"Robert P Holley" <holleyrp@delanet.com> wrote in
news:1160578136.650614.31890@m73g2000cwd.googlegro ups.com:
According to Joystiq, timing apparently wasn't a factor. By eBay's rules,
the pre-sold item being auctioned *must* be available for delivery within
30 days of the auction's end *or* within 30 days of the item being picked
up at the store by the seller. Most of the auctions apparently met the
time factor (the two auctions cited by Joystiq were originally set to end
less than 30 days before the PS3's 11/17 launch date), yet they were
still cancelled.
No, what got all of those auctions cancelled was the fact that the items
could not be *guaranteed* to be available, time factor or no. eBay's pre-
sell policy says that items *must* be guaranteed to be available within
30 days of end of auction or retail purchase, but EB/GS mentioned in
their pre-order notice that they (EB/GS) could *not* guarantee that
anyone who preordered a PS3 yesterday would get one on 11/17.
eBay is merely covering their asses to keep from getting any flak like
what EB/GS would get from customers who preordered a PS3 who may end up
*not* getting one on 11/17.
Please see the citations I posted earlier in this thread.
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Glenn Shaw • Indianapolis, IN USA
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