[meteorite-list] google checkout declare themselves the meteorite police

From: Yinan Wang <veomega_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 12:46:16 -0500
Message-ID: <CALpO9HfhyJDiHbf90g-pie6Pc8Eta5Sd8aGTZDYtaYzwiY4UjQ_at_mail.gmail.com>

Unfortunately google is still working on how to respond in global marketplaces.

At the moment they follow various laws and conventions of UNESCO and
probably the laws of a couple of countries, all at once.

So you have incidents where they suspend seller accounts anywhere if
they sell old stamps because of a 1970's UNESCO law:
http://www.bidstart.com/bidStart-Seller-s-Google-Checkout-Account-Suspended-by-Google-Bringing-Stamp-Sales-to-a-Sticky-Halt_QQtitleQQ246QQidQQdisplaynews

So if a country somewhere bans the sales or export of meteorites,
google may take this as a global view and apply the rules everywhere
to keep themselves legally safe.

They also don't have a call center or any numbers you can call to
complain. So at the moment there is not much that can be done about
such things. Find another checkout system?

-Yinan



On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:58 AM, <jim_brady611 at o2.co.uk> wrote:
> May be interest to any who are considering using google checkout-it
> does seem like the public prefer to use them over paypal in my
> experience but I just got this email
>
> "Hello,
>
> During our recent review, we found that the products or services on
> your
> website appear to violate the following Google Checkout content
> policies:
>
> - Unacceptable product category: Protected Cultural Items & Artifacts
>
> As a result, your account has been suspended. You may not process any
> orders at this time. If applicable, any pending orders in your account
> have been canceled."
>
> it could be that they just don't like my unfinished and poorly ranked
> website and I couldn't really blame them for that as it's something
> that isn't a great priority for me at the minute.
> I wrote and asked them to be more specific and they have ignored me.
>
> Be Nice!
>
> Jim Brady
> IMCA 2424
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Received on Thu 07 Jul 2011 01:46:16 PM PDT