ebay policy encourages sellers to break the Law In WA And Tasmania Regarding Plant Material

[desolate-sellable]

It is against the Law In AUSTRALIA to post plant Material to Western Australia and Tasmania.

In my case seeds & I adhere to the law.

Some buyers purposely, repeatedly, knowingly (I block all) buy plant material to try and illegally import to these states.

Many in the past.

I cancel these transactions as it could be a $5000 fine.

eBay Does not give a Final Valuation Credit on these cancelled listings.

Even when you say in the cancellation as Not a country i post to.

These listings contribute to my and other sellers transactions that had defects and affect My Seller and others ratings.

Some sellers break the law buy posting these items to these two states ( yes they do).

Why wouldn't they it affects there and my Seller ratings.

I haven't contacted customer support yet I will do so this is something that really needs to be looked at.

Other canceled transactions by buyer request also contribute to poor seller rating.

This is not really affecting me but it isn't really right.

Hardly Fair

Thanks

Cheers

[lane-ends]

Ebay will say something dismissive to the tune of you should ensure buyers are not let to believe they can have these items shipped illegally?

Buyers don't knowingly do the wrong thing, right?

If they do it is because sellers failed to prevent it, right?

Whoever you speak to will not have the authority to change the policy, so they will have to deny its a problem,that is their CS policy right?

Or am I wrong?

If you make too much fuss Ebay might even solve your problem by turning your lights out so that you don't have to ship anything anywhere.

[desolate-sellable]

Yer well your right lol

Somthing needs to be done

Thanks for the reply

[thecatspjs]

Personally I would not cancel the transaction.

I think you are being too responsible on this platform.

I would contact eBay each and every time and ask eBay to cancel the transaction as the buyer has not adhered to your selling conditions AND is operating outside of eBay policy and Oz legislation.

Ring customer service ... request to speak to a supervisor .... if you don't raise it is an issue, you cannot honestly expect a fair result given that eBay does not read the terms and conditions that every seller has ~ whether they are fair enough or not.

[saarzi]

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@desolate-sellable wrote:

It is against the Law In AUSTRALIA to post plant Material to Western Australia and Tasmania.

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Where did you hear / read that it was illegal?   which laws or regulations are you referring to specifically (or even non-specifically?)

Thanks 😉

[i-love-my-sheep]

It's a quarantine law. Same as you can't take fruit into certain areas of NSW and Victoria because they are fruit fly free zones.

[saarzi]

ok.. fruit fly and fruit have nothing to do with seeds for sowing (soz but they dont).

I understand its something to do with Customs... but WHICH law?    

It would be pretty unethical to post such a statement (as OP's) on an open forum full of businesses posting seeds to WA and TAS, if the statement was in fact, false. (and pretty silly to complain about something to a multinational corporation, stating they are facilitating illegal activity on an open forum, when in fact the actions are not illegal to begin with).  

So, for the sake of the possible hundreds, or thousands over time, who might read this thread - which laws?

We wouldnt want to think the poster is getting his info from his old aunt Mavis - it would be nice to know it has some basis.

Ok, Ill be nice, and help out... just a little (all hail the power of Google!!).

[i-love-my-sheep]

I highly doubt the information came from old aunt Mavis. Or old aunt Beryl for that matter. I wasn't comaring seeds to fruit, I was just making the point that being illegal to take fruit into certain areas in NSW and Vic is the same as sending seeds to Tas and WA. All of the seed sellers on this forum are quite well aware of the restrictions and LAWS regarding sending seeds to those areas.

If you want to send seeds to those areas (or a multitude of other things), then you have to have a permit to do so. When entering the state via car, there are checkpoints where you have to declare any restricted materials and dispose of any you may have. There are also checkpoints in other areas of the state because some local areas have tight restrictions on certain items.

If you want to know which law it is, google it. As I said, the seed sellers here know the laws. Some others are happy to take the risk, but if they are caught, they cop a $5.000 fine for their efforts. It's about protecting the states from diseases they don't have.

[lyndal1838]

In view of the fact that you have asked so nicely for further information I am sure there will be plenty of posters rushing to provide it.  I will not be one of them. However if you are serious about wanting to know the Quarantine Laws for WA and Tasmania you can Google Domestic Quarantine.  I can assure you that the OP is quite correct in what she has said and she has not been at all unethical.

[mbselections00]

Pretty sure there's a regular poster who sells plants who has found a way of blocking the postcodes for the States where the restrictions apply.  Hopefully she'll come along and post in the morning - I remember it was a major headache for her for quite sometime, but pretty sure it's all sorted now.

Not sure of the correct terminology, but for some reason I'm thinking buyers in those States can actually pay something like a $60 ? quarantine fee to bring the seeds and/or plants in.  Hopefully she can elaborate on that also.