[meteorite-list] ebay restriction on international auctions of meteorites?

From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:16:18 -0400
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW_cDWWzMh79L2zBUH0USzRhJAEOwzEdJizveUSddvTH7g_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Yinan,

I didn't realize she came in that early in the game.

So who do we blame? LOL

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 9/22/11, Yinan Wang <veomega at gmail.com> wrote:
> Don't blame Meg Whitman, she joined ebay in 1998 and turned it into a
> powerhouse before she left in November of 2007. After that was when it
> all went downhill.
>
> -Yinan
>
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Hi Gary,
>>
>> Wow, I have never seen that before.  As if meteorite dealers didn't
>> already have enough reason to bail out on eBay, now they add another
>> reason to the growing pile.
>>
>> Since almost half of my sales are international, I guess I won't be
>> returning to eBay any time soon.  Of course, the greedy fees are
>> reason alone to keep me away.
>>
>> I'm curious to see if this is a new policy going into effect and if
>> other sellers are seeing the same thing.  I haven't sold meteorites on
>> eBay for two years, but I still buy some there on occasion - mostly
>> from overseas sellers.  If these international listings vanish, then I
>> won't have any reason to visit eBay at all.  If that happens, I'll
>> just go ahead and cancel/close my account.
>>
>> Ever since Meg Whitman got her greedy paws on eBay, it's gone
>> downhill.  Is she still in charge over there, or did the shareholders
>> finally run her off?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> MikeG
>>
>>
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>> On 9/22/11, Gary Fujihara <fujmon at mac.com> wrote:
>>> Aloha,
>>>
>>> I was working on inputing my lineup of offerings on ebay's scheduler,
>>> when I
>>> received the following emails from ebay stating they are removing the
>>> international site visibility feature.  Here's what the message says:
>>>
>>>> You recently created or revised this eBay listing that included the
>>>> International Site Visibility feature:
>>>>
>>>> 230676640288 NEW! NWA 6929 H4 (S2,W2) 2.77g Meteorite Full Slice,
>>>>
>>>> However, we had to remove International Site Visibility from your
>>>> listing.
>>>> Of course, we won't be charging you the fee for it.
>>>>
>>>> Because the laws and eBay policies vary by country, sometimes items that
>>>> can be listed in your country can't be listed internationally. It's also
>>>> possible that the listing itself violated an eBay policy in another
>>>> country. In situations like this, we automatically remove the
>>>> International Site Visibility feature from the listing.
>>>>
>>>> We're sorry for the inconvenience this causes.
>>>
>>> Anyone else experience this?  I never have.
>>>
>>> Gary Fujihara
>>> Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693)
>>> 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720
>>> http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/
>>> http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html
>>> (808) 640-9161
>>>
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