[LargeFormat] Ebay Madness

[Robert Mayrand]

The estate agent was just an example but this would apply to all contractual
agreement where someone take charge of finding customer on commission, wich
ebay fits into. As for international transaction yes this is an hassle.

I'm also in Canada. The principle here is that if you are in transaction
with someone and there is some problem, you got to check who did the last
action to finalize the transaction to know who has jurisdiction. And so is
the case in many countries. In an auction it's a bit more complicated. But
in theory it would be the bidder who did the last action, since has soon as
a bid higher then the reserve is reach the seller could not stop the sale.
In a regular sale where you do an offer and the seller accept the
offer...the acceptance is the last action.

So if this is the case in international law. A conflict between a seller and
a bidder would always have to be trial in the country of the bidder.

Rob 

End of this discussion for me, now let's get back to the good
stuff......camera!
> 
>> 
>> Yes they have some right, the same thing as an estate agent.
> 
> I doubt it - real/estate agents and their transactions are, in most
> jurisdiction, covered by local state or provincial statutes. The nearest
> ebay would come is regulations for auctioneers...
> 
> Also bear in mind that such an after market transaction may well be taking
> part in two third party countries - e.g. myself in Canada buying from
> someone in Australia. complicated jurisdiction...
> 
> And while it may, apparently, be a "common scam", it is only so where there
> is the intent to do so. There are most likely as many "innocent"
> transactions of this sort going on. The item didn't sell for it's reserve,
> and a buyer who really wants the item - have you never hung around after an
> auction and seen the after auction deals going on on a handshake? Entirely
> common and acceptable in my experience. Illegal - nope. Unethical - hardly.
> 
> tim a
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