OT a vent about Ebay..arrrg

so im going to whine a bit..
Ebay,,what a bunch of ninnys..they suspend me for 14 days for weapons policy violations...ok..
well i admit, some of my past auctions may have violated Ebays rules, but once they were on to me, i started to just follow the rules, i get it...
no triggers, barrels, bolts, hammers or any part of the fire control..
after a warning, i started to just list those things on GB....i dont agree with it, but its a game, wanna play the game? play by the rules..ok.
so i list a pile of Colt SA parts,,heres the list,
3 cyl, bushings,
1 ejector housing
2 hands with springs
2 main springs,
2 cyl stops,
a couple unkown,,,
but all Ebay legal...
the so called and i quoate {GUN EXPERTS} saw a trigger, lol, really???
thats what the moron i was talking to on the phone said.
so, i tell him the little thing that hangs on my wall that says GUNSMITH trumps the experts they have,
and i go over my list compared to the Colt parts list i have..
says i doesnt have the power to lift the suspension, but will foward my case back to the GUN EXPERTS lol..and will get back with me with 72 hours via email..
so while im at it, i tell him pretty much what i think about Ebays policy,a nd how they are loosing out on all that money, of a policy...NOT A LAW. a policy.
and that i can buy porn, drug parafanalia and wisky making stils and other illegal products on ebay, but not legal gunparts,, only do to a anti gun policy...
not a law..
then he tries to agrue the BS facts he has on his screen, so i say..dude, write down what you just said, and think about it...then get back with me,
its all i could do to keep from blowing up, and calling that guy a dumbass.
oh well.
i learned sometimes, its best to keep my mouth shut, and move on...
heres what i dont get..
iv been buying and selling on Ebay since 1997 when they were still new,.Ebay started in 95.
and have a 100% rating on my feedback, i used to do well over 7 grand a month, and now down to about 2500 do to the gunparts policy, and ebay motors fee change,
and now it will be even less.
Ebay lost over 9 million dollars last year do to this, and other policy changes.
feedback, fee,s and other silly rules they make up..
why on earth would any company suspend, or punish a good customer? had they emailed me, and asked...i would have told them..
no wonder our countries bus, are in a downward spin, seems they cant see past the nose to look foward the face...
ok...
i feel better, had to vent ,,ill get off my soap box now...
i know,,some will not use Ebay, do to the anti gun BS,,,but find me another place were i can sell a motorcycle i paid 200.00 for, and get 1500.00 and ill jump in a heart beat.

Chuck, it is all about the BUYERS. Yet the sellers contribute more money to them than the buyers. Sellers pay a lot more in fees. As a seller you seem to have no rights. Yet with out the sellers you would have no buyers. Ebay has not figured this out. But I agree with you on the 200 motorcycle. Where else can you find such a large group of buyers. And some of them have more money than sense which I just love.

Motorcycle - try Craigslist.

ebay = eviscerated buncha asinine yuppies (i.e., gutless)

Chuck,

Yet they have no problem with people sellin' boatloads of knives, swords and bayonets by the ton. Guess they think they are savin' the world by not havin' evil gun parts on the site. Probably contributed money towards electing BO Satan president.

Maybe they saw that photo of you on here and figured ya' gotta' be a no good outlaw with them whiskers and tatoos.

Death to idiots,

Lancebear

Lots of drug making equipment. Professional Ohaus scales. Funny chemicals. Odd knives, but no 1875 triggers? Oh, my.

Being in the UK, we have a lot more rules, knives are bad, anything listed in that catogory or the mention of knives will be removed, or the buyer has to prove their age, ok to buy bayonets, swords etc, but knives are a big no no, see my post in the Bayonet section, its at the top.
I missed out on a rare make of 1907 bayonet, blood still boils when i think of it.

Craigslist...buy..
ebay...Sell.
example..i buy a 86 Husqvarna 510 for 200.00 cash on CL.
i clean it up.
list it on Ebay. brings 1800.00 gotta love it...not a lot of money here, but seems still money in other area,s....

Reason no longer prevails within our society.

We make asinine laws, regulatory statutes, and town councils made up of recent move-ins zone 100 year old businesses out of existence. My local idiots want to sacrifice local businesses for the tourist trade. Mind you, I live in Burgaw, NC which means "Stinking Water" in some obscure Indian language. Tourists?

The Supreme Court rules cities can seize homes and property via eminent domain and then give that land to developers who operate for profit. My state regulatory agency rep walked into my office and told me I must clean up all rain water that hits my business property before it runs off same (over 100 inches of rain per year). I explain that would cost more that our gross annual income. His response? "That's your problem". My employee leaves a hose off the plant pad to allow it to drain (water) and the same guy fines me $14, 764.00 US. I have to dig up all the soil from the "spill" and drum it for hazardous waste disposal even though all soil tests indicated zero contaminants. Why? EPA policy.

I pay money to a fund so my employees can collect unemployment, but I cannot collect unemployment myself because I am a contract employee. I pay half my employees SS tax, but I pay 100% of mine (7.5% vs 15.2%).

I could go on and on, but its useless.

If you are looking for reason in today's society, you are looking in the wrong place.

Jim

wanna hear something even more wild..
in Co, its illegal to use rain water for personal use, you cant have a catch system to recover rain water..
i had tried this to use with my Blue tanks.,.git a visit from the county..had to take it all down...

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Originally Posted by chuckindenver

wanna hear something even more wild..
in Co, its illegal to use rain water for personal use, you cant have a catch system to recover rain water..
i had tried this to use with my Blue tanks.,.git a visit from the county..had to take it all down...

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Does that have to do with water rights or something?Seems petty to me.

Co, sells most of its water to AZ, NV and CA,,has something to do with that.
politics...hate em, most are related to money, greed, BS, and lies..

Well, get ready for the new LEAD PAINT rule...By Federal Law, any house made before 1978 has to be TESTED FOR LEAD PAINT after April 22, before a painter can paint or a contractor can do woirk. All of the contractors and painters have to be "trained". And the costs for this crap will fall on us.

What to they think this is, China???

I realize we are way off topic, but consider this:

Colorado has to assume ownership of the rain to enforce such a law, like all states do with wild game. Where in our history were the states given such rights of possession? Where and when was our federal or state government given the right to seize our money through taxes and give that same money to others (welfare)? Through inaction of responsible voters. The underlying problem is that the percentage of our citizens who depend on government aid has increased to the point that they control our elections. Political correctness not withstanding, that percentage accounts for the vast majority of crime in this country. I have no idea how to correct the problem, and I do believe it will get progressively worse.

I will step off my horse now. Back to 03's.

Jim

Well this is off topic and a few days old but the board is kinda slow.

At the risk of being a contrarian, it seems to me that in many areas there is less regulation now then there was 30, 40, or 50 years ago, and in those areas where there is more regulation, a lot of it can be explained by things just getting more crowded. Business likes growth, and growth brings more people, which means more chance of friction, and inevitably the rules for getting along get more complicated. And in the case of the CO runoff rules, I think those are like a century old. That's a long long time before the first hippy had his VW microbus break down in Boulder, and since he was broke he decided to stay.

I don't think the country has slipped so much as that it's playing in a much tougher league now. Countries like China, India, have technology and industry and people who are tasting the fruits of that work for the first time and man, are they hungry! Whereas here we've been living a pretty good life since WW2 ended and people lose their edge a little bit. But compared to the Europeans we've still got it going on as a country.

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Well this is off topic and a few days old but the board is kinda slow.

I don't think the country has slipped so much as that it's playing in a much tougher league now. Countries like China, India, have technology and industry and people who are tasting the fruits of that work for the first time and man, are they hungry! Whereas here we've been living a pretty good life since WW2 ended and people lose their edge a little bit. But compared to the Europeans we've still got it going on as a country.

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Have we been in the same country? The Europeans are way ahead of us on all fronts.

I have been in the industrial sector for all of my life, over forty years. Start-up costs for a business has gone from reasonable, to having incredibly asinine regulatory cost. Regulatory costs for a new mine is in the tens of millions of dollars and can take up to twenty years. I went to work for URI, Inc. in 1988, they thinking they would be opening a new mine in Grants, NM within a couple of years. They had started the permitting process 5 years previously. I worked for them for 12 years, quit, started up two more businesses, and URI is still trying to get that permit after spending over twenty million dollars of sunk costs.:banghead:

It took me 4-years and over $1MM to get an operating permit for an "All-Green" anaerobic digestion facility for producing renewable energy and I had the backing of NCSU and the US Army. The original budget had dedicated 6-months and $20K for the permit. The typical response to a letter to DENR is 4 to 6 months. You have to have the business infrastructure to apply for a permit, so one just sits while your cash assets go out the door with no return on investment.:yikes:

I could go on and on, but by now one should get the picture. Consider that some investment of yours that cost you many dollars may have failed for no other reason that regulatory issues. It is the small start-up businesses that made this country great that are in peril. I will soon retire, and it will be our children who are/will suffer. My question is why? I have seen no real improvements in industry due to these actions. One can still pay to pollute if one so chooses, and one can still fill in the wetlands to build homes. For every regulation, they included a loophole.

I think this country is approaching third world status. We are technically bankrupt and still adding immense debt. It is insane. We are dancing to the music on the Titanic on the approach to the iceberg.:crying:

Jim:cool:

I used to buy stuff from eBay all the time, primarily M1 Garand items but also magazine ads, coins, etc. However, once they started their anti-gun crusade I bought less and less. Consequently, haven't bought anything there, gun related or not, for better than 2 years. Just say NO to fleaBay! :thdown:

chuckindenver- I enjoy reading your various posts. I have had a few battles with ebay myself, so I sympathize....

Well now you have to take the ITAR into consideration. I retired from the defense industry and have had my fill with the ITAR. It was written by lawyers, and they cannot even explain it properly. But it now it is our responsibility to interpret it before you can sell military items outside the US.

All of these ebay changes are the personal crusade of Meg Whitman, who may just be the next California governor.

Think California gun laws are stupid & arbitrary now? Let's see, my guess is that the first change will be a requirement that all state income taxes have to be paid with Paypal.

Neal

I quit selling and buying on Ebay after they refused to get onto the chineses guys selling fake coins and other fake items. I am better off for quitting them and looking elsewhere. the fees are rediculous and you are correct to see ebay as a liberal bs site and will still lose you money in the future. about the most illegal thing I have ever heard. the govt does not own or have a right to restrict rain water use that you personally gather at you residence. how stupid are they.