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barrysloateI agree that it would be almost impossible for Leon to enforce a rule that ongoing auctions can't be outed. It just gets into too many complicated areas that would need to be reevaluated each time another obscure item popped up on ebay.
But the board has for a long time had a gentleman's agreement that it is better not to discuss an auction while it is ongoing; and further, it's probably not great to talk about it the next day either. Sometimes the winner gets a great deal, and even posting the day after could result in the seller getting a few emails offering more money than what it sold for.
I think we are talking about a common courtesy that we all pretty much agree on. By outing the notebook you broke no rules; that said, you probably should not have started a thread about it. If you knew someone who might be interested, sending a private email would have been best.