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Posted By: tbob

Scott, you are missing the point on my first scenario. Let me say first that I have never ended one of my auctions early. Next, I have purchased a highly desired card before by making an offer to the seller and having him end the auction early. I have not done it often and cheerfully bid on the item if the seller says "no." I think it is a tad hypocritical for everyone to jump on the moral bandwagon when I know for a fact MANY posters here have done the same thing. I did it the first time out of self-preservation because I used to clench my teeth as cards disappeared that way. I can count on one hand the times I have done it and as long as ebay permits it and the seller is o.k. with it, I'll probably do it some time again. I guarantee you that if the only Series 150 Obak I need to complete my set appears on ebay I'll make the seller an offer he can't refuse. I might also point out that every offer I have made has been over "book" so it is not a case of taking advantage of an innocent.
Now, Scott, with regard to my point, my main objection was that someone lied to the seller and coerced him with threats in to nixing the sale. Ebay does NOT kick you off for ending an auction early. The 2 guys who made those blatant lies knew better. They also threatened and scared the seller. That is what was wrong. They didn't say "gee, you shouldn't have ended it early and sold it for $150 because it is worth $300" they lied and coerced the fellow. By the way the guy who eventually sniped me and bought it was not one of the 2 people. And I ended up buying it from Barry in his auction for almost the exact same price I offered the original seller.
I just think that there is a little too much holier than thou-ism going on around here sometimes.