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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bartelmoose, post: 758070, member: 21313&quot;]<b>Riddle me this</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, you agree that contract law applies to eBay auctions, right?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Question: If I&#039;m in Maryland and I win an eBay auction with a Seller in Texas, which state laws would apply in enforcing the contract law governing the transaction? In other words, where did the transaction take place, Maryland or Texas?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Answer: In reality, it took place in neither state. It was accomplished in the &quot;cyberspace&quot; of the internet. Federal domain, that internet.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And, as I pointed out before: to conduct the auction; pay for the auction item; and ship the auction item involves federal domain &quot;instrumentalities&quot; at each step.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You&#039;re trying to argue with someone whose job is to enforce federal securities laws which rely solely on &quot;use of interstate commerce instrumentalities&quot; to exert federal jurisdiction.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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