[meteorite-list] ebay restriction on international auctions of meteorites?

[Michael Gilmer]

Hi Gary,

Wow, I have never seen that before.  As if meteorite dealers didn't
already have enough reason to bail out on eBay, now they add another
reason to the growing pile.

Since almost half of my sales are international, I guess I won't be
returning to eBay any time soon.  Of course, the greedy fees are
reason alone to keep me away.

I'm curious to see if this is a new policy going into effect and if
other sellers are seeing the same thing.  I haven't sold meteorites on
eBay for two years, but I still buy some there on occasion - mostly
from overseas sellers.  If these international listings vanish, then I
won't have any reason to visit eBay at all.  If that happens, I'll
just go ahead and cancel/close my account.

Ever since Meg Whitman got her greedy paws on eBay, it's gone
downhill.  Is she still in charge over there, or did the shareholders
finally run her off?

Best regards,

MikeG


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On 9/22/11, Gary Fujihara <fujmon at mac.com> wrote:
> Aloha,
>
> I was working on inputing my lineup of offerings on ebay's scheduler, when I
> received the following emails from ebay stating they are removing the
> international site visibility feature.  Here's what the message says:
>
>> You recently created or revised this eBay listing that included the
>> International Site Visibility feature:
>>
>> 230676640288 NEW! NWA 6929 H4 (S2,W2) 2.77g Meteorite Full Slice,
>>
>> However, we had to remove International Site Visibility from your listing.
>> Of course, we won't be charging you the fee for it.
>>
>> Because the laws and eBay policies vary by country, sometimes items that
>> can be listed in your country can't be listed internationally. It's also
>> possible that the listing itself violated an eBay policy in another
>> country. In situations like this, we automatically remove the
>> International Site Visibility feature from the listing.
>>
>> We're sorry for the inconvenience this causes.
>
> Anyone else experience this?  I never have.
>
> Gary Fujihara
> Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693)
> 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720
> http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/
> http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html
> (808) 640-9161
>
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