Ebay Selling Ethics Question

Thanks all for your comments. I wanted to ask unbiased, because I had recently put a coin for sale on ebay. In my listing, I put a link to the ONLY recent ended auction of a similar coin in a similar grade, clearly spelling out that this was only a record of the latest one that sold. The evening, I received an email from the seller of the link I had posted, and he basically told me not to use his listing as a means to sell my coin and told me to remove the link.

Since I had my own pictures and only referenced his listing as a recent sale, I thought this was silly. However, I removed the link anyways. I then discovered who this seller was, and he had held a grudge against me from a long time ago when I outbid him at one point on the actual coin I was selling(I didnt realize it was the same guy when I originally posted the link). So it got me wondering, if it was really poor taste for me to list a link to a recent sale, or if the seller just asked me to remove it because he does'nt like me. Anyways, thanks for the responses!

I think it's a good idea for the reason you said - it could give the buyer an idea of what a recently sold example was sold for.

ebay didn't have an issue with it, it was just the seller. Anyways, I decided to compromise and just list the lot number instead of an actual link.

Public auction. Public info. No ethical issues.

Maineman750: "Not being wise...but how did you know that ?"

I know it worked in my favor b.c the seller adjusted their buy it now price to the price it sold for just a few days earlier from a different seller.

bvlania, so the seller lowered the price then.Guess that did work in your favor. I see your point but I'm thinking the OP is trying to get the highest price he can.

Yep, just re-read. I need more sleep at night.

I don't see a problem with it. Its just promotion of the value of your item.
I will say this...... if a number of items hit ebay at the same time, I have always found that the first item generally sells for the lowest price. It seems to start a fever that always goes UP!