eBay warning message

[happysimple]

Read below. Are you not allowed to auction an item for local pickup?? I posted an item as an auction for local pickup only and eBay sent the following message to me. I don't understand what I'm missing? We’re writing to let you know that activity on your account may not be following an important eBay policy that requires all transactions and payments to be completed on eBay. Offers to buy or sell outside of eBay aren't allowed. This includes: - Offering or requesting contact information or links within a member-to-member message without a recent transaction - Displaying contact information or links in a listing except as allowed in the policy or required by law Below are the details of where the activity occurred: 282847570608 - Sectional Sofa Gray Cloth Upholstered Modern Contemporary Couch Furniture In order to protect you and your buyers if something goes wrong, transactions must be completed on eBay. We’re invested in bringing you more buyers and helping your business grow. We want to continue to partner with you to do that. eBay provides methods to personalize a transaction. For example, you can make a private offer to your buyer or set up your listings to invite best offers. We understand that you might not have known about these policies. At this time, no restrictions are being placed on your account. However all applicable fees for the item(s) where this activity occurred still apply. We encourage you to review the details of the policy to understand what you can and can’t do. During the next 3 days, please make sure your selling activities follow these guidelines. If you don't, your account(s) may be subject to a range of actions, including: - Final value fees may be assessed when you have offers to sell outside of eBay, even if the item didn't actually sell. - You won’t be able to list or buy for up to 7 days. - Some or all of your fixed price listings may be hidden from search results for 7 days, and fees won't be refunded. - You won’t be able to send or receive messages with eBay members unless you have a recent transaction.

[ted_200]

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@coolectionswrote:

The OP changed the description 3 times. After that they ended the listing. My guess something was left out that we are not being told.

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You're saying he knows what it was, and posted this here anyhow?  I'm not seeing that, but I just take people at face value.  I don't understand what the purpose would be, if your theory is correct.

ETA:  How would you know that anyhow?  The listing was ended by eBay.  Or, are you talking about the current listing (it was there an hour ago)?

[coolections]

@ted_200

I've seen it many times now. Especially with these warning posts. Most either never return, or when they do they spill the beans. Sometimes it slowly comes out in bits and pieces, and other times it just show the whole story in one can. Also there would be not reason to end it then relist it just so you can extent the time. It would have been logical to wait until it was over, and if it did not sell then relist it.

[slippinjimmy]

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@ted_200wrote:

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@coolectionswrote:

The OP changed the description 3 times. After that they ended the listing. My guess something was left out that we are not being told.

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You're saying he knows what it was, and posted this here anyhow?  I'm not seeing that, but I just take people at face value.  I don't understand what the purpose would be, if your theory is correct.

ETA:  How would you know that anyhow?  The listing was ended by eBay.  Or, are you talking about the current listing (it was there an hour ago)?

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The first listing was ended by the OP not by eBay, the description was revised three times. The current listing has been revised twice.

[ted_200]

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@coolectionswrote:

@ted_200

I've seen it many times now. Especially with these warning posts. Most either never return, or when they do they spill the beans. Sometimes it slowly comes out in bits and pieces, and other times it just show the whole story in one can. 

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OK, well he's agreed to tell us what they say the problem is, so let's just give the story a chance to play out...  he said there had been no communications over the listing, I didn't see anything in the listing (current) that was a problem, and he said he didn't change anything from the old one he got in trouble over. 

It doesn't really matter why he ended the listing, if there's nothing more than the fact a listing was ended early, all of that warning message is entirely baseless - and way beyond the scope of what we've been told by eBay so far.  They're going to threaten to charge FVFs on a listing just becaue it was ended?  Maybe so, I don't know, they do it with Auctions, anything is possible, I want to know what they tell him. 

[lookng2015]

I wonder if the bots are now pickup the phrase we were TOLD we were allowed to add to pickup only listings?

You know "contact me for payment details"