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Originally posted by mrmustang
Sizzler,
What Eric did was tamper with an ongoing auction. Would he like it if anyone did it to his when it was up on Ebay? I think not. Why, because it is moraly wrong (and against Ebays user policy)..................
We have all beaten this issue to death, the only one who seems to be thriving on it is you. Either by now, you get it, or you don't.. From the looks of it, you don't, nor may you ever understand it.
Bill S.
PS: Kind of like me coming in to Kinko's (your place of employment) and going around to each and every customer currently in the store and telling them that the folks at Staples across the way are having a giant sale on everything that you guys have, but at a lesser price...Not quite the same as a flyer, but it does come across just the same as what Eric did. Think about it...........
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Have thought about it; more thought it it deserves.
I have no problem with someone standing on the street outside of Kinko's handing out flyers for a similiar service provider down the street. It's a public street. Same as I have no problem with the same type of people handing out discount coupons outside little hole-in-the-wall restruants(sp?) for lunch-counters further down the street. This is America, and frankly, living/working in the big city, I see it every day, really, and I just put it down to free market economics and free trade.
As for Open Houses. Sure, why not. If I'm a buyer (an important distinction in this particular case), I'd certainly like to be made aware of other properties for sale, especially if they seem to be of the same class and near the same location...do you object to your neighbor having a FOR SALE sign posted on his front lawn while you're having an open house??? Get real.
And just what did "Eric" send to your bidders? According to the copy of the email that I believe you yourself posted on ffcobra, all he did was say that if they didn't win the auction for your car, he had a car which appearance-wise was similiar to yours, then proceeded to list details on his car. No detraction from your vehicle, a very respectful email. Just a note that other cars for sale in the same class of vehicle were out there. Personally, for a 19 year-old kid, he seems to have behaved more honorably and maturely than MrMustang. He's apologized for something I don't think he needed to apologize for, offered to pay your listing fees when I don't think he needed to. He's the grownup, you're some kind of attention-diva.
Let it drop.