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<p>[QUOTE="treylxapi47, post: 1773651, member: 41863"]Please explain to me how a 'contract' can be enforced when they would have no idea I was browsing as a guest? What if I was at the library and never logged into my account? </p><p><br /></p><p>There is no contract until I hit 'submit' and access their site thru my personal portal. Until then I am not bound by their rules because I've committed no wrongdoing nor would they be able to track me if I used any other computer aside from my own. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's silly really, they leave the loopholes open and take the chance of folks utilizing their system like I do from time to time. It's more harmful to their business to lock everything down and they know it, so there's only so much they can do to prevent it without loosing all of their business. If you locked the site from browsing without an account they wouldn't capture new users who stumbled onto an item they wanted. If they made all dealers remove contact info you would probably see them flood other sites where they could utilize their business info. The Internet is wide open and eBay only controls their site and I would argue they only control their site when you login to your account and reaffirm that you agree to their terms.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="treylxapi47, post: 1773651, member: 41863"]Please explain to me how a 'contract' can be enforced when they would have no idea I was browsing as a guest? What if I was at the library and never logged into my account? There is no contract until I hit 'submit' and access their site thru my personal portal. Until then I am not bound by their rules because I've committed no wrongdoing nor would they be able to track me if I used any other computer aside from my own. It's silly really, they leave the loopholes open and take the chance of folks utilizing their system like I do from time to time. It's more harmful to their business to lock everything down and they know it, so there's only so much they can do to prevent it without loosing all of their business. If you locked the site from browsing without an account they wouldn't capture new users who stumbled onto an item they wanted. If they made all dealers remove contact info you would probably see them flood other sites where they could utilize their business info. The Internet is wide open and eBay only controls their site and I would argue they only control their site when you login to your account and reaffirm that you agree to their terms.[/QUOTE]
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