"xray" wrote in message
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I saw this listing for an eBay item...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=7572607719
(Item number: 7572607719)
a CNC mill.

I don't know if it is good or not; probably more machine than I am
interested in, but...

They say in the listing, "We reserve the right to end this sale , if the
machine is sold locally."

Does eBay allow something like that? Sounds like a violation of rules to
me. Even if I was interested, this would stop me from bidding.

Should I report them to eBay?


This is allowed but the auction must be cancelled at least 12 hours prior to
the scheduled end of the auction. Agreed, it not a very good practice. I
usually try to sell locally first and then put it on eBay.

Steve.

On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 04:59:00 -0500, "SteveF" wrote:


"xray" wrote in message
.. .

I saw this listing for an eBay item...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=7572607719
(Item number: 7572607719)
a CNC mill.

I don't know if it is good or not; probably more machine than I am
interested in, but...

They say in the listing, "We reserve the right to end this sale , if the
machine is sold locally."

Does eBay allow something like that? Sounds like a violation of rules to
me. Even if I was interested, this would stop me from bidding.

Should I report them to eBay?


This is allowed but the auction must be cancelled at least 12 hours prior to
the scheduled end of the auction. Agreed, it not a very good practice. I
usually try to sell locally first and then put it on eBay.

Steve.



I recently bid on a Gorton tool and cutter grinder. It was up to
about $35 G when the seller pulled it. I emailed and asked why..and
got a terse one line " Item lost"

I then emailed him back and asked how a 375lb, tall shiney gray piece
of machinery got lost? And mentioned that if it was refound..Id be
interested.

I then got a reply email saying that the seller had an interested
offer for $1000 and did I have a counter offer?

My last, now unanswsered email was "so you admit you lied? Ill be
sure to keep this in mind, when reviewing your future auctions"

Oddly enough..no response. I should have turned him into ebay..but
whats the point....

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner

In article , Gunner Asch says...

I then emailed him back and asked how a 375lb, tall shiney gray piece
of machinery got lost?

Oddly there's a real outbreak of cast iron black holes. The
Shaublin 12 horizontal milling machine I wanted to bid on
suffered the same fate.

It just kinda got misplaced.

Jim


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"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
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On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 04:59:00 -0500, "SteveF" wrote:



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I then got a reply email saying that the seller had an interested
offer for $1000 and did I have a counter offer?

My last, now unanswsered email was "so you admit you lied? Ill be
sure to keep this in mind, when reviewing your future auctions"

Oddly enough..no response. I should have turned him into ebay..but
whats the point....

Gunner


[chuckle] OK, so he's a liar with a pretty low standard of ethics. Since
when has that bothered the folks that run eBay?

Steve.