On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 07:21:30 -0400, Ron Natalie
wrote in :

Larry Dighera wrote:
On Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:11:28 -0700, "Robert M. Gary"
wrote in
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On Aug 4, 7:32 pm, Larry Dighera wrote:
August 3, 2007 -- Updated 1655 GMT (0055 HKT) Court rules eBay
auction is a sale
If you are Australian.

If you are intentionally implying that a US court might rule
differently, I would be interested in how you might have arrived at
that conclusion.

While a US court might determine that there was a breach of contract,
it is EXTREMELY unlikely that an order of specific performance (actually
making the guy sell the plane) would occur.

Perhaps. If so, how do you figure the court might award the buyer
damages?

In the case cited, the seller had found another buyer (outside of
eBay) willing to pay $214,440.00 for his airplane (so it is reasonable
to use that figure as the established value of the aircraft), but the
auction winner's winning bid amount was only $128,640.00, a difference
of $85,800.00. Do you agree that it would seem that the buyer would
be entitled to that $85,800.00 amount in damages if the seller
defaulted on the contract?