On Sep 10, 2007, at 9:38 AM, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org
wrote:
> I'm with you on this Kim. Not only eBay rules directly forbid this, it
> is also plain unfair both to eBay - because it was eBay that
> brought the
> buyer and the seller together
It's not always eBay that brought them together. In my case, I had
mentioned on this list that I had the item for sale, and a prominent
listmember asked if he might buy it please. So I ended the auction
and sold it to him.
EBay long ago changed the "Reason for ending auction" list by taking out "Teh item was lost or broken" and replacing it with simply,' "The item is no longer available for sale."
I've only done it twice, and won't do it for someone who contacts me through eBay, but I will do it for a friend (or for an item I also have for sale in another venue).
Rick Risemberg
Los Angeles, California
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