Kit Young and eBay... problems?

[barrysloate]

Sometimes the seller inadvertently uses wording that is not allowed by ebay. I once had a lot on my watchlist that was suddenly removed. I asked the seller what happened and she said because she stated that the lot had a certain catalog value, ebay shut her down. Apparently you can't mention catalog value.

[ibuysportsephemera]

I have had auctions that eBay pulled because the combination of words in the description set off red flags in their search program. The words were not offensive or vulgar, but because they appeared in the description, they ended the auctions. I don't remember specific examples, but after the reviewing the listing(s) I chuckled that a sports related auction could have quite a different meaning by adding or subtracting words.

Jeff

[D. Bergin]

Ebay has installed so many mundane rules to their listings that it's hard to keep track sometimes.

Recently I had a bunch of auctions I scheduled bounced back to me because I used an old template I forgot to update the wording to, and it included the phrase, "Please don't bid if you don't agree with the shipping rates and terms", or something of that nature.

In Ebay's opinion it is now against the rules to discourage bidding from buyers you think might cause you trouble.

They say it's for my own good, so who am I to argue?

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Ebay has installed so many mundane rules to their listings that it's hard to keep track sometimes.

Recently I had a bunch of auctions I scheduled bounced back to me because I used an old template I forgot to update the wording to, and it included the phrase, "Please don't bid if you don't agree with the shipping rates and terms", or something of that nature.

In Ebay's opinion it is now against the rules to discourage bidding from buyers you think might cause you trouble.

They say it's for my own good, so who am I to argue?

haha - that's great.

I had an auction pulled because it was for an old pack of baseball cigarettes. I added a disclaimer indicating that you should absolutely never smoke opened packs of 80-yr old cheap cigarettes that had been chewed on by bugs.

Another got pulled because I mentioned that a pool cue had an ivory joint. Now I state that it's a bone-like material commonly found in hard items on animals that grow out of their heads.

It's important to note that most of the time when you have an auction pulled, it's because someone who has a hard-on for you has alerted ebay - ebay is all about the $$$ and will overlook most things unless their hand is forced.

[steve B]

Yeah, a friend of mine had an item pulled. They said it was Nazi memorabilia.

He called and asked if they'd looked at it before pulling it or at all. They hadn't, but looked then. It was a Marlin Arms matchbook from WWII showing a US soldier bayoneting and stepping on a Nazi flag....

They let him relist for free.

Steve B

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by steve B

Yeah, a friend of mine had an item pulled. They said it was Nazi memorabilia.

He called and asked if they'd looked at it before pulling it or at all. They hadn't, but looked then. It was a Marlin Arms matchbook from WWII showing a US soldier bayoneting and stepping on a Nazi flag....

They let him relist for free.

Steve B

I broke up one of those 1936 German Olympic Card sets a few years ago, and all the cards picturing Hitler were pulled and I was warned.

I didn't care enough to complain and ended up just tossing them aside or throwing them in a junk lot or something.

[barrysloate]

Steve-I don't know why the term "catalog value" shut it down (it was in fact a coin listing), but that is what she told me. Maybe she wasn't being entirely truthful, who knows.

[steve B]

What category? The stamp sellers do that all the time with no problems I kow of. Unless it's a recent rule.

I wonder is someone complained about his having the same item as both an auction and a buy it now? One of the ones I had in watching was like that.

Personally I'd like to see him use larger pictures. It's hard to see what the card is really like when it's shown so small.

Steve B

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Sometimes the seller inadvertently uses wording that is not allowed by ebay. I once had a lot on my watchlist that was suddenly removed. I asked the seller what happened and she said because she stated that the lot had a certain catalog value, ebay shut her down. Apparently you can't mention catalog value.