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Re: Advertising Ethics

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From: John Schuch
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1992 19:14
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In article <1992Dec2.172239.2691@umbc3.umbc.edu> robie@umbc4.umbc.edu (Mr. William Robie; POSI (GRAD)) writes:
>
>I later received an e-mail message from the seller that there was a lot of
>interest in that item, and would I care to bid higher for it?  I am not
>accusing this person of intentionally being deceptive (that is why I am not
>naming him/her), but this sort of thing just isn't the way we should be
>doing business with each other on the net -- we wouldn't tolerate it if
>retailers did the same thing.
>

I am inclined to think that some sort of net-auction is an interesting
idea. It should, of course, be fully spelled out in the initial posting.

John


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