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"Bill Turner" wrote in message
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Bob Headrick wrote:

eBay has no particular interest in closing down auctions, as they get
their money from the seller based on the selling price.



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Nonsense. eBay cancelled my auction for a perfectly legal Uniden
President ten meter rig (unmodified in any way) because it was
"suspicious". Pack of idiots.

Bill, W6WRT

I had an Amplifier I was selling for parts only - to "build" a Ham Amp -
pulled by E-Bay. The thing had NO finals in it. I was offering it only for
the transformer and some other parts.

Strangely, I have seen many amps (CB related) - NOT pulled. Ya really have
to wonder..........

I think ebay typically only pulls auctions when some viewer takes
exception and emails them with a complaint. Often times this is a
"friend" or some do-right with nothing better to do with their time.

No doubt there are hundreds, if not thousands of all kinds of items that
have legality issues. Surely there cannot be someone at ebay that has
global knowledge of these infractions. They have to rely on the
do-rights to bring things to their attention.

Geary

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Geary Morton wrote:


Surely there cannot be someone at ebay that has
global knowledge of these infractions. They have to rely on the
do-rights to bring things to their attention.


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You may be right but that doesn't excuse eBay from pulling some items
and not others. eBay is a huge and highly profitable company. There is
no excuse for not doing it right.

Bill Turner

Bill Turner wrote:
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Geary Morton wrote:


Surely there cannot be someone at ebay that has
global knowledge of these infractions. They have to rely on the
do-rights to bring things to their attention.


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You may be right but that doesn't excuse eBay from pulling some items
and not others. eBay is a huge and highly profitable company. There is
no excuse for not doing it right.

Bill Turner


eBay has a multi-tiered (at least three that I've seen) enforcement
system for most infractions, with a different department handling
infractions by "Power Sellers" who get away with far more than casual
sellers.

Attempting to hold them to any standard is an exercise in futility.
Meg Whitman has said on Charlie Rose, now, on more than one occasion,
that it's THEIR service...you use it at THEIR pleasure...and they will
handle things THEIR way...this includes their joke of a privacy policy,
of which Whitman said (and I'm quoting here), "Any information available
to us is ours to do with as we see fit. If you don't like it, too bad."

BTW, WSJ dated April 21, has a story about eBay in talks with
Microsoft and Yahoo about forming an alliance against the gathering
threat from Google. This alliance could result in eBay increasing ad
spending with its chosen partner and exchanging consumer/user data.
Three of the biggest hunter/gathers of personal data sharing everything
at their disposal between them.