03-20-2008, 08:53 AM
Quote:eBay (EBAY) now has its hands full with two lawsuits aimed at the eBay Live Auction platform. One eBay Live Auction seller is suing eBay for affording an unfair competitive advantage to another eBay Live Auction seller who's being sued (along with eBay in an unrelated lawsuit) for allegedly shill bidding on the platform...
Now it appears that Hot Jewelry Auctions, which operates under the eBay user names of Paramount-Auctions, Jewelry-Overstock-Auctions and WJoutlet has been sued for shill bidding on eBay Live Auctions.
In a separate matter, Windsor Auctions, Inc. operating under the eBay user name WindsorAuctions-USA has sued eBay under federal antitrust laws and California's anti-competition laws...
full article: http://seekingalpha.com/article/68994-eb...ition-laws
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Quote:Windsor Auctions' lawsuit against eBay alleges that a competitor within the jewelry category (on the eBay Live Auction platform), utilizes the auction end time duration tool to batch upload listings into eBay Live, thus gaining an unfair competitive edge by way flowing listings through eBay core on an hourly basis. One reader likened the use of the auction end time duration tool to that of the auction extender tool, which allowed regular eBay users the ability to extend their auctions if their listing received no bids...
full article: http://seekingalpha.com/article/69162-mo...ainst-ebay