topic Re: Temporary Restriction in Selling

Temporary Restriction

daddykool-123 — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 00:30:30 GMT

I sell knives.

Some of them have bone handles.

I received an email last night saying a 3 day restriction on selling had been placed on me for three days for contravention of eBay IVORY Policy:

"After reviewing your eBay account, it appears that you have violated eBay's Ivory policy. As a result, we've taken the following actions on your account: - Selling privileges have been temporarily restricted. You won't be able to list new items for 3 days. You're also not allowed to register a new account during this time. - Item listings have been removed. A list of removed items is available further down in this email. - Any fees for listings ended early because of this violation will not be credited to your account. Items made from, or containing any kind of ivory, are not allowed. Ivory products may not be offered on eBay because of various international trade restrictions and treaties banning the sale of these items. To learn more about our animals and wildlife products policy, go to: http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/policies/wildlife.html ...
(blah, blah, blah until it comes to):

Here are the listings we removed.

221869953319 - Sharp Collectable 10” MOON CREST Curved Knife Awesome Blade NON IVORY MIB

321850170508 - 12.5" Santa FE HUNTER Bowie Knife White Bone Handle With Leather Sheath NIB"

Let me put it this way. The link says "You must explicitly state it's NOT IVORY..." - Look at the first item's title.

The second title was picked up again a couple of months ago, so I fixed the text in the listing to say "this is NOT an IVORY product". All underlined and in uppercase, which is permissible.

I tried to get answers from eBay only to be told to wait 24-48 hours for an answer

In the meanwhile, I cannot upload any new listings.

eBay, what's wrong with you? Unbelievable idiocy!

DaddyKool

Re: Temporary Restriction

joethenuts — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 01:05:18 GMT

hi very hard for you to give us the item numbers when they are deleted, also if it was up to me ,i would not have any of your products allowed to sell on my site, but its not my site. i cant see on the policy that states if you put down not ivory, then its allowed,

when and item is allowed it would state allowed or not allowed , under ivory its either not allowed or restricted , as you have said a while ago you had listed an item that you had to fix , means you are going to get looked at a bit more, just like customs. not much you can do about it.

Re: Temporary Restriction

daddykool-123 — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 01:37:44 GMT

Thanks but I can list it here as a legitimate complaint. eBay removed items that are, according to eBay policy, legal to sell is just plain wrong.

secondly, I also sell kitchen knives, something all of us use every day.

Finally, I would not sell a knife with an ivory handle for a measly $49.95

D.K.

Re: Temporary Restriction

joethenuts — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 01:47:54 GMT

well if i ever have a tough peice of meat on my plate i might get in contact with you as some of your knifes will not only cut my meat ,but the table as well.mate only my opinion and prob lots more ebayers, I cant see any use for most of your knifes ,but for a gang related purpose. double bladed knife ,mmmmm 27'' knife or what ever size it was. whats that for, cutting strawberries

Re: Temporary Restriction

collect247 — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 02:08:20 GMT

They are used for hunting wild pigs and ducks

Re: Temporary Restriction

lyndal1838 — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 02:14:26 GMT

I believe you will find that the problem is in the use of the word "ivory" in the listing. The bots just pick up that word and completely ignore the "not" in front of it.

You will not get much sense from ebay if you have emailed them. I would give them a ring. You can get the number through the Help and Contact link at the bottom of the page.

Re: Temporary Restriction

joethenuts — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 02:19:32 GMT

i would of thought you would use guns and rifles, poor little ducks

Re: Temporary Restriction

bakeandfry — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 02:31:35 GMT

I wonder if paint can be used in gang related purpose.....

Re: Temporary Restriction

collect247 — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 02:33:58 GMT

Not everyone can have a gun/rifle to kill a duck but apparently you can have dangerous knives

Re: Temporary Restriction

joethenuts — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 02:37:16 GMT

it does at the local paintball places , you should see how colorful the loosers look mmmm

i sapose i am not man enought to walk up to a duck and take a knife out of my pocket then flick it open a 25'' knife

Re: Temporary Restriction

collect247 — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 02:37:20 GMT

Yes it can but you need to first dip the 27'' knife into the paint and stir it,preferably red paint so then it looks like there's blood on it.

Re: Temporary Restriction

collect247 — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 02:38:38 GMT

For a knife that size you have to line up 30 ducks in a row

Re: Temporary Restriction

joethenuts — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 02:40:55 GMT

i think it did happen at a bank ,when a bloke came vinto the bank holding a paint brush and a can of paint , then he painted the bank teller all over his suit , and said dont worry this paint is -wash/wear]

Re: Temporary Restriction

joethenuts — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 02:49:50 GMT

i can just see 2 gangs of about 12 blokes come together one group take out there knifes all diferent sizes 3 to 15'' double blade special edges but not the ivory ones. and the other group pull out paint brushes from 1'' 'to 12'' some sash cutters some oval cutters all mixed. the group with the knifes say to the other group ,what sort of protection have you got , and a bloke from the paint group says your house gets 10 years protection with this exterior paint. wont peel resist the rain the sun and even blood stains.mmmm

Re: Temporary Restriction

motherbear2003 — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 03:19:39 GMT

As lyndal said the bots have picked up the word "ivory" hence the removal and 3 day suspension. It's a waste of time emailing ebay as most of the time the answer to your email has nothing at all to do with your question I would be on the phone right now demanding to speak to an Australian Supervisor (will still have a non-Australian accent) and stating in no uncertain terms that your listings be reinstated and your suspension squashed.

Re: Temporary Restriction

bakeandfry — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 03:45:05 GMT

I dunno what you have been on lately, but share it around....

Re: Temporary Restriction

millyminder — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 07:09:47 GMT

Put the knife issue aside this ban on old ivory items is a load of carp ( not only ebay but worldwide) While thankful this practice of taking ivory has legally ceased & rightfully so the poor animal died decades if not 100s of years ago so lets appreciate the item for what it is. If you imported a piano with ivory keys from Japan they made you remove the key tops & then replace with plastic. Crazy!!! What about all the old pianos on ebay for sale Looked at a few & all had ivory keys ( I know what to look for as I am a piano tuner) So is it against ebay policy to sell these?? What is to gain from removing the keytops. Just more of the worlds craziness !!!

Re: Temporary Restriction

daddykool-123 — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 07:16:17 GMT

Tried that, doesn't work 😞

also keep talking to different people not one.

The help links and phone calls don't work.

thanks though,

D.K.

Re: Temporary Restriction

daddykool-123 — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 07:17:53 GMT

You're right!
D.K.

Re: Temporary Restriction

daddykool-123 — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 07:22:53 GMT

I sold some WW2 Hitler youth knives a while back too.

i had to stop selling them because they had a Swastika on them.

i thought I was selling historical curios, but got lambasted by eBay by selling "nazi related material".

If you type Nazi into eBay, you get a lot of hits, try it.

D.K.