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Mark AndersonI'm getting the 20% consistently at this point on eBay, although I searched other things off ebay and on things like a Wii Fit, for example, I only had 2 options appear, and at something like 2 or 3%. Also, 1 store was at double retail, and 1 at retail, however when I went to that website in another browser tab, they don't even HAVE the Wii Fit? It seems very odd.
I did not pull the trigger on anything yet, because I don't understand their terms of use:
http://help.live.com/help.aspx?project=tou&mkt=en-us
Any lawyers on here understand section 7? It sounds like there may or may not be a monthly fee or a per use service charge for using live.com? However, if there is, I cannot find the pricing anywhere on the site and certainly they can't legally force you to complete a transaction on Buy-It-Now BEFORE telling you? Chances are I'm misreading it and looking too deeply for a catch, but I'm still hesitant...
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