URGENT To Sellers Locked Devices, Death Of Part Phones, I Give ebay 24 Hours Haha

[hamsurplussales4u14]

Hey everyone

So we got a message from good ol ebay this morning, one of our listing was removed for promoting illegal activity.  Selling part iphones they consider illegal activity now....NOT Kidding

So, if you look at our account, we sell surplus, we get hundreds of broken devices. We do not have the means to test all the devices for various reasons. Some have no screens, no batteries, are water damaged etc etc. So for YEARS now, we list these devices in lots, just like everyone else, sold for parts very simple. 

BUT because we wish to be transparent, because we all know selling on ebay, if you sell a device, and the buyer finds out its locked, and you did not disclose.... Blah Blah

Our devices are all different issues, and yes, some are locked by icloud, or google, OF COURSE, when you deal in quantity and parts. Devices turned in, lost, broken, donated, etc etc.

We received this message and called ebay, We do NOT appreciate stating we are doing illegal activity, when we have 100% feedback clearly showing otherwise.

The rep on the phone JUST TOLD me they will be removing all devices that state they are locked for activation, he did not specify locked to a carrier. 

This rep claimed they would be removing all devices that are google, icloud or any other manufactured device that is activation locked.

So we removed all listings of devices we know are locked.

And how does ebay NOW claim they will handle the millions of people that wish to sell a device for parts, because they know it is locked, or do not know, the rep on the phone could not tell me.

I wish to see how this plays out, this is a notice to all you sellers.

Personally, i think if you sell these devices daily, please feel free to call ebay, and voice like i did.

I honestly do not see this playing out longer then 24 hours after all the millions of devices listed are ended.

Take care all

[merlot-cellular]

Hello, 

I see this thread is nearly a year old now. Have you figured out a way to sell these devices for parts? We sold fallout stock on ebay for years without any issues but switched to selling directly to a wholesale buyer for awhile instead. We are back to selling some on ebay again and are now running into this issue. Even on devices that are not blocked on the network but may contain icloud lock due to lcd failure etc. These are not lost/stolen devices and are completely legal to sell. Did you or anyone else on here find out the right way to go about this or are we just no longer able to sell part phones on ebay? 

Thanks in advance for any insight. 

[hamsurplussales4u14]

Hello merlot,  we have not received any warning since about selling locked phones, devices. We do see thousands if not more being sold daily. Sellers it seems are simply saying it is locked. As we all know, yes locked can mean several different things. When we list part phones in lots, we simply state the items are sold as parts have issues assume locked or other issues. So far we have not have another issue. It appears as i knew when started the thread that ebay would probably give up on cracking down on locked devices. Possibly because people are not actually stated they are icloud or android locked, some do, only using the word locked for parts. Locked now can be both andoid and IOS, even lenovo and other brand devices have activation on top of carrier locked. We all know there is no way ebay can possibly crack down on locked devices. Phones, tablets, laptops android, ios, lenovo, etc, no way they can keep track. Unless they decide to go to only used, refurbished and new, i do not see that happening. If the devices are locked for activation, i see sellers simply telling buyers it is locked to check the IMEI number if they are transparent and honest. We still sell many carrier locked devices of course informing the buyer it is carrier locked to a provider. I hope this helps, ebay likes to change rules so often.