gee, i just had a flash. this may be unpopular, but my opinion is that if these bidders have the money to toss at toys and luxury goods such as these, they just might also have the brains to do the research and protect themselves...without our "help." and if they don't, well, it's not our responsibility to bail them out.
caveat emptor is the rule on ebay, whether we like it or not. if we can detect problems with the representation of an item from the listing, so can they...and if they can't, why are they spending the big bucks? there are tons of instant-gratification freaks out there on ebay - why hunt it down and do the research and leanr about stuff when i can just click-and-grin? it also just may be that they have plenty of disposable income. disposable like burning it, or flushing it, or tossing it out of a window...or buying a fake clock! that's my 2 cents' worth...or you can Buy It Now for a quarter!!! -- peter [email protected] Richard Rubin wrote: > Here's an ethical question, which unfortunately could not have applied to > the Edison clock in question, since the biddes' IDs were hidden: In > situations where a bidder list is viewable and the item in question is > clearly being misrepresented, how would you all feel about contacting > bidders before the auction ends and letting them know your misgivings? > (If > only there were some way to alert people BEFORE they bid.) What, in your > opinions, are the moral and ethical implications in this? > > --RR > > >>From: Loran Hughes <[email protected]> >>Reply-To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> >>To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Something Worth Remembering >>Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:05:06 -0800 >> >>On Mar 10, 2006, at 2:31 PM, Dennis Back wrote: >> > >> > I too, wrote the seller, with no reply back. All I >> > can say is...what goes around, comes around. The >> > seller will eventually get what he deserves in the >> > end. >> >>As a matter of fact, I'll be updating my "crap-o-phone" page this >>weekend to include these clocks and Chinese crap-o-phones. I also >>have a catalog put out by a company in India with their complete >>product line (yikes!), which I may show sans contact info. >> >>Loran >>_______________________________________________ >>Phono-L mailing list >>[email protected] >> >>Phono-L Archive >>http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ >
