Don't you love Ebay sellers who pull auctions early

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Posted By: Jeff O

Frank wrote:

"EBAY is a business. If, as a seller, you can maximize your profit by ending early, I see no reason not to."

You're right Frank, eBay is a business. It's a business that the seller contracted with to list and display his item. When he ends the auction early to sell it outside of eBay, then eBay loses on the fees that it is rightfully entitled to. Do you really think it's OK to use eBay to get you in touch with a buyer, then not pay them for their service?

I've brought this up before, and generally most people don't appear to be bothered by the fact that eBay loses out. Personally I think it's shady, but a lot of people don't seem to have a problem with taking advantage of (cheating) "big business".

Jeff