Comments on: eBay gunning for the wrong sellers

By: Kate George

Kate George — Sat, 23 May 2009 08:49:02 +0000

Well remember the time when I tried to buy plastic flower beads and I got a warning that I had to have a credit card on file as I had to prove that I was over 18 to buy a knife?

Seems like ebay haven’t improved since then.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:14:29 +0000

Got this yesterday when listing silver 7mm jump rings
- probably masquerading as an UZI 7mm.

Worst one for me recently was a policy strike taking me straight down to ‘failing’ for having a listing for a half inch silver charm of a penknife.
Listed in correct jewellery category, described accurately and clearly as a charm with weight and size in millimeters and inches and with a large photo of said item sitting on top of a ruler.

I spoke to a reasonable chap at PS support who said he would send it upstairs to be looked at again. He phoned me a few hours later and said I could relist but suggested I wrote in bold writing things like “this is an item of jewellery and is not a weapon”
I had thought my comment on the listing that it would be perfect for a pixie on an outing might have sufficed.
He also said that it would have been reported by community watch (presumably the shady characters who have the hotline to have anything taken down immediately – as opposed to normal members whos requests for dodgy things to be taken off are usually ignored)

I had to phone PS support again as two days later my policy strike was still in place. When I pointed this out they took it off immediately.

So now if I list something which some overzealous community watcher is going to give me grief over I make ridiculous statements like this is not a weapon or firearm of any description.

From the examples above, it may be we have to put such statements on absolutely everything.

By: John Pemberton

John Pemberton — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:28:31 +0000

I sell “Magnum Boots” – footwear – I better watch that!!!

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:23:41 +0000

Talkng of strange filters it seems I can no longer post coments on the froo q/a post (I’m being moderated) .

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:39:16 +0000

I ought to be really worried “Magnum” is part of my ebay ID and shop name.

Do I look worried? no, I enjoy a challenge.

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:31:40 +0000

They definitely don’t seem to like “chain”.

By: cheesy

cheesy — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:03:35 +0000

I listed a padlock and chain and got the warning today…. go figure?

By: Stuart

Stuart — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:22:30 +0000

Well apparently a Z72 MENS BROWN LEATHER 50MM WRISTBAND is a gun to…… think that would well and truly blow your head off!!! lol

Stu

By: Super Max

Super Max — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:14:03 +0000

I sell a lot of DVDs that get held for 1-12 hours before they’re available in the publicly viewable list, generally its just ‘high fraud/fake’ items but also key words.

They also become viewable eventually and I don’t believe for a second that they are ever checked by a person, in fact I know they’re not because I’ve checked the webstats for images included.

Interestingly if you chose the view text only option from the list sellers other items view then all items show up, even the ‘hidden’ ones.

By: Ozz

Ozz — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:11:13 +0000

Every (Music related) product listed today and yesterday got me a warning!

By: whirly

whirly — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:22:00 +0000

Just listed a 9mm Silicone Gun – Trigger Action – Fast Loading, no bother at all.

By: whirly

whirly — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:14:45 +0000

#6 well you could call them 9mm Uzi barrel clasps, plenty of uzi’s on eBay especially from hong kong.

I took a rare moment out today to read PS board, some poor begger has had problems listing a balsa wood aeroplance with a swastika on it, and yet there are 1400+ listings with Nazi in the title.

Machetes from argentina are OK, be handy for the garden.

Gawd know’s what I am going to do with my new batch of Silicone Guns…pretty deadly stuff in the wrong hands apparently. Will see if I can list one and report back…

By: Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:11:21 +0000

Sue – good point, some of them were 9mm.

By: board_surfer

board_surfer — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:02:32 +0000

maybe they should just get shot of the filter?

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:28:08 +0000

So these 9mm barrel clasps I need to get rid of… not much hope for them then?!

By: whirly

whirly — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:41:58 +0000

Uzi 9mm

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:30:17 +0000

Interesting, Caz. So maybe some are the same sizes you get guns in, and some are not? (I really have no clue, but some descriptions of guns have millimetres in them… I think)

By: Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:24:13 +0000

Silver plated split rings is another – I was listing them in 6 different sizes last night, identical listings apart from quantities and ring size, some got the warning, some didn’t. Go figure that one out…

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:24:12 +0000

And if you list Canon printers, make sure you spell them correctly. Don’t bother with Magnum DVDs.

Thank goodness Whirly only sells baths, and not plumbing supplies like water tanks

Okay, I’ll stop now.

By: Jeff Stannard

Jeff Stannard — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:21:23 +0000

I better not list any cannonballs today.