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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1773566, member: 26302"]Bottom line, did the two parties find each other by using Ebay? If so, Ebay earned its fee. If the two parties intentionally go around Ebay to conduct the transaction, they are both guilty of theft. They both agreed to the terms of service, so both agreed to be bound by these rules. Don't like it? Use another source to find sellers.</p><p> </p><p>It really is the bottom line. You can talk yourself out of it, convince yourself copying software or music "should be legal, I am not hurting anyone", or any number of things in life. Not wishing to part with money is a powerful motivator to convince yourself what you did what not wrong. There are tons of thieves, both in jail and out, who in their minds firmly believe what they did was not wrong, "because I needed the money", or "they were rich so could afford it", or any other delusional excuse they think up so as not to be troubled with their life choices.</p><p> </p><p>It doesn't make it right. Unless the facts in the first paragraph are wrong, I simply am uninterested in any other argument you can make. Black and white, its theft. No grey area. Might as well as walked up to an Ebay shareholder and put a gun in their face demanding $80. Same thing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1773566, member: 26302"]Bottom line, did the two parties find each other by using Ebay? If so, Ebay earned its fee. If the two parties intentionally go around Ebay to conduct the transaction, they are both guilty of theft. They both agreed to the terms of service, so both agreed to be bound by these rules. Don't like it? Use another source to find sellers. It really is the bottom line. You can talk yourself out of it, convince yourself copying software or music "should be legal, I am not hurting anyone", or any number of things in life. Not wishing to part with money is a powerful motivator to convince yourself what you did what not wrong. There are tons of thieves, both in jail and out, who in their minds firmly believe what they did was not wrong, "because I needed the money", or "they were rich so could afford it", or any other delusional excuse they think up so as not to be troubled with their life choices. It doesn't make it right. Unless the facts in the first paragraph are wrong, I simply am uninterested in any other argument you can make. Black and white, its theft. No grey area. Might as well as walked up to an Ebay shareholder and put a gun in their face demanding $80. Same thing.[/QUOTE]
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