Klarinet Archive - Posting 000049.txt from 2002/05

From: "Alexander Berwald" <alexberwald@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bad behavior on eBay auctions
Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 23:29:05 -0400

Walter,

I would recommend not to disclose your real address and phone number to any
mailing lists, including this one (you just did it at the end of your
e-mail).

>From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>CC: frostkl@-----.com
>Subject: [kl] Bad behavior on eBay auctions
>Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 11:28:23 -0400
>
>I just sent this e-mail to eBay, reporting what I consider actions of very
>dubious morality:
>
><<I want to report some behavior which will, if it continues, stop me from
>buying on eBay.
>
>Twice in recent auctions, I was out bid, in the last 20 seconds of the
>auction, by someone who had never bid before.
>
>By the time one notices this, even when hitting the F5 key repeatedly, to
>refresh the screen every 5 seconds or so. It is too late to bid again.
>
>Surely this is NOT what was intended when your service was put into place.
>A real auction has a "going, going, Gone" warning for serious bidders.
>
>This lurking behavior, bidding only in the last few seconds, I view as
>immoral, dishonest and disgusting.
>
>I think that eBay needs to find a way to block this kind of behavior.
>
>Walter Grabner
>991 Wildwood Lane
>Highland Park, IL 60035
>847.266.8644>>
>
>I know some people think this is smart or clever behavior, but it is really
>p*****g ne off! Has anyone else had this experience, and if so, what have
>you done?
>
>Walter
>
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