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What's despicable about offering a service people want to use? Isn't this just like offering poker games and other gambling, or selling beer (you pay for somet
by qqq 18y ago
What's despicable about offering a service people want to use?
Isn't this just like offering poker games and other gambling, or selling beer (you pay for something that harms your health, and the only saving grace is that people enjoy it)?
- Dilpil 18y agoIn many (popular) moral systems, nothing is wrong with this business model. In our legal system however, something is probably wrong with it.
- paulgb 18y agoNothing is inherently despicable about the model. What is despicable is that it is advertised as an auction site, not a gambling game. Also, a lot of these sites (there are many like it) don't have very much transparency, and it would be easy for them to not award a prize at all while still collecting the bidding fees.
- owkaye 18y ago"What is despicable is that it is advertised as an auction site, not a gambling game." If the winner becomes the winner because he bid the highest price, then it's an auction. Since when are auctions considered to be games? Sure, it's an auction in which bidders must pay to bid, but are there laws that ban the charging of fees for participation in an auction?