1 Nov
2016
1 Nov
'16
11:13 p.m.
One thing is for certain: If it's in eBay's financial interest (page hits,
insertion and final value fees), and they can plausibly deny any liability
or other involvement, they will just let it ride - and the often
highly-touted TOS (aka "the rules") be damned.
In short - If they can skim a little profit off of others' crookery, whilst
keeping their own hands clean - they can and will allow it - always, and
without notable exception. Period.
On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 9:27 PM, Brad H <vintagecomputer at bettercomputing.net>
wrote:
I've been wondering about that one myself. Very odd. That's not the
first time I've seen that either. Along with stuff that 'sells' for absurd
amounts of money.
At first I though the absurd sales were attempts to manipulate the
market.. but it doesn't seem worth the effort or ebay fees. I almost kind
of wonder with some of them if something more sinister is going on.. like
money laundering. That'd be a fairly obscure way to do it..
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-------- Original message --------
From: Corey Cohen <AppleCorey at optonline.net>
Date: 2016-11-01 4:43 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: What the heck is the deal with this eBay item
https://www.ebay.com/itm/272433760795
This Helios II has been "sold" multiple times for varying amounts and then
suddenly hours later appears for sale again. I'm done bidding on this each
time it appears, because if I won, who knows what I'd receive or if the
seller would cancel the auction.
corey cohen
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