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    Quote Originally Posted by ScrappinRed View Post
    It's not canceling the auction that is the problem, I'm all for the best price! It's listing an item and then receiving an offer to sell outside of Ebay (through Ebay), then canceling and selling outside of Ebay that violates their policy. I think they get pissed that you basically used them for free advertising and they obviously lose their precious 10%.

    I know two people who had their accounts closed and were banned from Ebay for doing this. It can get you into trouble, and anyone not familiar with Ebay's policies reading this could have problems with their account.

    Anyway, really cool find and I think we can all probably agree that Ebay is evil to some extent
    To error is human, after 17 years do you suppose they would show a bit of compassion for my digression of not adhering the rules this one time.






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    Quote Originally Posted by alloy2 View Post
    To error is human, after 17 years do you suppose they would show a bit of compassion for my digression of not adhering the rules this one time.



    Not unless you call multiple times to ***** and complain. [That has been my experience with them].
    A long time ago I had a listing pulled. When I inquired about it I asked where the rule was that I broke and was told it was an unwritten rule. How am I to follow a rule if they do not tell me what it is???????????

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    No such smooshing with the landfill people around here (if there's that many around his area, I wonder if they're really full-blown landfills and not just town dumps that cover trash with dirt, something that has disappeared mostly in the US as the EPA has forced most communities into very big and highly regulated lined or clay based landfills). Our metro landfill (which handles trash for 5 counties) has contracted scrappers that are allowed to take items from the "rubble" sites (no working up on the main fill area allowed). I should find out more how that (those) contract(s) is (are) award just for grins...

    P.S. I would have let the auction ride and find out what happened. Who knows how it would have turned out?? But that's just me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DakotaRog View Post
    No such smooshing with the landfill people around here (if there's that many around his area, I wonder if they're really full-blown landfills and not just town dumps that cover trash with dirt, something that has disappeared mostly in the US as the EPA has forced most communities into very big and highly regulated lined or clay based landfills). Our metro landfill (which handles trash for 5 counties) has contracted scrappers that are allowed to take items from the "rubble" sites (no working up on the main fill area allowed). I should find out more how that (those) contract(s) is (are) award just for grins...

    P.S. I would have let the auction ride and find out what happened. Who knows how it would have turned out?? But that's just me.
    Your right these are all small town dumps that cover garbage with dirt, have a burn pit and a metal pile.

    If there is an Indian reservation close by the Natives are not permitted to use the white boys landfill, they have to maintain their own site. And the natives burn everything including appliances. I for one would like to see this changed but it is doubtful it ever will as we have a provincially funded town landfill while the Natives get their funding from the Federal Government.

    My observations from living here in Manitoba eight years is the cancer rate per capita is extremely high and the number of children and young adults who have some form of retardation just blows me away.

    Even our dog gets bottled water he wont drink this crap coming from the tap.

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