[meteorite-list] My Ebay suspension

From: dean bessey <deanbessey_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:47:42 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <251333.79844.qm_at_web56104.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

No they say that since they were ended because of listing violations that the fees are forfeited

--- On Thu, 7/9/09, Don Merchant <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com> wrote:

> From: Don Merchant <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] My Ebay suspension
> To: "dean bessey" <deanbessey at yahoo.com>, "meteoritelist" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>, cdtucson at cox.net
> Cc: "Don Merchant" <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
> Date: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 9:48 PM
> Hi Dean and sorry to see you go
> through this sad case of communication malfunction and lack
> of professional? etiquette of EBay. Your right you
> should of been contacted first or at the least as you said
> to just them removing only the pearl auctions. Let me ask
> you a question....did you hold EBay to paying all your
> listing fees or have them allow you to list for free now
> that you have their explanation?
> Thank you.
> Sincerely
> Don Merchant
> IMCA # 0960
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "dean bessey" <deanbessey at yahoo.com>
> To: "meteoritelist" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>;
> <cdtucson at cox.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 10:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] My Ebay suspension
>
>
>
> Many thanks Carl for the poswerseller phone number. This
> has caused me $100 in phone bills today but at least the
> powerseller people reinstated my ebay account. The downside
> is that I now have no auctions at all listed and because
> ebay ended everything I have all the details lost so have to
> manually list everything again - 1700 auctions.
> Likely most wont get relisted as I plan to put more stuff
> on websites and diversify from ebay.
> I also found out why they suspended my account. Apparantly
> ebay has started a new rule where tahiti pearls are no
> longer permitted to be listed on ebay.
> So, rather than just end the pearl auctions (Or better yet
> - inform me of the new rule) they just said that I violated
> their rules to often (I assume more than 4 times since I had
> 300 tahiti pearl auctions so I violated their listing rules
> 300 times) and suspended my account.
> So anyway, thats why I was suspended and ebay has now
> kissed and made up so I can list everything except pearls
> again now.
> Cheers
> DEAN
> www.meteoriteshop.com
>
>
> --- On Thu, 7/9/09, cdtucson at cox.net
> <cdtucson at cox.net>
> wrote:
>
> > From: cdtucson at cox.net
> <cdtucson at cox.net>
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] My Ebay suspension
> > To: "dean bessey" <deanbessey at yahoo.com>,
> "meteoritelist" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> > Date: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 7:13 PM
> > Dean,
> >? Hello, I have heard of you many times and you
> have a great
> > reputation so obviously it is not about you. I think
> it is
> > likely issues with your links as well. I assume you
> are a
> > power seller. We power sellers can call and if you
> call back
> > you may get somebody smarter to speak with. The number
> that
> > I use is a toll free 866-519-3229. and I am always
> able to
> > get answers ( but may take more than one call) . It
> > also may be a pearl seller competitor messing with
> you. As
> > you know eBay these days is basically a glorified yard
> sale.
> > Most dealers make much more from their own web sites.
> Good
> > luck to you. Carl
> > --
> > Carl or Debbie Esparza
> > IMCA 5829
> > Meteoritemax
> >
> >
> > ---- dean bessey <deanbessey at yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > As if you didnt need another reason to try and
> > diversify your business away from ebay here is what
> happened
> > to me this morning. I am not making any part of this
> up or
> > in any way dramatizing what happened. Neither Stephen
> King
> > nor the guys on CSI could make this up.
> > > I wake up to numerous emails from ebay this
> morning
> > from ebay cancelling my auctions and two emails saying
> that
> > my account was suspended.
> > > Many auctions were canceled because they were
> > "Significantly misrepresented". After 3 hours of
> chatting
> > with people I finally get through to the "trust and
> safety"
> > people after a recommendation from ebay australia.
> > > I was told that somebody (who??? - she had no way
> of
> > knowing who) decided that my auctions were
> > misrepresented. She couldent tell me what was
> misrepresented
> > just that they look at the description, picture and
> content
> > when deciding was what misrepresented but she had no
> way of
> > knowing exactly what.
> > > So I try and reason with her. "If you cant tell
> me
> > what it is about my auctions that was misrepresented
> how can
> > I not repeat the problem in the future?
> > > Sit down before you read her response.
> > > She said that if ebay told everybody what they
> look
> > for when they decide that auctions are misrepresented
> then
> > people would do things to get around their security
> checks
> > in future auctions so it would be a security violation
> to
> > tell me what it was about my auctions that was being
> > misrepresented and therfore canceled (And leading to
> my
> > suspension.) She then said that my suspension was for
> 7 days
> > so even if she did tell me it wouldent make any
> difference
> > because you cant list on ebay for 7 days again
> anyway.
> > > Reasoning is getting harder. "OK, for my
> information.
> > in seven days time when I get back on ebay again can
> you
> > tell me what about my auctions was misrepresented so
> that I
> > can fix them and not violate your policy in the future
> so I
> > dont get kicked off again?".
> > > Sorry, telling you what the problem is would be
> a
> > security violation and if people who what they looked
> for
> > would do things to circumvent their rules in the
> future".
> > > This is going nowhere. I wish that I had a copy
> of
> > that phone conversation. It would have looked good on
> > youtube.
> > > In addition, the emails that ended the auctions
> said
> > this:
> > >
> ----------------------------------------------------
> > > eBay has restricted your ability to list new
> items as
> > a result of a policy violation. We'd be happy to lift
> this
> > restriction once you've completed a brief tutorial
> about
> > this policy. The next time you sign in to your eBay
> account,
> > click on ?Sell? and ?Sell Your Item.? You?ll then be
> asked
> > to take the tutorial. Once you've completed it, you
> can
> > begin selling again immediately.
> > > __________________________________________
> > > Unfortunately, doing so is not possible so I cant
> even
> > sign on. Even their emails dont make sense.
> > > So with a bit of luck, sometime in the next 7
> days
> > they will tell me what was wrong with my auctions so
> that I
> > can fix it and not violate their policy - although
> maybe
> > they will not because doing so might enable me to fix
> the
> > problem out and circumvent their rules in the future.
> > > I plan to spend the next 7 days getting some
> shopping
> > cart websites built and trying out other sites to
> sell
> > stuff. Anybody got any ideas where else to list
> stuff?
> > Anybody know somebody with ebay who will talk to me?
> > > Apparantly it was my pearl auctions that was
> somehow
> > misrepresented but its not possible to find out why.
> It
> > sgoing to be a pain relisting 1700 auctions. It
> probably
> > wont get done - especially if I can figure out how to
> build
> > a nice shopping cart website
> > > Cheers
> > > DEAN
> > > On a completely different note I need to come up
> with
> > around $2000 in my paypal account in the next week so
> I am
> > particularly into dealing from my website right now
> > WWW.METEORITESHOP.COM so if you see anything let me
> know.
> > > Also, you people out there who owe me money, now
> is a
> > good time to pay up.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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