eBay

valueval · ‎07-01-2023

I'm not sure what you need here

gone.c-33 · ‎07-01-2023

Because not too long ago, due to the shortage, people were selling it for outrageous prices and unlike, for example, game consoles and computer video cards, formula is considered a necessity and eBay didn’t want to allow sellers to exploit the people who needed it.

slippinjimmy · ‎07-01-2023

You can find the answer at this link:

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/products-eligibility-requirements-pol...

Pay attention to the specific information regarding Baby formula.

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tools* · ‎07-01-2023

Perhaps eBay has an issue with baby formula because it's number one with shoplifters and their fences.

12345jamesstamps · ‎07-01-2023

There was that time where it was hard to get and sellers were charging a lot for it. Could be it is still blocked as an item for sale. And if are selling it...its only a matter of time before they are blocked from selling it.

slippinjimmy · ‎07-01-2023

@12345jamesstamps wrote:
There was that time where it was hard to get and sellers were charging a lot for it. Could be it is still blocked as an item for sale. And if are selling it...its only a matter of time before they are blocked from selling it.

The page I linked to has a notice that it was recently updated...

I will take a wild guess that the page may have originally had restrictions due to Covid price gouging and now has restrictions due to high rates of theft related to baby formula.

Or perhaps my guess is off............doesn't really matter, eBay has requirements to sell formula, their reasons don't matter.

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toomuchstuffagain35 · ‎07-01-2023

Also because of the mothers getting free formula under WIC etc and selling it.

"If a product doesn't sell, raise the price" - Reese Palley
"If it sold FAST, it was priced too low" - also Reese Palley

richard1rst · ‎07-01-2023

AND you need a food handlers license.

"Laissez-faire capitalism (AKA The Great Material Continuum) is the only social system based on the recognition of individual rights and, therefore, the only system that bans force from social relationships." ~ Ayn Rand

mam98031 · ‎07-01-2023

I don't think it is that you can't sell baby formula on Ebay, it is you must be pre-approved by Ebay to sell it. You should contact Ebay and see if they are accepting more sellers for this product.

It is tightly controlled because of price gouging. While it may sound surprising, there are still shortages in parts of the US.

I would suggest that you contact Ebay for Business on Facebook or Twitter for the better trained CSRs.

Here are your options for contacting Ebay Customer Service.

https://twitter.com/askebay?lang=en

https://www.facebook.com/eBayForBusiness/

If when you use the link below you can only get to the Automated Assistant, type AGENT in the box and hit enter. You will then get more options.

https://www.ebay.com/help/contact_us?id=4002&st=10

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