Coming soon to an ebay near you !!!
I was bidding on a No7 bayonet, went today to see how it was doing to find it had been 'pulled'. In my email inbox was a message from Ebay saying (basically) bayonets are now banned from ebay.
I've looked into the ebay policies and found (this has been copied and pasted - no changes)
"Knives
eBay prohibits members from listing knives on eBay.co.uk and eBay.ie with one exception:
Cutlery: this includes sets of kitchen cutlery (knives, forks, spoons) that contain knives used for eating, but does not include sharp kitchen knives such as those found in knife blocks, such as paring knives.
Members should be aware when listing knives on eBay that it is an offence to market a knife in a way which indicates or suggests that it is suitable for combat, or is likely to encourage violent behaviour involving the use of the knife as a weapon. It is also an offence to sell knives to a person who is under the age of 18."
Now where do I find a No7 bayonet when US sellers wont ship across the pond
I dont expect any 'pointy sticks' comments from J F Sukey !!
No Paypal... No bidding... No kidding!
Tried to bid for an item on E-bay only to have my bid rejected as I don't have a Paypal account attached to my E-bay account. I never will as I can't see letting a third party have access to a credit card account. Heard way too many horror stories about Paypal. (See Welcome to PayPalSucks.com, PayPal Lawsuit, PayPal Alternative, PayPal Complaints, Fraud & Evil behind the PayPal system!). So now E-bay's policy is, no Paypal, no bidding. Let both seller and E-bay know my bid was 50% higher than what the item closed at, (true), but neither cared. So that's it for me...E-bay and I are fini.
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It is funny that you guys are talking about this
I used to lurk and buy things on ebay a lot. It was part of my daily routine to check listings for certain classes of items. Now I rarely go to the site, maybe once or twice a month, and when I do go it is to look for something specific. I just don't agree with their policies, so I try to use them as little as possible.
eBay member since 1999 - Bailed out last Fall
~ Sold on eBay since early 1999 and maintained a seller Feedback rating over 3,000. eBay was fun and quite lucrative then. A decade ago, I was pulling in on average, a thousand bucks a week selling stuff found at yard sales and flea markets. In early 2001, the total monthly sales went up over 2K a month. At the time, eBay's "Power Seller" thing was somewhat new and exclusive with a certain monthly sales criteria required. Received an invitation from eBay to become a "Power Seller" member and within a couple of minutes time shot a message back, "not interested". Have always found just the term "Power Seller" to be repugnant. "Arrogant Seller" would be more appropriate.
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Sourced out items like old Life magazines in bulk buys on the cheap and peddled them on Bay for ten dollars or more each. It was great! People seemed then to be interested more in the experience of making a purchase via the Internet. For most users ten years ago, the World Wide Web was something new and novel. Maybe that had something to do with the early success of eBay.
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By 2008, I simply couldn't take any more of the autocratic, high-handed eBay arrogance and stupidity. The PayPal only payment edict really finished it off for me. Though buyers can still bid and pay for items using other means such as check or money order, eBay purposely clouds the procedure forcing buyers though PayPal.
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Most eBay sellers now believe that it's PayPal only and won't accept anything else. For the most part, these are newbies who buy into the "Get Rich Quick on eBay - Make Money While You Sleep" hype scam. Then there are dopey buyers who are clueless on how to properly bid showing a little savvy. Bidding a buck at a time these fools will slug it out until the final price has no reality to any actual value for that item.
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Though there is a PayPal account, I don't like using that system. It still amazes me that many companies have incorporated somebody's personal liberal politically-correct agenda into the business operation. Just the mention of an M1 Garand ammo clip will get eBay auctions canceled and a PayPal account frozen. Enough is enough! With increased fees, PayPal only doctrine and more outrageous fascist liberal crap, I for one avoid eBay.
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