is it really "under the table"? what's untrue about the statement "no longer available for sale"? i've been on both sides of this sort of thing, as seller and buyer. when buying i always hope that the seller will sell to me if i'm first to call, but not first to be able to show up with the cash. when selling, i always hope that buyers do as they say they will, and show up with the cash when they say they will. but this isn't what always happens. what usually ends up happening is somebody shows up with the dough and the sale is made. how does the old saying go? oh, yeah: money talks and boolsheet walks. ebay has its rules, but at the end of the day they don't actually care in any way about honor or "the right thing" or buyer protection. they just want their fees! again, my moral self doesn't condone the way this auction went down. but my realist self recognizes it as not that big of an issue. the real winner is the person for whom the seller was auctioning it...he just got this funky old thing from his dead gramma, and wow, i bet he/she was surprised by the resulting cash bonanza. On Jan 6, 2008, at 12:00 PM, Rich wrote: > eBay does list a lot of valid options but the seller is supposed to > be truthful. Sold it under the table is not one of the listed > options. > > Aph4990 at aol.com wrote: >> Clarification--I meant "Other reasons that a SELLER can cancel an >> auction.... >> ---Art >> **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in >> shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org