Bubble Lights

[pricedtosell]

Can I sell Christmas tree bubble lights on eBay? They keep pulling them when I list them and saying that they are restricted to sell on eBay. I was selling the newer sets of lights and bubble night lights, not the old vintage ones. I see other people are selling them left and right! Please advise!

[linkwrayrumble1958]

I would not throw them away.

Try selling them at a flea market or to an antique shop. They are still popular and I have my Grandmother's small collection and used them until they burned out and was able to relamp them by cutting the base in half and taking the bulb out and putting a new one in. The bulbs themselves are still available on Ebay. You can glue the two halves of the base back together with super glue or Testors modeling cement. I used both but I mostly use super glue and have been pretty successful. I learned how to do this on YouTube. I bought additional lights and tubes off of Ebay in the last few years as well. I know the liquid inside of them is methylene chloride which I learned on YouTube as well and the hazards that is associated with it. I believe if you keep them out of little ones' hands and make sure the strings or fixtures you use are not deteriorated to a point where they are unsafe to use, you can enjoy these for years to come. 

[krazzykats]

Still a worry in my book.  I have had cats that couldn't leave tree ornaments alone...

Have some Merry and Safe Holidays!

[linkwrayrumble1958]

You are right about cats and ornaments. My parents did have that issue because we had cats during my child/teen years as well, so I fully understand that. I would still try the flea markets and antique shops as a way of getting rid of them before safely throwing them away. With them still being popular, they should sell well.

           Hope you have a Merry                 and safe Holiday Season!

[farmalljr]

If these are LED lights, they should have been listed that way, minus ANY mention of "bubble". The pictures will show buyers the shape. There is nothing dangerous about round LED or round incandescent Christmas lights. Just don't go listing the bad and dangerous lights and using a false description. 

Bubble is a shape, so is round. Bubble is associated with a banned product, round is not. 

[spark-chaser1]

Bubble lights are an issue.

Before this thread , There was a thread in returns where the poster received a vintage bubble light ornament that happened to break in shipment.

There was much discussion as to who should pay for what and to whom.  

I brought up the subject of the hazards of methylene chloride, and at no time was I acknowledged. So, meanwhile, that posters kids were probably exposed to spilled chemicals on a table, furniture, their clothes, their skin, who knows. The contaminated packaging and broken ornament spread the mess every time they are moved. 

The OP of that thread never returned, so I have no way of knowing if my message was received or not. 

MC is nothing to mess with.

[krazzykats]

These are Methylene chloride-filled bubble lights. 

Methylene chloride can cause serious poisoning if it is inhaled, swallowed, or spilled on the skin.

[rugerskick]

No, they have poisonous chemicals in them if they break.

Don't keep relisting them, you'll eventually lose your selling account.

[psfhobbies]

I listed a new one got it pulled within 10 hours but still some up that were listed before mine....another eBay thing I will never understand.

[spark-chaser1]

Yup. Innocent looking. We had them when I was young, they were beautiful. But safe as chewing a ball of lead while juggling sticks of plutonium while standing in a puddle of gasoline.

[flamed-zippo]

Yes there is a hazard there always was but as someone who has collected these for over 25 years it's disappointing that i cant buy these anymore here. Banning them does nothing other than make it harder to find them...

[flamed-zippo]

Ebay thinks we are bunch of little children who want to stick out fingers in an electrical outlet. How about letting adults make there own decisions, this is the craziest thing yet Ebay has done. 

[wastingtime101]

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@flamed-zippo wrote:

Ebay thinks we are bunch of little children who want to stick out fingers in an electrical outlet. How about letting adults make there own decisions, this is the craziest thing yet Ebay has done. 

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America is litigious and people can be very uninformed; it's a bad combination. Large companies reduce liability by banning dangerous products. Trusting people to "know better" and behave responsibly doesn't exist when lawyers get involved. This ban is so tame it doesn't even make the list of "crazy" things eBay has done.

[musicman11751]

Couldn't agree more... How dumb and stupid is eBay and everyone else on this thread??? These have been around since the 40s... I have Paramount Kristal Snow Oils... I have Royals, I have NOMA... I have dropped one from time to time... No panic, no danger... Give me a break... Just wipe it up and wash your hands... I have HUNDREDS of these beautiful lights... What's the difference between this, bleach, ammonia, windex or whatever??? So stupid... People act like it's a freaking atomic substance... What a bunch of whiny individuals...