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Posted By: scgaynor

Adam, you are really showing your ignorance. Once again, your reading comprehension is your problem.

I am not violating any of ebay policies.

1) Key word spamming. Please see my earlier post about Obak brand cigarettes containing Baseball cards from 1909-1911. You can confirm this by looking under Obak in the Minor League section of the latest Standard Catalog. It should seem pretty clear from the category the item is listed in, as well as my description that Baseball Card collectors are my target audience, therefore the term "Baseball" in the title is not violating any key word spamming rules.

2) Why would I list the item exclusively in the Tobacco section where it gets buried? As stated before, Baseball card collectors are my target audience. The item is also posted in the Tobacco section. Again, not an ebay violation.

3)

"The unstated purpose of your actions was to cause baseball collectors to go to this listing and to bid on this item."

I am actually stating that I want Baseball Card collectors to bid on the item, that should seem pretty clear.

"It is likely that many novice collectors would be misled into believing there is a possibility of a baseball card in this lot."

I already covered this in at least two above posts. I am directing my descriptions towards advanced collectors, if a novice does not know what he is bidding on, I can't hold his hand through every purchase.

"Your actions are no different than those of any other vendor of non-baseball items and/or non-card items who chooses to place his listing in the prewar baseball card section."

Because of the Obak reference, in my opinion, and apparently those of the current 11 different bidders, This is a card item, pay attention!

"IMHO actions like this constitute unfair trade practices subject to legal action under California's unfair trade practices laws."

If I wanted your opinion, I would have asked for it, and since you are wrong, it does not matter anyway.

You really should do a better job of preparing your case before presenting it in an open forum. I hope that you do a better job for your clients than you have exhibited here.

Scott