Re: Why were my auctions cancelled?

["John Van Winkle" <appleiieman@charter.net>]

No they don't.  I was trying to sell a "retail" copy of Windows NT 4
workstation and I wrestled with Ebay for a week before they finally figured
out what I had and posted the auction back up there.  I had to send them a
digital pic of the item to show them what I had.  I would suggest that
people post their items on the group and forget Ebay and their charges.
Probably not as many people see them but all the A2 users would which are
the ones who want the stuff anyway.

-- 
John Van Winkle
appleiieman@charter.net
Home of the 2 Enhanced
Apple IIe's
"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
20040417140403.21676.00000012@mb-m02.aol.com">news:20040417140403.21676.00000012@mb-m02.aol.com...
> Terry Olsen wrote:
>
> >I received this message from ebay VeRo...  Can someone tell me why
> >these auctions were cancelled?  They were just a couple of hours from
> >being completed.  I emailed copyright@apple.com as mentioned below,
> >but I got an autoreply.  If you were the pending winner of these
> >auctions, please email me and we'll complete the sale.
> >
> >Dear Terry R Olsen (tolsen64@hotmail.com),
> >
> >**PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT EMAIL REGARDING YOUR LISTING(S)**
> >
> >We would like to let you know that we removed your listing:
> >
> >
> >4123863311 AppleWorksGS Manuals for the Apple IIgs
> >4123612708 AppleShare Manuals for Mac & Apple II w/System 7 disks
> >4123606054 Set of Manuals for the Apple //c IIc 4123602750 Lots of
> >manuals for Apple IIe with extras!  Hava Look!
> >4123594503 Set of Manuals for Apple IIgs with extras! Great Stuff!
>
> <snip>
>
> This is appalling.
>
> I was "present" at the moment of cancellation, viewing one of the
> auctions.  When I clicked "Refresh", the "This item does not exist"
> message came up!
>
> I wondered what had happened, and worried that it might be something
> like this.  ;-(
>
> Something must be done to protect legitimate owners of copyrighted
> items from their copyright holders, who now seem to have absolute
> power.
>
> Doesn't eBay have an ombudsman to mediate these cancellation
> requests and verify valid grounds?
>
> -michael
>
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