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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Perhaps more reason to avoid ebay
From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 19:16:18 -0400

In what major U.S. paper, or on what major U.S. network, did you read or
see a report of Sullivan's speech? Just curious.

B. D.

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Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 6:13 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] Re: Perhaps more reason to avoid ebay


B.D.:

>This is really deplorable. But what's even more deplorable is the fact 
>that this story isn't page one in the New York Times and Washington 
>Post! :-(

Why?

A quote from the article:

>Sullivan's statements were first reported by Yuval Dror in the Tel 
>Aviv-based daily
>Ha'aretz; surprisingly, they have received no coverage in the US media.

That's not entirely true.  This isn't the first time I've seen this
"breaking news."  Ebay has always been very law enforcement friendly.  I
can't say that I blame them.  They want to appear to be on the
up-and-up. They don't want to encourage money laundering or any number
of scams that could shut them down.  Last I checked, they were one of
the few "dot coms" that are not only existing but thriving.

I don't see what the big deal is.  Ebay says that you shouldn't expect
them to go to great lengths to protect your sales information from law
enforcement agencies.  I'd rather they did, but hey...they don't phone
me for input.  :)  Other than name and address, they're not really
providing secret information to police that you and I can't find by
ourselves.  All transactions on ebay are a matter of public record.  Did
you really think that public web pages should be anything but that?
It's really no difference from attending a real auction and having
people see you make a bid.  If you want privacy, then you have to take
those steps yourself.


Eric
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