Sensis gets Legal with OZtion

Melbourne, Australia, 14 August 2008 – OZtion, the Online Auction Website for Australians, has laughed off threatened action by Sensis regarding a cease and desist demand to stop advertising the fact that OZtion provides free listings for its site.

OZtion today released a copy of the demand it has received from rival online auction site owner Sensis.

The letter from Sensis expresses “concern” with the way OZtion has been communicating it’s free listings service for all customers who use their website.

OZtion founder Phil Druce said he was mystified by the demands, considering Sensis' own website promotes exactly the same thing.

“The terms OZtion uses, ‘Free to list items’ and ‘You can list items for sale on OZtion for FREE’, are fact.” Mr Druce said.

“A quick review of a Sensis online auction site, The Trading Post, sees virtually the same terminology, and certainly the same meaning, used in a similar way when promoting their own services."

Sensis’s letter quotes several areas in the Trades Practices Act 1974 that they believe are being broken, seemingly unaware that those same rules apply to them, and therefore if their accusations were correct they would be guilty of the same breaches.

“Their letter simply doesn’t have merit, as our statements are correct and you can list items for sale on OZtion for free."

About OZtion
OZtion (www.oztion.com.au), the Online Auction Website for Australians, was launched in January 2005 and has experienced huge success, with the membership of the website growing by 70% in the last 12 months.