Gday all, i have just been seller restricted by ebay for the 3rd time in a month for 7 days. There is a little tab below listings that anyone can click on and click away through the selections to deem an item to be against policy.
This is open to abuse and unfortunately in the case I have now of a 7 day restriction the item wasn't even looked at I don't think.
I think this might have been a vindictive hit by another ebayer. Not sure.
The latest item in question was a 1980's pair of army dress pants. surplus purchased either through ebay or charity shop. These are all over the place and were readily available even at sammy's, salvos and vinnies. If these are a restricted item well ebay may have to remove the entire category of Militaria in the collectables because this would apply to almost every item for sale.
Looking at the Defence websites, it is lawful for me to sell legally obtained surplus items. that is items that are not current. current army clothing falls under AMCU . Obsolete clothing DPCU , DPDU is different . Go further back to jungle greens and then Korean era and ww2 stuff is okay.
I am not a business I am a hobby collector and only sell to make room or move on items that no longer fit the collection or I have no purpose for.
The first 2 times i was restricted was for selling a 1980-1990's UN police shirt, bought from sammies. First time I thought I had a listing error maybe said something I couldn't , I relisted with changes and I was then suspended for relisting it. I had cheekily written my redo listing similar to another sellers item of the same era and service. Not word for word but enough not to plagiarize. Why? that listing was current and been listed for a while.
My listing was removed and I got 3 day suspension, I went looking for the other sellers listing later that day and that was not seen. I am not sure whether it sold or was removed.
Now if this was removed as well is someone complaining or did the seller not appreciate my similarly worded listing , mind you mine was listed for $70 and the other sellers was for $140. Now if the other seller had his listing removed the potential is there for him to think I had it removed it and vise versa.
The reason for suspicion is a few years ago I had a badge I was selling for $350 a buyer emailed me and offered me $100 I said thanks but no thanks, he replied with "these are only worth that much they are all over ebay". I didn't reply. Next day my listing was removed , I wonder why.
Anyway my gripe is that this listing removal and suspensions is completely open to abuse and it needs to change. As I mentioned if my latest listing being removed violates any policy then the whole of Militaria in Collectables category comes into question and potentially the category should be removed.
Ebay please stop jumping the gun and hammering people for no legitimate reason. I am a collector this is a hobby , i sell on ebay other platforms and Locally, I don't need to sell for an income but others do. And to add if the stuff I buy on ebay I can't sell on ebay I and all other collectors should stop buying immediately .
Sorry for the long winded blurt but I shook my head at the ignorance and stupidity, I deleted my listings on ebay and have now vented.
