Magic Chef knife removed by Ebay?

[vintagecoachcult]

Hi, my daughter had a standard magic chef chopper handled

knife removed by ebay for being an illegal knife like a switch

blade? WTH?

254250012527 - Pampered Chef Half-moon CRINKLE CUTTER Garnisher Chopper

Protective Guard #1063

[wesk_36]

So sorry that ebay wrongly accused your daughter of selling illegal knives.

"WTH" is all I can think of too.

[mansons2005]

My first thought was "Did you have it listed with International shipping?" There are many countries that do not allow knives of many sorts to be imported, and you may have been caught up in a web without a proper explanation. The terms "Half-Moon" and "Chopper" may have trigger a bot as well. As sure as I am alive, I'm sure that a person didn't look at this, just a bit of AI (Artificial Ineptitude).

[inhawaii]

Looks pretty dangerous to me.  That thing will take your finger right off!  😃

[a_c_green]

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@inhawaii wrote:

Looks pretty dangerous to me.  That thing will take your finger right off!  😃

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"You'll put yer eye out!" No, wait...

Actually, my first thought was that maybe a bot's attempt at image recognition thought the right-angled handle was a partly-folded switchblade. 

[gracieallen01]

There is the possibility that it fell under the heading of a 'push blade' or gambler's knife.  Possibly misidentified by the 'bots, but handled knives like the chopper could be banned in many countries, and push blades knives are illegal to sell or carry most places here in the U.S.

[turquoisetulips]

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@vintagecoachcult wrote:

Hi, my daughter had a standard magic chef chopper handled

knife removed by ebay for being an illegal knife like a switch

blade? WTH?

254250012527 - Pampered Chef Half-moon CRINKLE CUTTER Garnisher Chopper

Protective Guard #1063

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I have a chopper that looks quite a bit like that one. My mom gave it to me years ago. We see  kitchen items like this advertised on Tv  all the time so it's really strange that  even a bot would think they're illegal. Of course there was that one incident  where the bots accused me of using profanity  while leaving feedback  when I wrote '' Cute rabbit charms '' ,, so I guess anything is possible.  Tulips 

[7606dennis]

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@inhawaii wrote:

Looks pretty dangerous to me.  That thing will take your finger right off!  😃

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I got a bit careless with a mandolin once when my wife interrupted me in the kitchen.  She ended up having to drive me to the ER and do all the cooking for about a month while my right hand use out of service.  Now she makes me use my chef's knives and doesn't talk to me while I'm slicing anything.

[7606dennis]

The first that came to mind was that it may be an issue with offer global shipping.  I believe that the UK is particularly touchy about knives coming into the country.  Although I'm sure that they are necessary tools in the kitchens over there.

Of course, it is sometimes difficult to anticipate how or why eBay's bots react the way they do.  Sometimes I have images of Will Smith in "I, Robot" when I read about things they have done. 

[earlyant-77]

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@a_c_green wrote:

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@inhawaii wrote:

Looks pretty dangerous to me.  That thing will take your finger right off!  😃

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"You'll put yer eye out!" No, wait...

Actually, my first thought was that maybe a bot's attempt at image recognition thought the right-angled handle was a partly-folded switchblade. 

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@a_c_green 

Nah - it's "You'll grow hair on your palms!".

Those kitchen implements have been around for about 200 years. You would think they would be recognizable even to an ebay bot.  ....well.... maybe not ...