says "Reasons for ending listings
>> early _include_" and lists a few (presumably not
>> all) of the acceptable reasons. It lists a few
>> that are unacceptable - avoiding fees is the big
>> one. I don't do that.
>>
>> I am not trying to convince you I am right, or that
>> you guys are wrong. You guys asked. I am just trying
>> to explain that there can be perfectly honest
>> reasons to end an auction, and it is well within
>> the rules.
>>
>> No offense meant.
>
>
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