How fair is this?


I just noticed a interesting auction. The seller states that his item is listed on both Audiogon and Ebay. And which ever site gets the highest bid, wins. Maybe its just me, but I am hoping he gets no bids on either site.
azstereo
What seems even worse about this. On ebay it ends in a couple days, ends today here. On ebay it is a buy it now price. No reserve auction here. So if you win it here for less then the buy it now price on ebay, you have to wait 2 days to see if he has a better offer there. And he doesn't state anything on ebay about being listed on audiogon also. To me, this is bad business.
Someone ought to e-mail this thread to the seller, assuming he's not watching this thread, to give him a heads up. I'm curious if he would make a post of explanation. A penny for your thoughts double auctioneer.
Listing on both sites is easily remedied by stating that that the item is listed for sale (or auction) on both sites, and each listing is subject to immediate cancellation upon prior sale.

I can see no objection from any buyer, or E-Bay, or Audiogon if the terms are spelled out clearly in the listing text.

IMO. FWIW. Kumbaya...
Sendtaylor99; Practically, I agree with your perspective of the situation. My point was in principal.

What if both auctions end at the same price with two different people "winning"?
Pawlowski6132, then we split the baby in halves. The first winner gets first choice of halves.....................Or does it now become a Dutch Auction?...............HHHMMM?