Why is eBay recommending that I add a California Prop 65 Warning to an anime poster?

[jimmyka64]

I listed this anime poster on eBay a few minutes ago, and it was recommending that I add some missing information, such as the names of the characters on the poster. I proceeded to list the character names, but then I noticed that it was recommending me to add a California Prop 65 Warning to the poster. I had no idea what this meant, so I decided to look it up. The California Prop 65 Warning is a warning required to be placed on products containing chemicals that could potentially impact the health of California buyers. This is what really makes it confusing. Does eBay actually think this poster contains dangerous chemicals, or did it just read the title of my listing the wrong way?

[caldreamer]

Probably just bots interpreting it the wrong way.   People in California are used to seeing Prop. 65 warning on pretty much "everything" and generally ignore it.    So if you include it in your listing it won't hurt sales.

[divwido]

Thank you for the post.  I've had a really bad couple days and that made me laugh.  I'm sorry it happened, but I needed that.

[downunder-61]

I am going to throw out a wild idea............ could''Funimation'' be confusing the bots ''fumigation''

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

@jimmyka64  I could be wrong, but I think I see that on most, if not all, of my listings. Pretty sure it only applies if you have a minimum of ten employees AND the product meets the standards for Prop 65, so you can safely ignore it no matter what (I'm assuming you don't have 10 employees).  I think ebay puts it there because ebay assumes there are some sellers /items that DO meet the requirement, and so it's there if they need to fill it in. ebay is just trying to comply with the law, and figures sellers will know whether it applies in their case or not.

[tex-421]

just ignore it, eBay is require to put that option in listings.

[simba6]

Someone might eat that poster. eBay does not want them to suffer any health effects from doing so.  Then too, there is a real risk of paper cuts that any consumer needs to be warned about.  What if it becomes lodged in their ear or nose?  Safety warnings save lives.

[pburn]

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@downunder-61 wrote:

I am going to throw out a wild idea............ could''Funimation'' be confusing the bots ''fumigation''

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If you were kidding, that is a wild idea. 😄

If you were serious, bots don't get confused. Think of when you use the "find" function (control "f") on your device and search for "bots." You won't turn up any results for "boughts," for example.

[dnasilver]

It could be an infrastructure issue with so many people flushing things down the toilet. No wonder it takes 10 to 100 hundred flushes. The sewage plants are working overtime.

[a_c_green]

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@downunder-61 wrote:

I am going to throw out a wild idea............ could''Funimation'' be confusing the bots ''fumigation''

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No, it's a standard field on (I think) all listings. I sell bicycle parts so I just leave that field blank. The only California Prop 65 modification I could think of for my listings would be to add ", Dude!" to the end of all my sentences.

[pgp_king]

Probably not, but this law, and the fools who wrote it, virtually require that it be placed on everything.  The warnings are so utterly ubiquitous here that nobody even notices them any more.

[kh_nipun]

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