This message came through "that other phono list". seems the claim is sellers remorse. I have received an email from the seller as I did contact him. As per the listing it was being sold for someone else. I actually believe him when he has said that other family members of the person he was selling it for had decided to keep the machine in the family. In this case I believe it to be true and it didn't sell under the table. Cheers, Mario Aph4990 at aol.com wrote: > Regarding the Opera auction cancellation: > I have actually spoken with a PERSON at eBay regarding this problem. > Unfortunately, it appears that a seller CAN cancel an auction fairly easily > at any time prior to 12 hours prior to the end of the auction. It is against > the rules to cancel an auction and sell to a buyer who was made aware of the > offering through the ebay listing, but not if the buyer came to the seller > outside of the ebay system. So, unless you know how the buyer came to the > seller (and we don't) there is no offense that can be claimed. Other reasons > that a buyer can cancel an auction are:1) the item has broken 2) The seller no > longer wants to sell the item. I think this is too bad--but we all know that > this stuff happens in non-eBay auctions also. > An interesting fact: The item location was San Jose, CA. Guess where the > main offices of eBay are located! > ---Art > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > >