Repeating the same falsities over and over doesn't make them true. Let me use an example to illustrate how your caboose has jumped the rails.
Let’s assume that I’m a collector of rare Tiffany lamps and I place an advertisement in a collectors' journal concerning paying a 10% finder’s fee to anyone who provides me with information that leads to the successful purchase of a genuine Tiffany lamp.
I receive contact from someone in Cincinnati who claims to have a lead on a lamp. So I fly there and agree to meet with this person. He takes me to an antiques store where, lo and behold, I spy what appears to be just such a lamp. I then confirm that my payment of the fee, once I negotiate the purchase, is dependent upon me verifying the authenticity of the lamp. He agrees. So I purchase the lamp, but then, after I have it examined by an expert, I discover that it is a clever copy and I'm now the proud owner of a fake Tiffany lamp. So, in accordance with the terms I originally set forth to my contact, I refuse to pay the fee and my "seller" grudgingly accepts this news.
The first question is what was my contact selling me? A lamp? No. He didn't own it. He wasn’t selling me any object, public or private. He was selling me a lead on a lamp. Did he commit fraud when I found out the lamp was fake? No, he did not, because he had no knowledge that the lamp was fake and, in any case, he wouldn’t be paid until I was satisfied with the purchase. Was his contact with me an advertisement for the sale of the lamp? No, it was not, since, as I said, you can’t sell what you do not own. My seller was selling information, and made no representation that he owned the lamp. He certainly didn’t place a sign on it in the store representing that he was selling it, so he did not run afoul of any law prohibiting such conduct. And if someone else had wanted to buy it I don’t see how he could have prevented them.
So, as you can see, your argument has more holes in it than a slice of Swiss cheese. Thanks for playing? You’re welcome. Please come again.:2wave: