Re: Why were my auctions cancelled?

[Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>]

In article <s4KdnaJOg7-D5hzdRVn-ig@comcast.com>,
 "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast DOT net> wrote:

> "Terry Olsen" <tolsen64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> 81c7bbc0.0404170935.4fcc414a@posting.google.com">news:81c7bbc0.0404170935.4fcc414a@posting.google.com...
> : 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!
> 
> [ snipped eBay stuff ]
> 
> I probably could have told you what they found
> obtrusive had I seen the auctions but I didn't.
> If you have copies of the actual descriptions,
> not your attempted recollection, I more than
> likely will find word/s that were offensive to
> their policy. IIRC, this is not the first auction
> you've had removed for reasons unknown.

What you say:
"AppleworksGS Manuals"

What eBay assumes:
"Where are the disks? Why isn't it a complete set? Any buyer that takes 
these is obviously a pirate, otherwise, he'd already have the manuals. 
Which means you're contributing to piracy. YANK!

The second one doesn't show a problem, to me, but I suspect it was 
listed in close proximity (time-wise) to the rest, so was considered 
guilty by association.

The third one simply *SCREAMS* piracy when looked at in the draconian 
manner eBay operates anymore.

The last one also contains that magic "this is a pirate" identifiying 
phrase: "With extras". Especially in terms of hard drives or computers 
equipped with them, this phrase is often accepted to mean "Whatever is 
on the drives, whether it's legal for me to transfer it or not".

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