Cels Forum

> how rich or influential or restrictive eBay might be, but that cheating
> is still cheating and is such, wrong?

Where is it defined that it's cheating ?
Who said that an item you auction has to sell anyway ?
I can perfectly put total crap that nobody will ever
buy...
Did you ever looked at what is auctioned ??? I saw plenty
of auction that weren't for actual goods.

> They throw the party, they can set the house rules.

As long as it's legal. And several of the things they
do aren't.

> if someone compiled a list of your buyers and contacted them offering similar
> merchandise - would you hand over a customer list to a competitor for this
> purpose?  If not, then why should eBay?

Two things :
1) No seller will forbid you to compare prices and contact
   other people and tell them what you think about such or
   such cel. Just this forum is a proof.
   Did you never discussed with a friend about what he/she
   think of a cel for sale ?
   That's what e-bay forbid.
2) E-bay is not the seller or buyer. It's just an ad space.
   That mean that they don't have anything to say on that
   matter ! It should be strictly between sellers and buyers.

> I don't see why it is considered unethical or "greedy"

No. I say it's illegal ! (I am refering to closing auction
because the auctioner also use another system than e-bay).
It's similar to when Coca was refusing to sell their
produces to some shops because they also were selling Pepsi.
(Or was it the reverse ?). It's illegal to do such a things
_in the law_

> And don't feel so bad about your ISP registry.  Internic
> charges $75

Internic is a company. SWISH is a non-commercial
organization that get its money from the country... 
They should not do anything commercial.
Got the differance ???