I think the silliness Todd was referring to was the suggestion that a seller
after advertising a price is obliged to sell at that price. A view
previously claimed by myself amongst others.
Say your employer asked you to move home to a new posting. You advertise
your home for sale. A few weeks later your employer says that the move is
no longer necessary as a similar post has arisen locally. If in the
meantime an offer has been made on your home at the advertised price are you
obliged to sell?. I don't think so - unless you have drawn up formal
contracts you can withdraw from the transaction.
I know that the value of items talked about here is less but the principle
of advertising to "Test the water" is commonly adopted.
Peter
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Frank Theriault
> Sent: 24 April 2001 03:47
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Or Best Offer: a misleading--and dishonest--phrase
>
>
> Hi, Todd,
>
> I don't think this is silly at all!
>
> Many people on this list buy and sell stuff on eBay and to and
> from others on this
> list all the time, and I think it's a good thing for folks to
> know their rights
> and responsibilities.
>
> You're quite right, that if a purchaser gets screwed over by a
> vendor, there's not
> much he/she can do about it. If a vendor changes his mind, he
> can certainly say,
> "I've already sold it", or whatever, but that doesn't make the
> vendor right. If
> I, as a potential purchaser, feel that I've been screwed over,
> I'm not going to go
> to court, but I'm never going to deal with that seller again, and
> I'm certainly
> going to tell everyone I know about my experience with that
> seller, including
> communicating on lists like this one.
>
> So, I think that it's all for the better if both sellers and
> vendors know what's
> morally and legally expected of them, and discussing "grey" areas
> like this one
> are a valuable exercise, imho.
>
> regards,
> frank
>
> Todd Stanley wrote:
>
> > This is just plain silly. Placing an ad in the paper, etc.
> doesn't force
> > anyone to sell anything. The person selling can withdraw the
> item for sale
> > at any time - and what is a buyer going to do about it? Even on eBay a
> > seller can cancel all the bids and terminate any active item listed for
> > whatever reason he wants, only after the auction ends does it
> turn into a
> > contract where the seller has to sell the item at the final bid
> (assuming
> > the reserve is met if there is one)
> >
> > Todd
> >
>
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