[geeks] eBay question

[der Mouse]

> It amounts to advertising something for sale at a starting price you
> know up front you have no intention of ever honoring, while
> concealing that fact from the buyer.

Doesn't sound very concealed to me.  "Reserve not met" is pretty clear.
All it's concealing is exactly what the minimum is, and it's being
upfront about that concealment.

I have to go with the "what's the problem?" crowd here.  It doesn't
work just like a traditional physical store with items bearing price
tags, true, but that doesn't make it fraudulent, or illegal, or even
bad.  (I happen to think ebay *is* bad in various respects.  But this
isn't one of them.)

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