cmsspu
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posted on September 11, 2001 11:31:25 PM
Come on ebayers, lets stick together and keep this stuff off! Maybe in a month or two you can then list this items!
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snakebait
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posted on September 11, 2001 11:45:52 PM
Don't be ridiculous. If folks want to buy WTC items it is their right. And also ours to supply them. I'm sick and tired of eBay trying to act like a nanny. And people with their politically correct hearts on their lapels.
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kiara
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posted on September 12, 2001 12:00:19 AM
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/marketing.shtml
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mikea
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posted on September 12, 2001 02:21:23 AM
I am glad ebay did this and I thank those of you who wrote to ebay asking for the ban.
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ironking
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posted on September 12, 2001 02:31:02 AM
WOW! Before the search refreshed, there were items going as high as $15,000, in fact there was couple going at 10,000, several in the thousands! about 4 pages worth! I salute ebays, I thought their greed would get to them (imagine all the fee and profit they lost by cancelling these auctions, must be in the thousands) but they actually have some moral and actually care. I applaud them for this.
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soothsayer
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posted on September 12, 2001 04:54:37 AM
yes items were at 10 and 15 grand but believe me THYE WERE BOGUS BIDS. A group of friends of mine have been bid bombing some auctions, like the domain names, rubble etc type auctions..........one who bid on a domain name for 15K, which was ended minutes later by ebay, received 2 emails thru ebays ask a member a question offering other related domain names for sale...one even hyped his cheap prices compared to the bids made.........we will keep bid bombing any and all auctions we feel need our attention!!!!
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Eventer
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posted on September 12, 2001 05:16:56 AM
If wishing to have a few days to come to grips with the massive horror of this situation is being labeled one of the people with their politically correct hearts on their lapels, then I'll wear that name proudly.
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theredcircle
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posted on September 12, 2001 05:54:18 AM
Just when you think things can't get any sicker...
http://www.cafepress.com/cp/store/productdetail.aspx?prodno=1468594&zoom=yes
BTW Moderators: This is not a link to an auction or an auction-related site, so I'm assuming it is ok under whatever convoluted CG's you have.
I let the cafeexpress people know my disgust...and hope more people do as well.
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TRC
[ edited by theredcircle on Sep 12, 2001 05:55 AM ]
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keziak
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posted on September 12, 2001 06:06:08 AM
Just did. Words just about failed me though.
keziak
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hcross
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posted on September 12, 2001 06:14:11 AM
God Bless Ebay, they finally did something right.
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petertdavis
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posted on September 12, 2001 07:46:21 AM
I checked ebay last night, there were around 500 items. This morning, about ten left. If only ebay could be this pro-active always.
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peiklk
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posted on September 12, 2001 07:51:32 AM
And the terrorists won!
They have wreaked havoc on our Free Market system and ebay has caved in.
And no, I have no WTC items to sell. But legit items like souvenirs and trinkets and posters and postcards -- there IS a market (and not sickos) and there are people with these items to sell (not sickos).
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newguy
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posted on September 12, 2001 07:55:27 AM
And gleefully listing those items to sell is sicko. Says a lot when someone sees no wrong in profiting from the agony of millions of people.
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MrsSantaClaus
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posted on September 12, 2001 09:33:48 AM
The tee shirt I saw was blank. What was on it?
BECKY
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peiklk
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posted on September 12, 2001 10:18:06 AM
So, when does it become ok? Tomorrow? A week? Next week? I know ebay has caved in and set Oct. 1.
So why not Sept 30? Sept 29? Why does it suddenly become ok one day and not ok the previous?
Because it makes no sense, that's why.
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newguy
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posted on September 12, 2001 10:24:36 AM
And rubbing salt in the wounds of millions makes sense to you?
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WBDareMe
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posted on September 12, 2001 10:25:41 AM
The terrorists have NOT won, if they had eBay would indeed allow the sale of pieces of WTC rubble. They were trying to destroy our national idealism, they quite obviously haven't done that. A purely free market in economic terms has no morals-right now I'd rather be "nannied", even if it's by eBay.
"Politically Correct" is a term used when someone is saying that which portrays them in the best light, not necessarily what they really feel. There's nothing to do with political correctness in peoples' caring and compassionat reactions to this tragedy. I pity anyone who has to fake THAT or accuse others that it isn't what they really feel.
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peiklk
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posted on September 12, 2001 10:34:49 AM
No one is advocating rubbing salt in anyone's wounds.
And selling so-called "rubble" is a bit tasteless. Selling posters and pictures and postcards, etc. is just business. Those things were made to sell.
If no one wants to buy them, no one will bid.
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newguy
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posted on September 12, 2001 10:45:29 AM
So it is good business to sell something that is offensive to the vast majority of Americans?
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jeffj318
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posted on September 12, 2001 11:30:32 AM
Hi
There are probably some people who need to have the twin towers on a postcard to possibly remember a loved one who worked there, etc.
One does not have to be sick to purchase a twin towers postcard. It is a memory for them and one they may need to have at this moment in their struggle during the crisis in their heart.
JJ
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peiklk
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posted on September 12, 2001 11:32:46 AM
newguy -- why is the World Trade Center offensive to Americans? You perhaps, but not many.
The bombing was offensive. Postcards of the building as it was are historic collectibles.
THIS IS THE TARGET!
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mcjane
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posted on September 12, 2001 11:35:17 AM
I don't think it's wrong to sell postcards & pictures of the WTC. What's wrong is the combination of timing and how much the sellers are asking.
I would imagine stores in NY are selling out of WTC items, but at a fair profit.
People want these things to remember what once was.
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jeffj318
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posted on September 12, 2001 11:38:49 AM
Hi
I am deeply grieved by this tragedy on me and the American people.
I am hear to say again that there are some people who want to see the towers as they existed. They might be grieving and all they can hold on to might be how the towers used to look. They might want to look at the photograph and remember their loved one or loved ones in this majestic, beautiful tower and how life used to be.
If someone is trying to make a buck off of this tragedy, they are wrong. I, personally, would have given away any postcards like that if I had them.
God bless America!
JJ
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newguy
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posted on September 12, 2001 12:09:48 PM
Is that a picture you want to sell? Trying to sell something to profit from something like this is extrmely offensive. Why don't you go to New York and sell those precious post cards on the street? Bet you would receive a warm reception.
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