eBay removed my listing, a banana plant Musa ‘Goldfinger’ because they say it’s a noxious weed

[plant_hoarder]

I was stunned when I saw a message from eBay saying:

Your listing was removed because you listed an item that is on the state noxious weed list.Some federal, state, and local laws prohibit the sale of certain types of plants or seeds that are considered "exotic" or "noxious" weeds. eBay urges its sellers and buyers to comply with all governmental laws and regulations. The Australian Department of Environment and Heritage prohibits the importation and interstate movement of federally defined noxious weeds, sellers are restricted in their listing of them on eBay.Please do not relist this item.

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Here's a list of the item(s) that were removed:
302975616527 - Musa sapientum ‘Goldfinger’ Rare Variegated Banana Plant Fruit Tree

Is it me or is this just crazy? Also, what’s going to happen to the farmers in QLD with their banana, I mean noxious weed plantations? And I guess my memories of visiting ‘The Big Noxious Weed’ as a kid will be just that now, memories 🤪

[chameleon54]

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@maranock wrote:

'Goldfinger' is an edible banana, not an ornamental. It is not on the weed list or restricted.

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You are correct, but unfortunately like so many other things, ebay does not have the specilised knowledge to drill right down into specific plant genomes. They rely on generalisations such as the link I posted from the NSW dept. of Ag. which was titled Musa species. 

[plant_hoarder]

So how come there is another seller selling a musa species on eBay right now? I told Ebay this to help my case and they said they would look into it, that was over 24hrs now and it took them less than 1hr to find and remove mine

[imastawka]

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@plant_hoarder wrote:
So how come there is another seller selling a musa species on eBay right now? I told Ebay this to help my case and they said they would look into it, that was over 24hrs now and it took them less than 1hr to find and remove mine

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Item number?

I can't find any.

A couple of listings from Thailand, but none here.

[countessalmirena]

Spoiler

Kaspros-a burn-na-na doesmick!

[plant_hoarder]

223251608944

[plant_hoarder]

That’s the item number, listing is still there. I haven’t heard anything back from eBay about looking into it further like they said they would

[plant_hoarder]

I just realised, this other seller is selling the actual noxious weed banana, but instead of calling it Musa acuminata subsp. zebrina which is the real name, he has made up the name Musa sumatrana. So my listing is removed even though I’m legitimately selling a non noxious weed, and his is still there even though he is selling a noxious weed, he just made another name for it

[chameleon54]

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@plant_hoarder wrote:
I just realised, this other seller is selling the actual noxious weed banana, but instead of calling it Musa acuminata subsp. zebrina which is the real name, he has made up the name Musa sumatrana. So my listing is removed even though I’m legitimately selling a non noxious weed, and his is still there even though he is selling a noxious weed, he just made another name for it

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I just googled that name and came up with heaps of listings and images. It does not appear to be a made up name. I havnt bothered to check on wether it is on the noxious weeds list though.

[imastawka]

I don't know enough about all the botanical names, but there's this, on seeded bananas  -

https://weeds.dpi.nsw.gov.au/Weeds/Details/358

edit:  sorry, just noticed that link was posted earlier   

[plant_hoarder]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synonym_(taxonomy)