I got this reply to my email...
Dear Patty,
Thank you for your recent email to Matt Halprin
in regard to changes to
our Firearms, Weapons and Knives policy. He has
asked that I review your
email and respond on his behalf.
At eBay we take the safety of our community and
our marketplace very
seriously. We have a Trust and Safety team which
consists of more than
2,000 experts in online security and safety who
are located around the
globe. This team is dedicated to ensuring that
our marketplace is a safe
and trusted place for buyers and sellers to
engage in trade.
We value an open and transparent marketplace; if
items are legal to buy
and sell in an unrestricted manner we allow them
on our site. However,
there are some items that while legal, may not be
safe for our
marketplace. In these instances, our applicable
policies go beyond the
law to ensure that our marketplace is safe.
Currently we do not allow actual firearms on the
site. After careful
consideration our executives and our Trust and
Safety team determined
that any item required to fire a gun has no place
on eBay. All of our
policies are under constant review. As the
Internet and the way our
communities use the Internet evolves, our
policies and our marketplace
must evolve with it. We determined that this
policy change was in the
best interest of promoting a safe marketplace for
all members.
I understand your frustration regarding this
matter and apologize for
the inconvenience it caused you.
Sincerely,
Terri
Office of the President
Original Message
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From: Geneva Smith
[mailto:
[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 12:26 AM
To: Halprin, Matt
Subject: Ebay ban on gun parts and related items.
To: Matt Halprin
On July 30, 2007 you announced that ebay will add
new restrictions to
the "Firearms, Weapons and Knives Policy". These
restrictions are on
items that are legal to own / use in these great
United States.
You claim that "This new update continues to
encourage safety among our
community members". How? The items ebay are
banning are still for sale
in the USA and still legal to own / use in this
great country!
Will ebay motors stop allowing the listing of
vehicles because a drunk
driver kills someone? What happens when someone
is bludgeoned to death
with any of the baseball bats listed on ebay?
With logic such as this,
surely you must ban helicopters as they collide
in mid air and kill as
in Phoenix, toys as they can have lead paint and
small parts to choke
on, motorcycles are a sure ride to death, weight
loss pills that kill,
tools as they cause can cause bridges to collapse
as in MN today, radar
detectors that are banned in a few states because
we all know speed
kills, dark window tint is too a hazard, etc...
What about the thousands
of other items that could be used to cause harm
to person or persons?
What about the thousands of items listed that
could be used to commit a
crime or break the law? The list is truely
endless. Yet the items you
seek to ban are 100% legal and commonly available
even at Walmart and
small town mom and pop convenience stores and
sporting goods outlets
across all 50 states. Your ban is out and out
retarded and ill thought
out.
I strongly urge ebay to rescind these new
restrictions.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Patty Smith
achildofthesky
375+ feedback 100% positive
What a crock of crap. Unfortunately for me and others selling brass, gunbroker does'nt have a catagory outside of ammunition to post in. Glad I don't own Ebay stock anymore or else I'd have to dump it now.
Patty