Not saying the wrecking is right or wrong, but just disappointing some people want to line their pockets out of it.

I guess this is the world we live in now where everything has a price on eBay.

As to most fans not knowing the names of the players, that’s rubbish. As a United fan you grow up hearing about the Busby Babes and their exploits from older fans.

In my opinion the majority of United fans wouldn’t give a fig about someone selling there scarf. It seems like the Club weren’t that bothered about it either.

The story has all the hallmarks of an eBay trying to work a bit of positive spin or the papers trying to get a story where there isn’t one.

These auctions are being wrecked by United fans who find them distasteful. The club aren’t doing anything.

If WW1, Titanic, IRA, etc. veterans find similar auctions distasteful they are free to act to stop them.

So deep it must be painful….

All memorabilia has some emotive rationale otherwise it would not be collectable. And if people wish to buy into that emotional attachment why should they not be allowed to?

What about the Titanic (all those deaths there)? WW1 trench art (by young men suffering from foot rot who will soon die) Irish fight for freedom – huge market for that, especially anything linked to the IRA – anyone remember how many people have lost their lives due to IRA bombings?

I find it difficult to find the MU scenario any different to any of these, and more more more….

This disaster is a very big issue for most United fans and the thought of some supposed United fans making money out of it is pretty bad taste.

It is pretty poor taste to make personal gain out of the disaster which, as a (supposed) United fan, you should understand what it means.

Not everyone makes a decision based solely on monetary value.
I’m pretty sure that some people feel distaste that others are trying to profit on the back of an event to remember a tragedy.

There was a report in a paper that a young child had put their baby brother/sister inside the washing machine, thinking the circle was the washing machine door.

Major Panic stations to protect the brand image….

In answer to your question “more to the point why should eBay track each of these and declare which are culturally sensitive and which are not”

I’d wager more man hours are spent firefighting after incidents like these than would be needed in prevention, is the very basic answer.

I think most corporations (and not just ebay) fall into a trap of thinking themselves to be in a bubble, seperate from the outside world, until that world decamps outside the front gates

How true…. it’s a fine line to walk

You can argue MUFC (the club) have been doing this for 50 years but that is a different discussion.

As for being naive that is harsh. There are untold number of events like that this people can capitalise on? Charity dinners, free handouts etc are commonplace. How one earth and more to the point why should eBay track each of these and declare which are culturally sensitive and which are not. Madness.

Live 8 I maintain was a huge one off special. You have no idea of what went on behind the scenes but yes, they made a rod for their back that day and perhaps the likes of Man Utd et al now seek to use that as a benchmark.

where is the only a venue ethos