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Ethical or not II. Winner announced plus new ???

In my previous blog, I asked some ethics questions and got some cool responses.  I am offering Mudcat a chance at any title I have in the store for a penny, if desired!

Want some more?

Try these:

Is it ethical to:

Borrow a stock photo from a commercial product's site?  How about from another listing?

Use a photo that is a near duplicate to the item you are selling and pass it off as a pic of the item you are selling.

Use words in your title that are likely to hit searches, even though it may be a stretch to your item (Da Vinci Code type Italy map?)

Leave negative feedback for a messed up or undelivered item, even if the seller gave a refund?  Neutral?

Withhold feedback if they were slow to pay?

Make changes to your listing to snazz it up once you have a bunch of watchers?

Raise the price if you have lots of watchers?


Remember, it's not whether you've done it, but whether you find it ethical!

Again, the winner is the one whose answers most closely resemble the ones I would give.  Winner gets a chance to buy any title in my store for a penny!




mommieme3
no... no... no... no... no... no... no.. that is my honest opinion! =0)
Aug-20-07 13:45:03 PDT Report this comment
mommieme3
umm on the first one, yes only if it is something like a wallpaper sample from the manufacturer for rolls of wallpaper you are selling for your home or wherever.
Aug-20-07 13:47:17 PDT Report this comment
tru_gritt02
no.
no.
no.
yes, nuetral..... if the seller was RUDE about it.
no
no
no
Aug-20-07 13:51:52 PDT Report this comment
jpsoaps4u
psst tony her name is madcat :o)

no unless you have permission from the owner of the stock photo
absoutely not
no
no if the seller made it right they deserve a positive for being an honest seller.
no
no if you want to sell them as long as the snazzing is honest and not misleading
no
Aug-20-07 14:07:48 PDT Report this comment
tony_tomes
jparker: Thanks! I was thinking like Mudcat Grant the great pitcher. Too much baseball on the brain!

APOLOGIES MADCAT!
Aug-20-07 14:11:07 PDT Report this comment
tony_tomes
jparker, FYI your lot of books went out today, hope they arrive swiftly. Media Mail is going real fast right now, so maybe by Friday even.
Aug-20-07 14:12:30 PDT Report this comment
jpsoaps4u
ok thanks :o)
Aug-20-07 14:18:24 PDT Report this comment

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