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Kinda off topic but E-Bay related.

I just asked a CDN E-Bay seller if he ever sells privately if his cards he has listed don't sell on E-Bay?

His reply surprised me, considering E-Bays lack of following their own rules/guidelines. (Battlefield, for example)

He stated, once a card(s) are listed on E-Bay, it is against E-Bay rules to sell privately??

So, according to him, if his cards don't sell, he is forever indebted to E-Bay regardless because those cards were once listed there?

I know I have seen many use both this forum, A/H's and card shows that also use E-Bay, so his answer has me questioning if he is in fact correct??

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

No, he's wrong. You are not allowed to use ebay to solicit sales off site. If they catch you using ebay messaging to do so you face serious repercussions, that's also why they don't allow you to enter email addresses in messages. However they have no control over what you do with your cards off site. I obviously sell cards I have listed on ebay at live shows all the time. Recently here I sold a card that was listed on ebay.

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Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

No, he's wrong. You are not allowed to use ebay to solicit sales off site. If they catch you using ebay messaging to do so you face serious repercussions, that's also why they don't allow you to enter email addresses in messages. However they have no control over what you do with your cards off site. I obviously sell cards I have listed on ebay at live shows all the time. Recently here I sold a card that was listed on ebay.

Exactly what I thought.

Thanks, Scott.

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All that bitching about BINs, by me and others, and the eBay gives me 8% eBay bucks the week for 48 hours and I grab two BINs I've been looking at for months. An 8% discount doesn't suck.