eBay

etvideo1ataol · ‎04-14-2018

Very strange today. An item I listed several times finally sold. I received payment and shipped it today. Later, I received a message from eBay, telling me that the item was being removed for because because "it contains graphic scenes of death, violence, torture, and the like" and it is gone from my sold items.

Almost every horror movie does that as well many action movies.

I don't know what removing it after it sold and was shipped accomplishes, but I hope they gave me my fees back.

a*river*runs*through*it · ‎04-14-2018

Are you sure it was listed in the correct category?

I can't think of any other reason it would have been removed.

What movie was it, if I can be nosy?

a*river*runs*through*it · ‎04-14-2018

If it shows as shipped to Ebay, I don't think you will see a fee reversal.

Did you check your account yet?

etvideo1ataol · ‎04-14-2018

@a*river*runs*through*it wrote:
Are you sure it was listed in the correct category?

I can't think of any other reason it would have been removed.

What movie was it, if I can be nosy?

It was VHS tape called Baned In America Vol 1. I must have listed it 20 times and even received an Offer on it (that I refused). No problem.

Why it suddenly was a problem I never know. It's never been a problem on the other sits where it was listed or on eBay before.

I have another movie called Die Watching. Other sellers list and sell it all the time, but if I try, I get threats of suspension. Calls to eBay have done nothing about it. There computer says I cannot list it and since their computer is really in charge, I can't list it, on eBay that. No problem elsewhere.

Such are the mysteries of eBay. Run by a computer with no human involvement.

castlemagicmemories · ‎04-14-2018

I had that happen once. Listing removed after I bought it. Seller was mortified, she had no idea why that happened. Since I paid, it had already shipped, and it was fine when it was received. Never did find out why that happened.

This wasn't anything risque or that someone could conceivably have a problem with.

pjcdn2005 · ‎04-14-2018

Did they refund the buyer and was the refund done from your account? If not, why would you get your fees back?

magicjohnsonsvariety · ‎04-14-2018

@etvideo1ataol wrote:
@a*river*runs*through*it wrote:
Are you sure it was listed in the correct category?

I can't think of any other reason it would have been removed.

What movie was it, if I can be nosy?
It was VHS tape called Baned In America Vol 1. I must have listed it 20 times and even received an Offer on it (that I refused). No problem.

Why it suddenly was a problem I never know. It's never been a problem on the other sits where it was listed or on eBay before.

I have another movie called Die Watching. Other sellers list and sell it all the time, but if I try, I get threats of suspension. Calls to eBay have done nothing about it. There computer says I cannot list it and since their computer is really in charge, I can't list it, on eBay that. No problem elsewhere.

Such are the mysteries of eBay. Run by a computer with no human involvement.

Same here, I've had Faces of Death removed in the past when others sell no problem. I really hate the inconsistent enforcement. Commercially released videos should not be censored if they are legal.

I Owned a video store for 11 years, so of course I believe ebays censorship is way out of control. Ebay does not deserve the money from the sale....just sell it elsewhere.

etvideo1ataol · ‎04-14-2018

@pjcdn2005 wrote:
Did they refund the buyer and was the refund done from your account? If not, why would you get your fees back?

That part was a joke.

newtypeshop · ‎04-15-2018

Somebody is reporting your item and flagging it. Most likely those people who are regular sellers of those type of goods,. Competition on ebay destroys business for everyone. Eventually someone will report their item and it will get cancelled too and eventually nobody gets to sell anything when everything is misreported as illegal item.

bigdeals.etc · ‎04-15-2018

If the listing was removed after you shipped it, it should be fine. You will not get your fees back. It may be more troublesome if the buyer files a SNAD or something like that. But if they don't, there's really no different than if it hadn't been removed unless you have a huge stock of that same item to sell.

ebay basically just wants to have no record of that item being sold within the site. I would message the buyer to give them a heads up so they don't get spooked since they probably received an email from eBay saying the listing was removed. Just my two cents.

baantiques · ‎04-15-2018

I had that happen last month when ebay changed some rules about what could sell. At first it was confusing - the listing was gone from my sold list - but I just printed postage from Paypal and everything was good. That was really the only option - I could't cancel or refund through ebay because the listing was gone. It was the last one I had though, so no problem.

*madison · ‎04-15-2018

The good news is the buyer won't be able to leave you a neg if it turns out that they are not happy with the transaction for whatever reason...

etvideo1ataol · ‎04-15-2018

@*madison wrote:
The good news is the buyer won't be able to leave you a neg if it turns out that they are not happy with the transaction for whatever reason...

I sent them an email explaining what happened. Told them where I list what eBay won't let me.

Oddly, I received a message through eBay on that item making a low ball offer. I don't do offers and sent them a polite message declining. So strange on an item that had been listed many times with no problem is suddenly verboten.

bigdeals.etc · ‎04-16-2018

That's just most likely an automated email from ebay. The dept that handles those emails probably has no idea your listing was removed. Happens all the time with ebay... the left hand has no idea what the right hand is doing.