EBay - New "Military Items Policy"

[Alan de Enfield]

And they charge way too blooming much for the hemorrhoids they are giving me

You've got the listing fee, then 10% of the end value fee, then 4% of the paypal payment.
So sell something for £200 and you actually end up with around £170

[RJW NZ]

And yet, last week, I was on Ebay looking for a beater Krag rifle stock and found a listing for 'Krag rifle front sight with attached part'.

Yeah, it was a 'attached part' all right. A COMPLETE barrelled receiver was attached to the 'front sight' that the guy was selling. (An aftermarket ramped front sight, BTW).

The only thing more puzzling then Ebay's draconian 'gun parts' policy is their inconsistant enforcement of said policy.....

This comes from the way their enforcement software works; it scans for keywords like magazine, bolt, trigger, trigger part etc, and alerts a human operator, who inspects the listing. Thats how a magazine can get away with being called an enfield box, it'll go under the radar until someone either dobs them in, or a random inspection by ebay staff spots it.
Likewise enfield boltheads are technically against the rules, as being a crucial part of the firing mechanism, but they don't know the word for it, and seeing the creatively correct phrase 'enfield clearance adjuster', recently from a seller, just might work for some time to come.
Chin up chaps, its all a good excuse to patronize the likes of gunbroker more, who have really stepped into the gaps left by ebay.

[read6737]

Across what country's does gunbroker work?

[spinecracker]

You've got the listing fee, then 10% of the end value fee, then 4% of the paypal payment.
So sell something for £200 and you actually end up with around £170

That is why I put the sight on gunboards - why patronize a company that is out to %$%^^%$ me for every penny they can get, is anti-gun, and blocks the posting of legitimate items?

[finloq]

Wow, I guess that anything with your respective nation's emblem on it would be prohibited as well. After all, our nation's flags, are used as miltary banners as well. So an American company prohibits the sale of anything with an American logo as this represents un-American beliefs? I have a headache.

[RJW NZ]

My latest from ebay, came today. The peculiar thing is the listing ran its week, didn't sell, closed last week, and hasn't been relisted by me. And three other items of mine in the same category are all OK.
HUH? Random enforcement...
Plus, they've missed the part where my listing says the parts are in NZ, not the USA, so that makes me not even under the umbrella of this rule of theres. Second time they've tried this to me.


Unfortunately, we had to remove your listing because the following information violates our policy:

Items that attatch to a gun can only be shipped domestically in the United States. Please do not relist this item with world wide shipping.

...and yes, items that attach to a gun include slings, scope lens caps, etc. evil people aren't we? ...

[Alan de Enfield]

My latest from ebay, came today. The peculiar thing is the listing ran its week, didn't sell, closed last week, and hasn't been relisted by me. And three other items of mine in the same category are all OK.
HUH? Random enforcement...
Plus, they've missed the part where my listing says the parts are in NZ, not the USA, so that makes me not even under the umbrella of this rule of theres. Second time they've tried this to me.


Unfortunately, we had to remove your listing because the following information violates our policy:

Items that attatch to a gun can only be shipped domestically in the United States. Please do not relist this item with world wide shipping.

...and yes, items that attach to a gun include slings, scope lens caps, etc. evil people aren't we? ...

What was the part in question ?

[RJW NZ]

Aperture sight, listed under sights, lasers etc

[limpetmine]

Get really creative on listings, how on earth anybody gonna find it? Use GB.