Is this allowed?

[minendo]

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I know that you can't have links to auction sites such as eBay, but where does half.com fall in? I guess what I am asking is: Can you post a thread in the For Sale/Trade forum about an item you are selling on half.com?

I would assume no, but I would like to know for sure.

 

[guyver01]

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Half.com is the 'store' arm of EBay.... i personally feel it should fall under the dealers category than an auction category.

 

[Hossenfeffer]

I don't see it as a large problem so long as he can stop the sale on half.com should he find a buyer here. If there is a question as to whether he can guarantee that or not, I'd vote for an immediate lock. It's not worth the trouble it would cause.

 

[crypticlogin]

<< I don't see it as a large problem so long as he can stop the sale on half.com should he find a buyer here. If there is a question as to whether he can guarantee that or not, I'd vote for an immediate lock. It's not worth the trouble it would cause. >>



Is that the reason that eBay links aren't allowed, because the auction can't be stopped? I thought eBay auctions weren't allowed because they went against the auction clause. You can stop eBay auctions but that requires you to cancel all existing bids and give a reason (one of them being "item is no longer available").

My knee-jerk reaction is to say that half.com auctions should be allowed since there's a definitive asking price that's first come, first served. But I don't like the entire self promotion scheme on the forums though, like you find eBay links in newsgroups and on mailing lists.