Why does eBay's policy on selling gun related items so confusing?

[kismetzeal]

Hello all,

  I found myself with some gun related items and I have tried to list them following the policy and guidelines that eBay has posted and it got pulled very quickly.

My question is should I even bother trying to sell that type of stuff here or just go somewhere else? 

The items in question are a few standard 45 clips, a set of grips, a couple of air-soft guns and a few bolt-on's. Nothing major and nothing that requires any kind of red tape if bought in California (which has some of the strictest guns laws in the known universe)

I tired to search the forums and couldn't find anything current and we all know how much policy's like to be changed around here. So I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask then to go off of old information.

Thanks in advance

-Matthew

[18704d]

Read this very carefully:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/firearms-weapons-knives.html

It's eBay's current policy

Lynn

[luckythewinner]

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@kismetzeal wrote:

Re: Why does eBay's policy on selling gun related items so confusing?

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Because there are international, federal and state laws governing gun related items. There is also the potential for bad publicity and/or liability on the part of eBay. 

[sockmonkeydave · Accepted solution]

@kismetzeal

None of us can answer you, only the ebay bots know for sure, and they are not human.

There was a guy selling flashlights,

But they were "tactical" flashlights. boot.

There was a guy who sold plants, but he could not sell to Tx or Cali.

He got the boot for canceled orders.

The bots have no mercy.

[kismetzeal]

This is by far the only thing that actually makes since.

It ended up very well for me. Not being able to sell the stuff here forced me to find other places. I ended up on a local forum and sold most of it the first day as well as the 26 boxes of ammo I have been sitting on. I got asking price on everything, all cash and no fee's.
Very good day for me 🙂