[TPIN] Ebay Question

[William Graham]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Cipriani" <lvcipriani at yahoo.com>
To: "Andy Del" <trumpetplayer at optusnet.com.au>; "'William Graham'" 
<weg9 at comcast.net>; <cmh25 at aol.com>; <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 3:41 AM
Subject: RE: [TPIN] Ebay Question


>
> Not only is shill bidding and bidding on your own auction items
> dishonest and a violation of eBay rules, but it is ILLEGAL and has been
> decades before eBay existed.  Don't do it.
>
> You should just terminate the auction saying the item is no longer for
> sale.
>
> Larry
>
By, "illegal", I assume you mean that there is a civil law against it? - I 
really don't think so.
    Perhaps you can tell me exactly who would be hurt by bidding some 
minimum acceptable amount on your own item in order to establish a reserve? 
Also, as the eBay guys must know, it is an unenforceable law. there is no 
way they can tell if one of the bidders is a friend of the seller.
    Sure. You can terminate the auction. (I guess you can do this, but I 
don't really know) And then you can go through the whole process of 
resetting it up with a reserve. But, other than it being, "against the law" 
what is wrong with doing it my, (much simpler) way?