Completly confused over the "new" price gouging policy

[cynthealee2]

While I understand and completely agree with the policy (and state laws) on items such as Medical masks, cleaning supplies, TP and the like what I am NOT understanding is what those State and Federal Laws have to do with things like Matchbox cars, Video Games, Crafts and the like.

I've got 50k + FREE listings to use and yet another weekend is going by with virtually NOTHING getting listed by me cause I can't figure out if things I bought a few years ago are going to get smacked for price gouging the minute I get them listed.

I've spent hours reading all over eBay and the boards trying to figure this out... I got 2 links:

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/disaster-tragedy-policy?id=5051

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/reporting-price-gouging-ebay?id=5105

Neither of which answer my questions but only raise more for me.

I sell GPK cards... for those that don't know they are Garbage Pail Kids... Garbage Pail kids make fun of and or parody EVERYTHING and most of them or just plain gross (shiver) but for some reason people like em.  My brother has THOUSANDS of duplicates I am selling off; some of them are Apocalypse type things.. eBay has a category devoted to GPK so do they fall under the "disaster / tragedy policy" or not?

I bought craft things from Allibaba (SP), and Oriental Trading years and years ago that have been stored in my basement (no chance of germs from China), now that I had a bunch of people at my house stuck home I thought I'd pull em out and list em.  I paid anywhere from .04 per item to .37 per item and they sell for anywhere from 1.99 - 3.99 + shipping... are they going to fall under price gouging?

I bought Dollar Tree items ( and did so for the first 9 years I sold here) to re-sell at 3.99 - 6.99 I'm pulling them up out of the basement.  Are THEY price gouging?  They are kids toys, or craft things, little kids make-up, puzzles  no cleaning supplies, no TP ect.

I bought things off clearance racks at Wally-world for .50 - 2.74  They resell anywhere from 1.99 - 9.99  are THEY going to be considered price gouging? Again kids stuff, crafts, make-up, dress up, ect nothing on any of the states 'essentials' lists... just things to fight cabin fever with.

Brother has Star Wars figures that don't / won't list in collectibles but list under toys.  He paid between 4.99 -6.99 and they resell currently around 14.99... is THAT price gouging?   Some he paid 19.99 for and they resell in Auction around 65.00.

[lockconnection]

same issues, but I dont have any medical masks or anything. I sell hardware....somehow I am flagged for price gouging. I cant update current listings or list new items.

[cynthealee2]

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@lockconnection wrote:
same issues, but I dont have any medical masks or anything. I sell hardware....somehow I am flagged for price gouging. I cant update current listings or list new items.

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@lockconnection 

You can try to contact them through their social media... some are getting help  that way in fixing their accounts.

[lockconnection]

ok thanks, i will try that

[kipx0x0]

Okay cool. So, no one’s ripping off anyone. That’s great news.
Happy eBaying

[brittney101085]

I feel the same way, and got in trouble too. Even tried to delist, but it wouldn’t let me do it, even with the $1 charge eBay put on my listing. Not sure if it’s for all my listings, as I’m a little mad and don’t want to list anything else on eBay. I pay charges to them each month when I do have stuff listed, like the entire box of stuff I need to list, then eBay takes some when we sell, and PayPal takes some from eBay payments. Not including the stuff you’ve bought like different size envelopes, sharpie pens if they’re plastic bubble mailers, boxes, etc. Then there’s shipping on top of that. Had a 32 oz bottle listed for $25 buy it now with free shipping, but would accept $20 offers and they said I was price gouging. Has to be ground because it’s liquid, or the aerosol bottle of Pledge I sold, so you have to charge higher because shipping is like $12 - $15, and that was only for a 16oz bottle of alcohol. It was around the same for the Pledge. I actually ended up not making money off of it because I had to buy the envelope, but I was price gouging and they said I couldn’t resist that item, even though there’s the same item listed for more than mine was including shipping cost. I currently took down a lot and have 3 tiny items listed. Not sure when I’ll actually want to list my other stuff on eBay. Might even take those items down for a little but so I’m not paying eBay anything at all for a while. Plus, people pay extra for quality. You pay extra for flying First Class, you pay extra for VIP, you pay extra for an iPhone vs an android, you pay extra for licensed contractors vs Joe Blow, so I don’t care if you were making a 50% profit off your mask. It’s my choice to pay that price and I know what I’m paying when I press buy it now or place bid. If someone wants to pay $200 for some Lysol wipes before they just make some Pine Sol at home, who cares. Not my money and not my problem. I wasn’t taking advantage of the system and didn’t make more than $3 or $4 on my 4 sales; however, it’s called supply and demand and that’s kinda ebays reputation in the first place. I’ve literally gotten a bathing suit cover up top from eBay, when I ordered a cover up bottom, and just blew it off because it was cheap and it’s eBay. People know the risk of buying on eBay.

[zone3accessories]

"Just an observation, nothing more."
Yeah; Right.

[mam98031]

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@zone3accessories wrote:
"Just an observation, nothing more."
Yeah; Right.

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@zone3accessories 

Did I offend you by stating I have difficulty reading one long paragraph?

[zone3accessories]

Not at all. However, you might have offended the poster sense critiquing their composition is irreverent to the topic at hand. Moreover, I find it hard to believe (per your many conveyances; and obvious grasp and articulation on composition) that you would have any actual difficulty merely reading one long paragraph.
"Just an observation, nothing more."

[mam98031]

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@zone3accessories wrote:
Not at all. However, you might have offended the poster sense critiquing their composition is irreverent to the topic at hand. Moreover, I find it hard to believe (per your many conveyances; and obvious grasp and articulation on composition) that you would have any actual difficulty merely reading one long paragraph.
"Just an observation, nothing more."

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It shouldn't have.  What I posted was an is true.  Not everything on every thread is 100% about only what the OP starts the thread about.  Sometimes the evolve and sometimes other things are mention.  It is just how forums like this go.  Very few threads stay completely on topic.  

Depends on the length of the paragraph.  The average paragraph, no, no problem there.  Someone that types what could be or should be several paragraphs and more.  You betcha I do as do other people.  If that has never been an issue for you that is fantastic.  But we are a very diverse group of people.  

[cynthealee2]

ROFL my threads RARELY stay on topic... and I'm great at dragging other threads off topic as well...

Mam is right though.... great big walls of text are hard to read and she's not the first to say it and won't be the last.

She is usually the politest at telling the posters that we can't read what they posted, and was this time as well.