[geeks] Bah, humbug

[Phil Stracchino]

Sandwich Maker wrote:
> " From: Phil Stracchino <phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net>
> " It's more than just a negative-feedback issue, it's an eBay terms of
> " service violation.  By listing that printer for sale, they represented
> " that it was as described in the auction and entered into a binding
> " contract to sell it for the winning bid, modulo reserve (and there was
> " no reserve).  Now, depending which way it actually went down, either
> " they misrepresented the condition of the printer, or they represented it
> " honestly but they're backing out and refusing to honor the contract.
> 
> they forgot to set a 'secret reserve'.  this is basically a 'get out
> of jail free' card that they disclose to ebay but aren't apparently
> required to disclose in their auction, or even that they have one.
> 
> set the secret reserve high enough and they can just say sorry and
> walk away from any deal they feel like.

"secret reserve"...?  I wasn't aware such a thing existed.


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 Phil Stracchino              phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net
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