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campanaelia · ‎03-17-2021

I've bought from this seller before and one of their items came up in my search just now. After I clicked on the 50% off sale link, on the top left, I see this: "Trump 2024 Screw You Snowflakes!!!!"

So is this allowed by ebay, or can it be reported?

alcoforever · ‎03-17-2021

I'm not aware of any ebay policy against political statements. But, you have a seller that isn't aware that one should never mix business and politics or religion. Any attempt to do so is guaranteed to alienate at least half your customers.

nocoolnamejane · ‎03-17-2021

That is one tacky promo name but I don't think it's against policy per se.

The fact that they're basically telling prospective buyers to screw off could be tho...

But trying to get a CSR to figure out where they inserted the message (even took me a while to figure it out) might be a biiiig uphill battle...

She ❤︎ Her ❤︎ Hers

rudy2828 · ‎03-17-2021

Alienate half of the customer base - genius!

7606dennis · ‎03-17-2021

I, too, am not sure if it violates any specific eBay policy, however, I don't believe that it is a good policy to mix politics or religion with selling unless you are selling political memorabilia or religious paraphernalia.

"It is an intelligent man that is aware of his own ignorance."

ed8108 · ‎03-17-2021

I don't know on what basis it couldn't be reported

How would eBay benefit by consenting to or allowing the posting of political messages ?

campanaelia · ‎03-17-2021

It looks like this can be reported. I just had some free time so I contacted a rep through chat..Now I'll wait and see if the statement is removed from the page.

This was part of the chat:

"I have looked into this matter for you. On the grounds of your report as well as the evidence I have gathered, I have now taken the appropriate action on this seller's account for their behavior on the site. The action I have taken will have negative impact against their account which ranges from issuing the member an informational alert, a temporary restriction, or an indefinite suspension, among others."

releasethekraken_1 · ‎03-17-2021

@campanaelia wrote:
It looks like this can be reported. I just had some free time so I contacted a rep through chat..Now I'll wait and see if the statement is removed from the page.
This was part of the chat:
"I have looked into this matter for you. On the grounds of your report as well as the evidence I have gathered, I have now taken the appropriate action on this seller's account for their behavior on the site. The action I have taken will have negative impact against their account which ranges from issuing the member an informational alert, a temporary restriction, or an indefinite suspension, among others."

That sounds like the typical "get the customer off the phone" boilerplate.

monster-deals · ‎03-17-2021

@releasethekraken_1 wrote:
@campanaelia wrote:
It looks like this can be reported. I just had some free time so I contacted a rep through chat..Now I'll wait and see if the statement is removed from the page.
This was part of the chat:
"I have looked into this matter for you. On the grounds of your report as well as the evidence I have gathered, I have now taken the appropriate action on this seller's account for their behavior on the site. The action I have taken will have negative impact against their account which ranges from issuing the member an informational alert, a temporary restriction, or an indefinite suspension, among others."
That sounds like the typical "get the customer off the phone" boilerplate.

Flow chart overseas CSR support.

Also...none of that is likely to have happened nor would an ebay employee tell you what actions they took.

mudshark61369 · ‎03-18-2021

I think ebay could remove the "screw you..." portion of that message, but the first part might not be removable as it is protected 1st amendment content. If the seller's politics bother you don't buy from them.

"THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FOOLPROOF, BECAUSE FOOLS ARE SO DARNED INGENIOUS!" (unknown)

campanaelia · ‎03-18-2021

This morning the link to the sellers page in the OP was removed by the mods for "naming and shaming". I know the rules here and didn't feel that was the case with posting the link for this issue. I was not pointing out a sellers bad reputation here, I was only posting a sellers own page they created and they must of been proud of the statement they were making.So why is that considered "naming and shaming". I think is was the wrong decision.

releasethekraken_1 · ‎03-18-2021

@mudshark61369 wrote:

I think ebay could remove the "screw you..." portion of that message, but the first part might not be removable as it is protected 1st amendment content. If the seller's politics bother you don't buy from them.

The 1st Amendment doesn't apply to privately owned websites. eBay can suppress any speech and any individual they want to.

releasethekraken_1 · ‎03-18-2021

@campanaelia wrote:
This morning the link to the sellers page in the OP was removed by the mods for "naming and shaming". I know the rules here and didn't feel that was the case with posting the link for this issue. I was not pointing out a sellers bad reputation here, I was only posting a sellers own page they created and they must of been proud of the statement they were making.So why is that considered "naming and shaming". I think is was the wrong decision.

You pointed out a specific seller's page and asked if it violated eBay policy. That's against the rules, which are quite clear: " We will not tolerate posting about listing or member violations. ".