eBay

calicorecordsandcds · ‎10-18-2022

Ebay really needs to control its cancel culture. Historically a bad Idea to tell your sellers not to sell. I also find it very interesting that they seem to allow the mega corp sellers to do anything while choking the life out of the little guys.

Policies or (Ebay interpretation of policy) should be enforce uniformly not just for the sellers that are not mega stores.

krazzykats · ‎10-18-2022

Could you explain a little more so we understand what you are complaining about? Did you get an item pulled? What?

KrazzyKats • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1998

donsdetour · ‎10-18-2022

BOUGHT SOME THING AND THEY CANCELED??

If so what was the reason for the cancellation?

calicorecordsandcds · ‎10-18-2022

So to go a bit further on this Ebay does not uniformly enforce policy at all. Yes, I had an item canceled, spend hours of time on phone with Ebay got item approved, relisted after I sold out now item being taken down.

In my area of sales I can point out 10k + listings that clearly violate Ebay policy by showing Nudity, Erect male members, bestiality, sex, ect. and they have photos for all to see. However the ones being allowed are mega corp sellers they big guys. Mean while my listing shows none of the above however it gets shut down.

Albums i.e. MUSIC quite often have stuff on cover that is in poor taste. Ebay needs to maybe make a loop hole in policy to address this. As long and listings do not show pictures of things in violation I think they should be allowed to list.

Most of all if enforcement is not standard for everyone then Ebay is in clear violation of Anti Trust Laws.

hope this helps

donsdetour · ‎10-18-2022

@calicorecordsandcds wrote:
So to go a bit further on this Ebay does not uniformly enforce policy at all. Yes, I had an item canceled, spend hours of time on phone with Ebay got item approved, relisted after I sold out now item being taken down.
In my area of sales I can point out 10k + listings that clearly violate Ebay policy by showing Nudity, Erect male members, bestiality, sex, ect. and they have photos for all to see. However the ones being allowed are mega corp sellers they big guys. Mean while my listing shows none of the above however it gets shut down.

Albums i.e. MUSIC quite often have stuff on cover that is in poor taste. Ebay needs to maybe make a loop hole in policy to address this. As long and listings do not show pictures of things in violation I think they should be allowed to list.
Most of all if enforcement is not standard for everyone then Ebay is in clear violation of Anti Trust Laws.
hope this helps

Helps a lot.

Rule no one of having eBay pull an item:

Never relist it no mater what you are told by eBay CS.

NEVER. Very fast way not to be selling on eBAy.

Now: yes such things can be up to the viewer the item is reported to: to say yea or nah.

Oh and I agree that all this censorship is a failing in out society that has happened before: and eventually leads to drastic results. Crazy world and always was.... Mankind as a whole just cant learn from its past mistakes it seems.

Yet fact is this is eBay's playground and they say what can be listed and what can not:

Just because some thing is found listed does not mean it is NOT prohibited. This is up to the seller to find out before listing.

calicorecordsandcds · ‎10-18-2022

problem is Ebay actually approve the very listing now the suddenly disapprove. Next thing is they are clearly violating anti trust laws

hurley_byrd_ias · ‎10-18-2022

It's been a hard nut to swallow but I have come to learn....... simply accept eBay's rules, etc.... and forget about it. If you had an item removed.... leave it removed.

I sell industrial surplus and when c19 rolled through I had 1000's of face masks in stock and started selling them at competitive prices..... they were flying out the door each day and I was buying all I could find anywhere........ and all of a sudden....... I was kicked to the curb saying I was price gouging and that only approved (large) sellers could sell masks. Although my prices typically beat 90% of my competition...... I was still price gouging.   Was I **bleep**..... YES! To this day, I have 1000's of masks on the shelf.

BUT...... I ate it and went on about life.   I recommend you do the same.

hurryagain · ‎10-18-2022

@calicorecordsandcds

As @donsdetour and @hurley_byrd_ias has said, never EVER relist an item that has been taken down even if an eBay employee has given you approval.

The reason for our advice is this: When eBay takes down a listing - even if it was approved or does not violate any rule - and you relist it and the bots catch it again, you could be facing PERMANENT suspension of your selling privileges on eBay...as in FOREVER.

When eBay permanently suspends selling accounts, it is almost always forever. They do not revisit the issue and any future accounts that you try to set up gets taken down as well.

We know that this is frustrating and sometimes illogical but it is their system and we have seen this happen to others many times. Look up suspended accounts on these boards and you will see the trend.

We only tell you this because we do care what happens to others and would hate to see you get banned forever.

Take care & good luck.

nocoolnamejane · ‎10-18-2022

eBay has, since day one, determined what could and could not be sold on its platform.

So have all other online platforms and even b&m stores. Nothing to do with “cancel culture”.

There are plenty of other places to sell your stuff so nothing to do with Sherman either.

She ❤︎ Her ❤︎ Hers

hurley_byrd_ias · ‎10-18-2022

And I'll add to this............. All of us who sell to make our livings, as I do exclusively on eBay...... We want eBay to kick sellers who don't follow the rules. We seek to build eBay into the most professional marketplace we can..... although that will never happen.... I do everything I can to be as professional as possible in order to maintain or build eBay's level of professionalism. eBay will always have a slight Thieves Market feel (and appeal even) and that puts people on guard 100% of the time. (AKA: Lack of Confidence in Buying.)

eBay made some changes a number of years ago when things got out hand while allowing every buyer to rip off every seller and visa versa. I can personally attest to the fact that eBay now is a far better supporter of its Seller than it ever has. They have sided with me 100% to date and some of these situation were for many 100 or dollars.

I went full time eBay 3 years ago and expected a 2.5% rip-off rate. To date..... I have not been ripped off ONCE after many 1000's of sales. That is because I follow their rules, do everything right and work with them to locate bad buyers, etc..... I go to great lengths to expose scammers, etc... and I don't let any of them get away with ripping me or eBay off.

Professionalism Professionalism Professionalism. It pay dividends in the end!

calicorecordsandcds · ‎10-20-2022

This is not a fact. There are many items that some sellers are allowed and yet others are not I have watched this for 9 months and there is a trend to who is allowed to bend the rules. And yes it has everything to do with cancel culture i.e. only listen to approved music, only read approved books ect, ect.

calicorecordsandcds · ‎10-20-2022

My issue has nothing to do with catching scammers. Most of what sellers call scammers are in fact just customers that don't know any better. Are there some that are doing things dishonestly? I am sure. I to have had some issues with people on ebay that ebay stood by me 100% also two to be exact. To date there has been no issues with this.

My issue is Ebays clear violation of Anti Trust laws in its marketplace.

powell-memorabilia · ‎10-20-2022

@calicorecordsandcds wrote:
My issue has nothing to do with catching scammers. Most of what sellers call scammers are in fact just customers that don't know any better. Are there some that are doing things dishonestly? I am sure. I to have had some issues with people on ebay that ebay stood by me 100% also two to be exact. To date there has been no issues with this.
My issue is Ebays clear violation of Anti Trust laws in its marketplace.

Some of us are with you until you start with the antitrust nonsense. eBay is not a monopoly, and it isn’t even close. There is a huge difference between one individual site, making a unilateral decision about one seller and one item, than a whole anti-trust mess.