[meteorite-list] google checkout declare themselves the meteorite police

[MexicoDoug]

Yinan wrote:

"They also don't have a call center or any numbers you can call to 
complain. So at the moment there is not much that can be done about 
such things. Find another checkout system?"

Hi Yinan - Egads, that was an excellent explanation which IMO sounds 
like you "hit the nail on the head". For those who care, I hope someone 
or some concerned group for the responsible exchange of meteorites out 
there recognizes and is willing to pick this up. Running from it could 
embolden others to follow suite due to the nature of meteorites. With 
stamps it is arguably clearer than meteorites. Now, it's not a 
hypothetical case- we have one concrete member of the community who's 
been affected and like in the stamp case mentioned, it is not a healthy 
situation to have all of the "eggs in one basket" via PayPal. If 
PayPal, not noted for their logic always, gets any crazy or misguided 
ideas ...

Kindest wishes
Doug



-----Original Message-----
From: Yinan Wang <veomega at gmail.com>
To: jim_brady611 at o2.co.uk
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Thu, Jul 7, 2011 1:46 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] google checkout declare themselves the 
meteorite police


Unfortunately google is still working on how to respond in global 
marketplaces.

At the moment they follow various laws and conventions of UNESCO and
probably the laws of a couple of countries, all at once.

So you have incidents where they suspend seller accounts anywhere if
they sell old stamps because of a 1970's UNESCO law:
http://www.bidstart.com/bidStart-Seller-s-Google-Checkout-Account-Suspended-by-Google-Bringing-Stamp-Sales-to-a-Sticky-Halt_QQtitleQQ246QQidQQdisplaynews

So if a country somewhere bans the sales or export of meteorites,
google may take this as a global view and apply the rules everywhere
to keep themselves legally safe.

They also don't have a call center or any numbers you can call to
complain. So at the moment there is not much that can be done about
such things. Find another checkout system?

-Yinan



On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:58 AM, <jim_brady611 at o2.co.uk> wrote:
> May be interest to any who are considering using google checkout-it
> does seem like the public prefer to use them over paypal in my
> experience but I just got this email
>
> "Hello,
>
> During our recent review, we found that the products or services on
> your
> website appear to violate the following Google Checkout content
> policies:
>
> - Unacceptable product category: Protected Cultural Items & Artifacts
>
> As a result, your account has been suspended. You may not process any
> orders at this time. If applicable, any pending orders in your account
> have been canceled."
>
> it could be that they just don't like my unfinished and poorly ranked
> website and I couldn't really blame them for that as it's something
> that isn't a great priority for me at the minute.
> I wrote and asked them to be more specific and they have ignored me.
>
> Be Nice!
>
> Jim Brady
> IMCA 2424
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