response in eaby

[century_traders]

Hi

What is the Response in ebay for Covid-19  ??

Thank you

[soh.maryl]

Not sure what you mean by "response".  

[pburn]

eBay is definitely against COVID-19.

I couldn't help but notice your account has been registered since 2015, and most of your feedback is from over a year ago (aside from four comments from Chinese sellers for conveniently private listings). You haven't left feedback for any members for over a year.

Did you buy an existing account?

[mtgraves7984]

In regards to Sri Lanka?

[penguins_dont_fly · Accepted solution]

@century_traders 

You might want to check international laws about importing/exporting seeds.

Here are the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) import regulations:

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/publications/plant_health/2013/fs_receiving_mailed_ag_products.pdf

A small sample from that document:

Plants and Seeds for Planting

To keep plant pests and diseases out of the United States, live plants and seeds for planting are not allowed into the country without a phytosanitary certificate (including shipments from Canada).

Issued by agriculture officials in the shipping country, a phytosanitary certificate verifies that the plants or seeds were inspected, are free from harmful pests and diseases, and meet applicable U.S. entry requirements.

If a prospective shipper is unwilling to obtain a phytosanitary certificate or tells you that one is not needed for your purchase, you should cancel your order: those plants or seeds from that shipper are illegal for import into the United States.

Also ...

Growth Stage: Seedling ?????

Seeds are not Seedlings

Common Name: Daisy ????

Daisy and Peanut are not even in the same genus

Set Includes: Cultivator and Garden Hose ???

You are selling peanuts for growing.  You are NOT selling garden equipment.

Peanuts are not a grain. They are a legume (a member of the pea family)

[southern*sweet*tea]

Registered in the US since 2015

Changed their name and now they're registered in Sri Lanka since 2015

Selling seeds that I'm 99.99999999999% sure that they don't have the proper USDA import certification for.

Can't legitimately accept Paypal payments without using false information.  The Ebay account is either hacked or purchased (or both - purchased from a hacker).

Ebay really needs to put the kibosh on these folks opening selling accounts until they can legitimately receive payments.

Oh, and to answer the OP's question: Ebay's response to Covid is for sellers to suck it up and deal with it. 😑

[dhbookds]

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@century_traders wrote:

Hi

What is the Response in ebay for Covid-19  ??

Thank you

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In what context are you asking?      Buying?  Selling?

[annadryl]

They banned the sale of face masks. That was the hot topic for weeks. Other than that, not much "response". Just business as usual.

[pburn]

So, now we know how some of these members from Sri Lanka are operating. Or do we think an eBay member registered in the US has perhaps emigrated to Sri Lanka?

I mentioned in another thread awhile back that I had seen a post in an eBay Facebook group from a guy selling dormant eBay accounts to people  in Sri Lanka. I hope they didn't pay too much for them, because it doesn't appear those sellers have had much success . . .

[southern*sweet*tea]

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@pburn wrote:

So, now we know how some of these members from Sri Lanka are operating. Or do we think an eBay member registered in the US has perhaps emigrated to Sri Lanka?

I mentioned in another thread awhile back that I had seen a post in an eBay Facebook group from a guy selling dormant eBay accounts to people  in Sri Lanka. I hope they didn't pay too much for them, because it doesn't appear those sellers have had much success . . .

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You know, honestly it doesn't matter. Hacked/sold/stolen accounts aside, members living in Sri Lanka can't be paid, not through Paypal, and since managed payments isn't available, they should not be allowed to open a seller account. (of course, they would then just use stolen accounts from other countries, but that's a whole 'nother ball of wax...)

Anyone planning to bring this up on the weekly chat? If I'm around at that time I will, but I doubt I'll be able to make it.

[kensgiftshop]

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@century_traders 

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How do you expect to get paid since you can't receive payments through Pay Pal.

[pburn]

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@kensgiftshop wrote:

How do you expect to get paid since you can't receive payments through Pay Pal.

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@kensgiftshop 

Bless you, Ken, for being persistent enough to bring this up on so many threads, even though you're getting stonewalled. I haven't seen anyone answer your question.

Are you going to be around during the Weekly Chat? I thought I had read a question about it in prior Weekly Chats, but I can't find it. Would you be willing to bring it up?

[kensgiftshop]

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@pburn wrote:

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@kensgiftshop wrote:

How do you expect to get paid since you can't receive payments through Pay Pal.

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@kensgiftshop 

Bless you, Ken, for being persistent enough to bring this up on so many threads, even though you're getting stonewalled. I haven't seen anyone answer your question.

Are you going to be around during the Weekly Chat? I thought I had read a question about it in prior Weekly Chats, but I can't find it. Would you be willing to bring it up?

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Not sure if I'll be around for it or not.

They need to do something with these new sellers from Sri Lanka using fake, bought and probably some hacked accounts.

Ebay knows they can't except payments by Pay Pal legaly, so I don't know why they even let them sell.

[glorybells]

I’ve been wondering if someone in Sri Lanka is promoting some sort of “get rich quick on eBay “ scam.  Since many people there are living in poverty, it would sound very attractive to them.  Then whoever is running the scam would ultimately get paid, but these people we’re hearing from wouldn’t..

If someone is running an attractive scam over there, it would explain why we’re getting a large number of questions from Sri Lanka recently.

[silverstatetreasureboxes]

The only SL that spoke up was on Ken's post recently and he came back on and claimed he was "getting threats" from other SL. It really is getting clearer and clearer that these so called accounts obtained were either bought, hijacked, because a lot of these accounts are from 2011, 2014??? And US based??? And PayPal isn't even available to receive money there, so fake addresses to obtain?  The whole situation just smells.