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

[Yinan Wang]

Don't blame Meg Whitman, she joined ebay in 1998 and turned it into a
powerhouse before she left in November of 2007. After that was when it
all went downhill.

-Yinan

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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