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having an item removed for violating policy on children

EBAY removed a listing of mine because they said it violated  policies on children.  According to the message I got, the image of the cover for Playboy Feb. 1979 with model Candice Collins depicted a minor.  I sent in 2 resolution request with one having info from Wikipedia showing when the model was born, 1957.  How long will it take to hear back from EBAY?  Will EBAY change their mind or will they stand on their choice and not admit they made a mistake. 

 

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As I understand it, eBay does not allow the issue if there is a minor depicted anywhere in the magazine, even in an ad. It's not necessarily in the cover picture.

 

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Seems like the censor(s) read the title, but did not peruse the actual content and misconstrued this pictorial titled:

Father Knows Best photographer Ron Vogel has been snapping his daughter, alexis, ever since she was a baby. at 21, she's still his favorite model

 

There is a hit list of about 27 issues that violate the "policy"

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there isn't a minor anywhere I can see in the issue.  their message said that even certain words could cause a violation.  the only thing i can see is the word "girls" on the cover.  I wish I could talk to a human being at EBAY to verify what the violation really is

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where is that hit list?  and do you know if there's a real human being in customer service who could tell me what the violation was?

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@us_banac 

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/Just-a-Heads-Up-on-Selling-Old-Playboy-Magazines/m-p/35034791#...

 

My best guess is it is AI. How they determined a single pic or reference in any individual issue is a mystery to me. However they determined had to be some seriously deep review. Many mags (non-adult) publish pictutes of "minors", so this is baffling, BUT, it is ebay's house and ebay's rules. As a longtime collector, I was unaware of all but 3 of the 5 issues at the top of the list.

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having an item removed for violating policy on children


@us_banac wrote:

EBAY removed a listing of mine because they said it violated  policies on children.  According to the message I got, the image of the cover for Playboy Feb. 1979 with model Candice Collins depicted a minor.  I sent in 2 resolution request with one having info from Wikipedia showing when the model was born, 1957.  How long will it take to hear back from EBAY?  Will EBAY change their mind or will they stand on their choice and not admit they made a mistake. 

 


Regardless of the disposition that you receive, I wouldn’t relist the item. It isn’t worth risking your account over $20.

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