[ROVERNET - UK] eBay Auction Ponderables

[lingfield51 at tiscali.co.uk]

I think this is peoples way around the listing fees. If I have a car I think
is worth say £3000 I can list it as starting at £1 with no reserve for next
to nothing,  but if I think it's going to be sold at a ridiculously low price
I can end it with only a few minutes to go and suffer no penalty or if it
has bids 24 hours from the end. Agree it is probably cheating but it's cheating
within the rules which of course by definition is not cheating.
It is done all the time and whether its 'ground effect' in F1 (remember the
80's) or tax avoidance it is legal though irritating.

On the subject of Ebay generally it has ceased to become a 'bargain' hunters
paradise that it was when you and I first chatted Glen some 7 years ago.
Then there were bargains a plently  as so few people had internet access,
particularly in the UK. Now i'm afraid it has gone the other way with silly
prices being paid for items you wouldn't look twice at if on an autojumble
table for half the price. I think it is the psychology of the process and
bidders forget what they're bidding for and are more concerend about outbidding
the other chap and as we know in any battle it is those that keep their heads
that are usually the victors and in this case that is NOT winning.

Alan Francis (partviking)
>-- Original Message --
>From: Glen Wilson <glenwilson at cavtel.net>
>To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 10:53:02 -0400
>Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] eBay Auction Ponderables
>Reply-To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>
>
>I've seen some odd stuff on eBay lately, but this is really blatant:
>
>PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
>PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE WITHOUT FIDDLING WITH BIDDING, PLEASE CALL 602 510
>
>9556. THANKS FOR BIDDING AND CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE TO THE LUCKY WINNER
>
>Let's all call him.
>
>A lot of eBay auctioners now indicate that the cars are also for sale locally
>
>and reserve the option of ending the auction early if a buyer comes walking
>
>up the street. Is this within the eBay rules if bids have already been
>placed? I can understand ending an auction early if no bids have been placed,
>
>but if there is active bidding going on, one would think that eBay would
>take
>strong action to discourage ending an active auction.
>
>Glen
>
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