Selling Purple Heart and Silver Star Medals on eBay

[medalsusa]

Does anyone know if it is OK to now sell Purple Heart and Silver Star Medals on eBay now.    I see a lot of listings for them.  However,  previously eBay was not allowing them to be sold.  

[orangehound · Accepted solution]

The eBay policy that you are searching for can be found on this page:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/government-ids-licenses.html

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Not allowed.  Government-issued medals and certificates for medals, including the Air Force Cross, Congressional Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, Purple Heart, or Silver Star. This also applies to a medal's associated buttons, ribbons, or rosettes.

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[vsb1146]

I have noticed a lot of Silver Stars and Purple Heart Medals on ebay lately Feb 2018. I guess ebay is not checking on these type of items anymore.?

[professor-t]

So I put "purple heart medal" into eBay's search and came up with over 100 hits. The first page included a lot of actual medals and certificates. So has the policy changed or is eBay only enforcing it when someone complains?

[chipper01work]

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So I put "purple heart medal" into eBay's search and came up with over 100 hits. The first page included a lot of actual medals and certificates. So has the policy changed or is eBay only enforcing it when someone complains?

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Every single policy eBay has is enforced in a hit or miss manner. It has always been this way and listings only seem to draw their attention (other than VERO) when multiple users report the listing.

I'm 100% certain I could buy on eBay today:

1. Elephant Ivory items such as: knives, billiard balls, rulers and dice.

2. Nazi items containing the swastika.

3. Purple Hearts, Silver Stars, etc...

4. Animal traps with jaw spread of  greater than 6".

5. Switchblade knives.

and hundreds of other items not allowed. 

[richard1rst]

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So I put "purple heart medal" into eBay's search and came up with over 100 hits.

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An over generalization.

In all fairness some of those listings are for things like U S postage stamps depicting the purple heart, belt buckles, baseball caps, embroidered patches, window stickers, hat pins etc. NONE of which (well, except for the postage stamps) are "government issued" and therefore are perfectly legal.

[professor-t]

Richardfirst,
Did you read the rest of my posting? In the The entire first page of the search there was one item that was not either an actual medal or a certificate.

[buttercontrol]

Apparently it is only if you get caught or eBay decides that YOU can't sell but others can.  They have always had a double standard when it comes to thier policies - only enforce them when they feel like it or someone in their customer support is bored or finally starts actually doing their job.  If you have a listing removed and then try to relist it, then they just shut you down and restrict your selling privlidges or shut down your account altogether.  Trying to plead your case is just an uphill battle that you won't win, so it isn't worth the time to even try.

[city*satins]

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@orangehoundwrote:

The eBay policy that you are searching for can be found on this page:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/government-ids-licenses.html

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Not allowed.  Government-issued medals and certificates for medals, including the Air Force Cross, Congressional Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, Purple Heart, or Silver Star. This also applies to a medal's associated buttons, ribbons, or rosettes.

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I don't understand why eBay has a category (multiple categories actually) for Militaria/(specific periods including current)/Original Medals and Ribbons  and at the same time has this policy.  Makes no sense to me.

[coolections]

@professor-t

Ebay never pulls a listing unless someone complains. Out of the 98 items listed there are 9 medals. If you are upset about them being listed spend a little time and report all 9 of them and see what happens. Sometimes they remove them sometimes they don't. Give it a try !!!!

[orangehound]

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@city*satinswrote:

I don't understand why eBay has a category (multiple categories actually) for Militaria/(specific periods including current)/Original Medals and Ribbons  and at the same time has this policy.  Makes no sense to me.

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United States law prohibits the sale of these medals.

[sockmonkeydave]

@medalsusa

Even if it was not against the rules, 

It is against good manners.

[city*satins]

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@orangehoundwrote:

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@city*satinswrote:

I don't understand why eBay has a category (multiple categories actually) for Militaria/(specific periods including current)/Original Medals and Ribbons  and at the same time has this policy.  Makes no sense to me.

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United States law prohibits the sale of these medals.

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I get that part.

What I don't get is why eBay created categories for these very items.

[blade928]

I agree...i had 1 posted after seeing dozens listed on ebay as sold. after 3 days i was informed my listing was being deleted for being against ebay "policy" after explaining for 20 minutes that their site was full of those items for sale they agreed to "bump" my issue up a level...not even 2hours later i received a notice that my request was DENIED...waste of breath arguing.

[blade928]

United states law does not prohibit the sale of these items any longer. Not since Obama changed the law in 2013