Also, that is why we have "regulations" when it comes to commodities that are necessary to life and business, like public utilities. The latter are not simple questions.
You make a good point. FWIW, I also sell a lot on ebay. Frequently, I get messages from other ebayers offering to buy my listing right now off the books. I never accept these for a couple of reasons. The first is that it complicates my life. But the second is that I do have a terms of service agreement w/Ebay that forbids this. Being in the software biz, I actually believe that this sort of thing is not pro forma BS (PFBS) and try to operate along it. CL is more or less a free market free for all and there I have no problem acting in accordance with that model.