ebay fee hikes and stuff

[Bob Bradlee]

On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:35:35 +0000, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:

>On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 08:10 -0500, Dan Gahlinger wrote:

>> is there a good auction site that treats people properly?
>> if not, sounds like a great business opportunity.

>At the risk of sounding like Top Gear, "How hard can it be?"

>What about - a simple (*SIMPLE*) auction site, exclusively using
>something like Google Checkout for paying (get rid of the Paypal
>bollocks) with a means to flag something as a cash payment.

History has shown that you will have alot of legal costs keeping it online.
There are a bunch of Software patents currently owned by others. Mant of which  will
come out of the bushes with a smile as they slips one hand into your pocket, 
while others will be waveing C&D orders that will need to be fought.

Sad but true......

Bob