OK - since it seems that people are guessing I am the seller of those ebay auctions I will clear up the matter: NO, I am not the seller of the auctions referenced above. However, I will readily admit that I have marketed a couple promotions that I was first alerted to here on FT. For example, I marketed the ability to fly AA for a lot less using Qualiflyer miles and the Inside Flyer deal.
However, I also feel I contributed considerbly to FlyerTalk on this promotion. When the Qualiflyer promotion was first mentioned on FlyerTalk it had only appeared on one UK person's Starwood statement and no one could confirm it. It was also not clear if it was a targeted promotion. I called Starwood and Qualiflyer about it, then sent several emails and after a lot of work was eventually able to get the promotion clearly defined by Qualiflyer email CS. I then posted these emails on FT (see later part of www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum74/HTML/003827.html ). Neither Starwood nor Qualiflyer phone customer service knew anything about the promotion - both thought it was the other person's promotion so people on FT were confused. By finding out more about the promotion and posting it on FT I feel I contributed to the community and didn't feel bad about marketing it on ebay.
Also, as a college student trying to work my way through college I think I probably need the $20 worse than the people who paid me for the information. And the people will save many, many times the amount they paid for the information, depending on how many miles they gained this way.
For those concerned about the airlines raising award levels - I think this is much more likely to happen because of people giving valuable information like this away for free on ebay rather than because people like me market the information - simply because of the difference in the volume of people who will find out. By limiting the information to those who are willing to pay for it I am reducing the liklihood of the airline closing the promotion AND making my college education possible.
The spirit of FT is certainly to share information for free and help other people out. And I definitely will share my knowledge freely (I have flown a lot even though I am young as my family lives in Africa) and help others to the best of my ability without asking for anything in return on FlyerTalk. The spirit of ebay is buying and selling. I will continue to buy and sell on ebay as I need the income.
Is there anything wrong with what I am doing?

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