topic Re: toilet paper sales in Selling

toilet paper sales

danlisa20010 — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 13:31:43 GMT

I think ebay should cancel bull**bleep** accounts selling toilet paper and ban their ip address from joining up again

Re: toilet paper sales

kopenhagen5 — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 13:39:56 GMT

eBay is an automated computer program.

Staff at eBay don't know of issues until reported by other members.

Re: toilet paper sales

*tippy*toes* — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 13:47:39 GMT

@danlisa20010 wrote:
I think ebay should cancel bull**bleep** accounts selling toilet paper and ban their ip address from joining up again

Take comfort in the knowledge that these "joke" listings means the "buyer" will never pay. A certain proportion of those sellers won't know to cancel the sale or open an unpaid item dispute. That means, the so called joke listings are going to end up being a very expensive joke for the sellers when they get their next invoice.

Given there are a lot of new accounts bidding on these items, it leads me to believe they are new accounts created by the sellers. There would be some that would be hoping their listing hits the media, and they can have their 5 minutes of fame. The higher the bidding goes, the better chance they have of being the one mentioned on the news.

Re: toilet paper sales

imastawka — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 14:18:13 GMT

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/man-selling-toilet-paper-online-for-thousands-amid-coronavirus-panic/ar-BB10Pllo?ocid=spartanntp

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maranock — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 18:34:16 GMT

It is ok not to search for toilet paper, then you won't see the listings. All good.

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*tippy*toes* — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 23:38:55 GMT

What a dill to think anyone would actually pay that. Plus, in Australia, why would you need money to pay for "an operation"? Moron.

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Anonymous — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 09:02:58 GMT

I definitely agree with you,all toilet paper sales should be banned,but you see Ebay is profiting very highly from the sales so why would they them.

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twyngwyn — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 09:16:37 GMT

https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/eBay-Announcements/COVID-19-Coronavirus-Important-Information-for-eBay-Sellers/ba-p/2297817

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padi*0409 — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 09:18:20 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I definitely agree with you,all toilet paper sales should be banned,but you see Ebay is profiting very highly from the sales so why would they them.

What next then ? Ban sanitiser, ban rice, ban wipes..............?

As said before, if you don't want to see them, don't look at them. You need to understand that for one reason or another people do buy household goods like them on-line.

Re: toilet paper sales

countessalmirena — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 10:23:47 GMT

(Humour for perspective purposes only. Not for resale. Not intended to depict any real or actual characters. No trivialisation of COVID-19 intended.)

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davewil1964 — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 11:47:18 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I definitely agree with you,all toilet paper sales should be banned,but you see Ebay is profiting very highly from the sales so why would they them.

Given that almost all of the sales will result in NPBs and a seller will get their fees refunded for opening a case for same, all sellers are getting is their 15 minutes of fame on global media.

I doubt eBay is making a cent from these 'sales'.

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brerrabbit585 — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 09:32:09 GMT

I'm sure ebay will get sick of it and will start getting serious about it. Either that or they know it'll blow over soon enough.

Re: toilet paper sales

woodduck*2012 — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 02:11:55 GMT

Rules for listings: We love that people can buy anything on eBay in times of need but we don't allow listings that attempt to capitalise on disaster or tragedy. Please ensure that your listings comply with eBay's policies.

Ebay taking the talk again but doing **bleep** all about it as usual, just like item location miss representation and other policy breaches.

Never any real action.

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spaghettijunction64 — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 02:43:48 GMT

http://chng.it/jGX4V7DG

The same laws that exist in some states regarding ticket scalping should apply to toilet rolls, medicines and hygiene products during pandemics . The state governments should act now but probably won’t.

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hookedbymaggie — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 03:00:05 GMT

Now all that nonsense on toilet paper auctions make sense. One listing that ended last night had a winning bid of $6,100. I laughed and thought it must have been a joke.

I've toilet paper being sold for $5 a sheet and one even had letterbox junk mail listed as toilet paper.

I've just come back from my local Aldi and they've plenty of toilet paper, tissues and paper towel.

If you're one of the people that are paying ridiculous prices on eBay for toilet paper you're nuts.

@*tippy*toes* wrote:
@danlisa20010 wrote:
I think ebay should cancel bull**bleep** accounts selling toilet paper and ban their ip address from joining up again
Take comfort in the knowledge that these "joke" listings means the "buyer" will never pay. A certain proportion of those sellers won't know to cancel the sale or open an unpaid item dispute. That means, the so called joke listings are going to end up being a very expensive joke for the sellers when they get their next invoice.

Given there are a lot of new accounts bidding on these items, it leads me to believe they are new accounts created by the sellers. There would be some that would be hoping their listing hits the media, and they can have their 5 minutes of fame. The higher the bidding goes, the better chance they have of being the one mentioned on the news.

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spaghettijunction64 — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 03:20:29 GMT

State politicians need to make it illegal to re-sell hygiene products at excessive to market value during tragedies or pandemics. Selling platforms such as eBay and gumtree should be liable if they knowingly promote profiteering on items such as toilet roll and hand sanitizer. Implement laws similar to concert ticket scalping laws that currently exist in some states. Fines should vary depending on scale of operations.

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porcelain_dolls_by_me — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 06:26:33 GMT

So what do the staf at eBay Australia do all day?

Is it too much to expect them to be proactive and check listings themselves in light of the current situation?

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lyndal1838 — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 07:31:55 GMT

What staff in the ebay Australia office?

When have they ever done anything about listings.....that is all handled from the USA.

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tazzieterror — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:51:31 GMT

Yes it is too much to expect.

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tazzieterror — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:52:06 GMT

@spaghettijunction64 wrote:
State politicians need to make it illegal to re-sell hygiene products at excessive to market value during tragedies or pandemics. Selling platforms such as eBay and gumtree should be liable if they knowingly promote profiteering on items such as toilet roll and hand sanitizer. Implement laws similar to concert ticket scalping laws that currently exist in some states. Fines should vary depending on scale of operations.

An absolutely ridiculous suggestion.