🚀 go-pugleaf

i understand why elric doesn't like them.... if ebay goes down, where else is
he going to sell his $1.00 books every week?



ken


>
> >Given the network
> >volume they experience I don't see how Elric can say that they don't
> >have the technology.
>
> I understand *why* Elric doesn't like them, and it is a valid reason. I
> don't see how his reasons justify his going on a witchhunt against them
> for every tiny flaw he finds.  (IMO, he should stick to the main problem
> he has and it will lend more credibility to his arguement.)  IIRC, Elric's
> problem has to do with eBay having a secret list (or no list at all) of
> additional banned items (fully legal scanners is one such item which
> comes to mind, but if they pick up cellular frequencies, even if they are
> fully legal as is, and you mention it,   Whack!, it's a shut down auction.)
>
> >eBay is a private company and can set whatever policies they want.
>
> The problem comes when they set forth one policy in writing, and then
> change the rules in the middle of the game, no notice, no written change
> in policy... just the "You are now on double super secret probation" for
> violating policy...  and no indication of what they policy was or is.
>
> However, going to the friggin AG because eBay had a major system
> problem?  That's comparable in my mind to suing Safeway because they
> closed one of their stores for a few days because one of their freezer
> cases set the lint collecting underneath on fire and caused some
> considerable damage to the store.
>
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