eBay not removing illegal listings no matter how many people report them.

[albany_sellers]

Here we are, a week later. I've reported a couple of sellers who are selling those free USPS shipping boxes and supplies, as have many others, yet the listings are still active.

I've reported them with the "report an item" link in the listing, I've made eBay for Business aware, and I've spoken to 3 phone reps. Each time they thank me, tell me they will take care of it since it's against the rules, and each time they totally ignore it. Somehow they can find time to screw with us for saying the word Velcro, or bother us about listings that do not even violate any policy, yet this is just too much for them.

Before anyone starts in with the "oh, why do you care" nonsense, I care because I use these supplies on a daily basis and would like to continue using them in the future without these idiots ruining it by abusing it.

eBay, if you guys don't get on the ball with this, I'll be taking it to the USPS with the times, names and dates of the reps I've spoken with who did nothing. Selling these items is against federal law, and says so right on the materials. 

I get that you guys probably don't care since you get the fees for the sale of them, but you should at least pretend you are doing something about it.

[luckythewinner]

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Somehow they can find time to screw with us for saying the word Velcro

That is not being done by eBay. It is being done by Velcro. 

if you guys don't get on the ball with this, I'll be taking it to the USPS

IMHO this is where you should have started. 

[remote_controls_and_more]

Are they drop shipping them from the USPS website? Lmao

[seaeb14]

@albany_sellers can you show us where it violates eBay policy to sell them?

[webwanna]

Some of the sellers that are selling boxes are also selling feedback for 99c.  Maybe Ebay will do something about that if it gets reported....

The policy that is being violated with sale of boxes is the one about Encouraging or participating in illegal activity.  It actually lists USPS boxes as an example...

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/encouraging-illegal-activity-policy?i...

[dentalsales4u]

eBay says they will do something and then they don't all the time.
I've been complaining about a competitor who has a ton of duplicate listings. Trinton even had me send some examples to him so he could get it taken care of. I sent a bunch too.
That was several weeks ago and all those duplicate listings are still there.
They give you lip service so you'll be quiet for a while.
They don't enforce a lot of their own policies IMHO

[odie200412]

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@albany_sellers wrote:

Here we are, a week later. I've reported a couple of sellers who are selling those free USPS shipping boxes and supplies, as have many others, yet the listings are still active.

I've reported them with the "report an item" link in the listing, I've made eBay for Business aware, and I've spoken to 3 phone reps. Each time they thank me, tell me they will take care of it since it's against the rules, and each time they totally ignore it. Somehow they can find time to screw with us for saying the word Velcro, or bother us about listings that do not even violate any policy, yet this is just too much for them.

Before anyone starts in with the "oh, why do you care" nonsense, I care because I use these supplies on a daily basis and would like to continue using them in the future without these idiots ruining it by abusing it.

eBay, if you guys don't get on the ball with this, I'll be taking it to the USPS with the times, names and dates of the reps I've spoken with who did nothing. Selling these items is against federal law, and says so right on the materials. 

I get that you guys probably don't care since you get the fees for the sale of them, but you should at least pretend you are doing something about it.

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You think that is bad, what about CPAP machines and supplies that are RX only and being sold. No matter how many times they are reported, nothing is done.  Now if you go to report a CPAP item RX equipment only a popup comes up and asks if it is a used part. Well no, duh, I am reporting due to being an RX only item.  So unless you click that, it cannot even be reported.  Since when is it okay for any yayhoo to sell RX supplies or better yet to buy an RX only item without a prescription?

[evelyb30]

The sale of tortoise shell items is illegal the last I looked.  You can report the pieces until your fingers fall off with no ill effects on the sale.  This is especially true of larger dealers.  Yet if an ordinary small seller puts up an item made of "French Ivory" celluloid or cow bone ... you guessed it.   Down it goes, and complaining doesn't help if "you didn't specify the species of cow".  The latter happened to me once.   Tortoise listings however go on their merry way.  I just found a tortoise pin and reported it (it was definitely the real thing); odds are it'll either sell unimpeded or end unsold. Get taken down?  Not a chance. 

[postingid2017]

Not sure, however, if reported via USPS, perhaps the listed boxes will be removed.  

[havemyfaves]

The duplicate listings for items are outrageous. If someone wants an example, type in "pink car seat covers" in eBay item search.

There will be a hundred, if not more, listings of the SAME item. But, they all have minimal listing variations. These companies will use different prices (a couple of cents or a dollar difference), change up the listing title, the description, whatever. And they find ways to list the same item a hundred different times. They even use different Ship From city/states. 

Those overseas factories are so shady. But eBay LOVES them and won't enforce the rules on them because they are the multimillion revenue producers, for eBay. 

[escuintla]

I would compare your situation to one where you are told that VERO reported you and you have to take down your l list because any **bleep** excuse. 

You get curious to find out if you are the only one selling that thing. No! 10s of pages from the same thing, you just add or take a word here and there, but the same thing is being sold. 

I call the above a stupidity, a stupidity that fill the pockets of Ebay. Not yours. 

[greg5000]

I would report to USPS in writing, then post the report here and copy Alan, the Community Boards Manager (so there is a paper trail and accountability). 

I'll monitor the posts here in the coming weeks and can also report to the San Francisco USPS Postmaster, who I know.