Yes, there is one. The auctioneer can get out of giving the goods away by
creating a contract forbidding em from transferring the goods. In that
case, e MAY NOT do so. E could also circumvent the restriction by
transferring the auctioned goods away after the end of the auction, but
before the winner paid, so that e CANNOT do so. How about keeping the
SHALL, but making the fulfillment automatic if e CAN do so. Then in the
case of a contract the auctioneer would break the contract (which would
serve em right), and if e had already transferred the goods away (so e
could not give them up) e would still be required to find a way to fulfill
the obligation.
-Aris
On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 12:40 PM Benjamin Schultz <ben.dov.schu...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 9:31 PM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > One more step first!
> >
> > I set PSS's master switch to VJ Rada. (Registrar duty).
> >
> > *now* you can act on behalf of em.
> >
> > We really should fix that, no reason it shouldn't be self-service when
> you
> > pay (for any auction not just zombies).
> >
>
> Here's an off the cuff fix. Anybody see any meaningful issues with it?
>
> Draft: Short-circuit Auction Resolution
>
> Amend R2551 by replacing the text:
> {
> When e does so, the Auctioneer SHALL transfer the
> items in that lot to that winner in a timely fashion. If the
> Auctioneer is not a person, then a person authorized to cause the
> Auctioneer to transfer those items SHALL do so in a timely fashion
> after the winner pays the Auctioneer, instead.
> }
>
> with:
>
> {
> When e does so, the Auctioneer immediately and automatically transfers
> the items in that lot to that winner, if the Auctioneer CAN and MAY do so.
> }
>
> OscarMeyr
>
