A David & Goliath Story with eBay

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gardenwife Newark, OH(Zone 5b) Sep 23, 2002

Have any of you heard about the suit Thomas Woolston has brought against eBay?

An excerpt from http://www.techtv.com/news/politicsandlaw/story/0,24195,3400603,00.html :

Back in the civilian world in 1995, Woolston patented both technology and methods for conducting Internet auctions and says he met with eBay to demonstrate them.

After the meeting eBay adopted the buy-it-now method. After the meeting eBay went to verified sellers' accounts. After the meeting eBay moved into our intellectual property," Woolston said. "So our point was, stop infringing the intellectual property or deal with it. Be held accountable. One way or the other they don't want to be. They just want to run for luck. They said, 'No, sue us.' So we ended up having to bring it to court."

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Joan Belfield, ND(Zone 4a) Sep 23, 2002

I've been reading, and it's interesting to say the least. I wonder how it will all turn out. I found it very interesting that ebay power sellers could soon get health insurance too. I didn't realize there were so many people who only did ebay sales as their means of income.

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smiln32 Oklahoma City, OK(Zone 7a) Sep 23, 2002

I wasn't even aware of this. Yikes, I have stuff for sale on ebay right now. Of course, if this guy wins, he's gonna be set for life. He'll get millions.

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gardenwife Newark, OH(Zone 5b) Oct 06, 2003

An update from this last August: http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2003Aug/gee20030808021232.htm

Maybe THAT's one of the reasons their fees are so high, including PayPal's.

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smiln32 Oklahoma City, OK(Zone 7a) Oct 06, 2003

Gee, did I call that or WHAT? :)

We use ebay in this house quite a bit (buy and sell). I just sold a set of Nikken Magboys for $31.XX. They sell retail for $60. The good news is that I bought them at a yard sale for $1.00. hee hee hee

I'm not sure if this link will work or not, but I'll give it a try...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2954601595&category=11777&rd=1

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gardenwife Newark, OH(Zone 5b) Oct 06, 2003

Good for you! I love finding bargains and profiting from them. Haven't done it for a while. I need to go to the Salvation Army's new store! ;)

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Wandasflowers Cedar Rapids, IA(Zone 5a) Oct 06, 2003

Ebay has been fun for our family too. We recently found a pair of large white feathered wings for my 16 year old's Halloween costume & our theatre/dress up collection. I found some great dayliles/iris that way too.

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