Victimized yet again by ebay

[quadbook]

WHAT COULD I HAVE POSSIBLY DONE WRONG, I OFFERED LOCAL PICKUP AND FREE SHIPPING AND MY ITEM GETS REMOVED.....OF WHICH EBAY HAS NO LEGAL RIGHT

Hello quadbook,

Your listing didn't follow our Offering to buy or sell outside of eBay policy. Offering to buy or sell outside of eBay, including sharing direct contact information prior to an eBay purchase, is not allowed.

What activity didn't follow the policy

 More specific details are provided below.

What you need to do next

Go to the listing page to select Revise Listing, or go to your Active Listings in Seller Hub to edit the listing.

What is the policy

Buyers and sellers can’t:

- Engage in any action with a user on the site designed to complete or facilitate a transaction outside of eBay
- Share or request direct contact information prior to completing a sale. This includes:
-- Name
-- Addresses
-- Phone number
-- Email address
-- Social media ID
-- Instant messenger ID
-- External website addresses (URLs)
-- Payment information
-- Bank details
- In any communications with another eBay member, refer to or promote external websites that facilitate sales outside of eBay
- Use contact information obtained through an eBay transaction to offer to buy or sell an item outside of eBay
- List an item and then mention or link to additional identical or related items for sale outside of eBay
- Offer catalogs or other items that are used to order items directly outside of eBay

Buyers and sellers should:

- Complete purchases on eBay in order to be covered by eBay protections and eBay Money Back Guarantee. Confirmation of a completed transaction on eBay can be obtained by:
-- Using the eBay checkout to complete the purchase
-- Viewing the purchase in purchase or sales history
- Use Best Offer or Seller Initiated Offer transactions to accept offers for items and negotiate a price
- Use the Private Offer feature to send a customized offer within Messages to sell to a specific buyer

How this affects your account

There's an issue with your listings that requires your attention, so we've hidden them until you fix the issue. - We have credited any associated fees, except for transaction fees for your sold listing(s).

These listings are still in your Active Listings folder in My eBay and Seller Hub so you can edit them to address the issue. However, until they are revised, new buyers can't purchase them, shoppers can't see them, and you will not be charged additional listing fees for them. Once you revise the listings, we will review them. If the issue has been fixed, they will be visible to shoppers and buyers with any past sales and activity intact. If you prefer, you can end them to move them out of Active Listings.

Listings that don't follow this policy or that are reported to us by authorities in the future will be hidden. This determination was made using automation or artificial intelligence. This came to our attention through automated detection.

Go to Resolution Hub to view and address the policy issues in your listings.

Why we have this policy

Offers to buy or sell outside of eBay are a potential fraud risk for both buyers and sellers. Transactions conducted outside of eBay are not eligible for eBay protection programs and the eBay Money Back Guarantee. Additionally, eBay has invested a great deal to connect interested buyers with great sellers and we want to participate in ongoing transactions with them.

More information and help

Offering to buy or sell outside of eBay policy

Listings that don't follow policy

 Item: 205217551780 GIBSON VICTORY STANDARD BASS GUITAR
Reference ID: 2-190382010735

Item: 205266417190 GIBSON VICTORY STANDARD BASS GUITAR
Reference ID: 2-190381952282

[luckythewinner]

someone out there is putting a class action lawsuit against ebay for prejudice, victimization

Someone posts here at least once a month making that claim, but it never happens.

ebay is just about down the toilet...won't be long, ever heard of a dead mall? one of these days

Someone posts here at least once a month making that claim, but it never happens.

[rugerskick]

The ebay ai regularly takes down listings it shouldn't.  They are "false violations", ie valid listings incorrectly tagged by the ai as actual violations.

We have to go and appeal these and explain why they were incorrectly taken down.  Who knows if the ai will be modified in order to prevent sellers wasting time to get valid listings reinstated.