auction site defense to RICO allegations
cdchanger
Posts: 100
............"...3.1 Overview. Although we are commonly referred to as an online
auction web site, it is important to realize that we are not a
traditional "auctioneer". Instead, our site acts as a venue to allow
anyone to offer, sell, and buy just about anything, at anytime, from
anywhere, in a variety of formats, including a fixed price format and an
auction-style format commonly referred to as an "online auction". We are
not involved in the actual transaction between buyers and sellers. As a
result, we have no control over the quality, safety or legality of the
items advertised, the truth or accuracy of the listings, the ability of
sellers to sell items or the ability of buyers to buy items. We cannot
ensure that a buyer or seller will actually complete a transaction." ........
Yesterday, the U.S. Supremes considered the same kind of nonsense from
the online music thieves. That Court said that anyone who "facilitates
theft is guilty of theft." (The full opinion should be on their website by
tonight.)
The large auction site and its merchant-banking arm are in last-period
ops, IMO. As the clock winds down on the corruption, we can expect
the frauds to become more prevalent and more outrageous.
No bricks-and-mortar "auction venue" could pull the kind of stuff that
we are witnessing and escape prosecution. The sundry courts will
soon find the same applies to the online corporate scamsters. (Do
not confuse BIG with "above the law.")
Large media-outlets are looking at MANY stories regarding internet
fraud. The FTC is aware of the problems and will do the right thing.
Consumers and legit biz will benefit from the outcome.
In the meantime, if I should have a problem, I will file small-claims
complaints in both my hometown and in the locale of the offending
seller.
cher
auction web site, it is important to realize that we are not a
traditional "auctioneer". Instead, our site acts as a venue to allow
anyone to offer, sell, and buy just about anything, at anytime, from
anywhere, in a variety of formats, including a fixed price format and an
auction-style format commonly referred to as an "online auction". We are
not involved in the actual transaction between buyers and sellers. As a
result, we have no control over the quality, safety or legality of the
items advertised, the truth or accuracy of the listings, the ability of
sellers to sell items or the ability of buyers to buy items. We cannot
ensure that a buyer or seller will actually complete a transaction." ........
Yesterday, the U.S. Supremes considered the same kind of nonsense from
the online music thieves. That Court said that anyone who "facilitates
theft is guilty of theft." (The full opinion should be on their website by
tonight.)
The large auction site and its merchant-banking arm are in last-period
ops, IMO. As the clock winds down on the corruption, we can expect
the frauds to become more prevalent and more outrageous.
No bricks-and-mortar "auction venue" could pull the kind of stuff that
we are witnessing and escape prosecution. The sundry courts will
soon find the same applies to the online corporate scamsters. (Do
not confuse BIG with "above the law.")
Large media-outlets are looking at MANY stories regarding internet
fraud. The FTC is aware of the problems and will do the right thing.
Consumers and legit biz will benefit from the outcome.
In the meantime, if I should have a problem, I will file small-claims
complaints in both my hometown and in the locale of the offending
seller.
cher
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