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<p>[QUOTE="wiggam007, post: 686883, member: 18436"]Since this keeps getting bumped up to the top, I will post something that popped into my head when I first read this:</p><p><br /></p><p>On the holiday weekend one of our members pulled some of his auctions because he knew that he would not get the value that he wanted from them, canceling the bids and ending the auction. He posted on here asking if people believed it was ethical or not to do this. While Jaceravone, I would assume, would claim it is unethical, many in the thread supported this action saying that it was just smart business. This post even included some of the bidders on the items saying they were fine with it. This is the thread: <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t68598/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t68598/">http://www.cointalk.com/t68598/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I just wonder what you guys here think about this since you seem fairly upset that other people do this. Is it ok because we know him, and want him to get a fair price? Or would you still be upset if you had bid on one of his auctions and recomend neg rep or opening a case with eBay? One poster on the thread even went as far as saying if this even happens once, he would never bid on that persons auctions. Would you not bid on AJ's auctions, even though you know him on the forum as a stand up guy?</p><p><br /></p><p>These are just some thoughts that I have been mulling over in my head, and I haven't come up with a decent answer about them so do not take this as a judgement on anyone. I just wanted to see what you thought about this ethical deliema.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wiggam007, post: 686883, member: 18436"]Since this keeps getting bumped up to the top, I will post something that popped into my head when I first read this: On the holiday weekend one of our members pulled some of his auctions because he knew that he would not get the value that he wanted from them, canceling the bids and ending the auction. He posted on here asking if people believed it was ethical or not to do this. While Jaceravone, I would assume, would claim it is unethical, many in the thread supported this action saying that it was just smart business. This post even included some of the bidders on the items saying they were fine with it. This is the thread: [URL]http://www.cointalk.com/t68598/[/URL] I just wonder what you guys here think about this since you seem fairly upset that other people do this. Is it ok because we know him, and want him to get a fair price? Or would you still be upset if you had bid on one of his auctions and recomend neg rep or opening a case with eBay? One poster on the thread even went as far as saying if this even happens once, he would never bid on that persons auctions. Would you not bid on AJ's auctions, even though you know him on the forum as a stand up guy? These are just some thoughts that I have been mulling over in my head, and I haven't come up with a decent answer about them so do not take this as a judgement on anyone. I just wanted to see what you thought about this ethical deliema.[/QUOTE]
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