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I'd say all of those are irrelevant to the central moral/legal premise which is: did she enter into a contract to purchase the tickets? If she entered a bid on
by skorgu 16y ago
I'd say all of those are irrelevant to the central moral/legal premise which is: did she enter into a contract to purchase the tickets? If she entered a bid on ebay she is obligated to go through with the transaction.
That said the cancer thing is sketchy as hell in context, thanks for mentioning it.
- cake 16y agoActually on Ebay she is not, she could have stated that she entered a wrong bid : http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/questions/retract-bid.html http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/questions/retract-bid.html
- dpritchett 16y agoI agree that the details are irrelevant to the legality of backing out on an auction. This story is compelling (and thus upvoted) precisely because of the emotional levers it pulls. The thread can't be solely about eBay policy.
- jemfinch 16y agoWhat's sketchy about trying to leverage unexpected popularity for the benefit of the American Cancer Society?