Wave bye bye to eBay

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I'm all stocked up on bullet tips.

I used to buy/sell quite a bit on Flea Bay.

Now I won't go on the site ever again.
 
They used to block me from any WW2 item because something made them think i was in Germany. Because of their stupid PCness, i stopped using ebay and Half.com but for rarities. This new policy just seals it.
 
I got my 22" barrel for my Win1300 from Ebay.
But just like that I will never make another sale or purchase on ebay. They can take PCness and stick it where the sun don't shine.
 
They are not to allow bullet tips. Does that mean I still can get my bullet bases or centers through them.
 
I just sent eBay a message through their suggestions link. It's pretty lengthy, so I hope somebody takes the time to read it.
In regards to the new eBay policies addressing restrictions on firearm related parts being sold on eBay, I feel I must say some things.

To prohibit the selling of items considered dangerous because of the choices of a few persons with criminal intent only punishes the multitudes of honest buyers and sellers.

I have noticed you are not prohibiting sales of vehicles or their parts, and there have been more vehicles used in criminal acts and accidents than any firearms. There are swimming pools listed for sale, how many people have died in swimming pools? According to the Centers for Disease Control; "In 2004, there were 3,308 unintentional fatal drownings in the United States." You are also selling hand tools of numerous types, many of these types of items have been used in assaults. How can you know how many of these items have passed the eBay system? There is no way to know.

In singling out firearms, you are showing prejudice toward legal firearm owners, of which there are over 80 million in the United States. 80 million people is a HUGE customer base. I sincerely doubt that there are over 80 million illegal firearm owners in the U.S.

I have heard of several people wishing to cancel their eBay accounts because of this decision, and I must say that I am one of the people seriously considering that option myself.

I ask that you re-evaluate the decision. I believe that it goes against something eBay has stated in the eBay Community page;

We believe people are basically good.
We believe everyone has something to contribute.
We believe that an honest, open environment can bring out the best in people.
We recognize and respect everyone as a unique individual.
We encourage you to treat others the way you want to be treated.

There are several items listed above that contradict the new policy, and also contradicted eBay's previous policies concerning firearms. You can pick them out.

It is a sad fact that there are bad people among us, but punishing the many for the actions of a few is a travesty.

Thank you for your attention,
skinnyguy(real name)
 
Wonder what type of shoes he wore... Will they not allow those to be sold on e-bay too? Amazes me everytime I see someone thinking that the pencil is responsible for typos.
 
For those of you who think this is just 'enforcing' their policy, sorry... no.

eBay back in the day would allow sales of firearms, it was (and IS) a venue where the responsibility falls on the buyer and seller for any liability. They changed and wouldn't allow complete guns, receivers, or anything that fires or could fire a projectile (except airsoft... ?!!?)

Now they are wiping out the entire section, "...of any firearm part that is required for the firing of a gun." So that means about anything, stocks, pins, springs, anything.

It is just absolute 100% proof they are a business that you should not patronize if you value your RTKBA.

As for gunbroker or the other sites? Can't use paypal which kills a large percent of business, and gunbroker gets about 5% of eBay's daily traffic which keeps many people away from selling on there. Auctionarms? Even worse... Gunsamerica? Just classified ads... Blue Broker, to new and small, Gunmonster, same....

Hopefully boards like this, and EE on ar15 will get the benefit of this. It's just another win for the gun-grabbers...

...Although this hopefully will backfire on eBay. If enough uproar happens, maybe the Gov't will finally realize how much they are losing in unpaid taxes from folks selling on eBay and go with their plan to make everyone who wants to sell on eBay register their SSN... then we'll see where eBay's stock goes...

{/rant}
 
I closed my ebay account tonight....I will also check that my accounts hold no ebay stock!

sorry, dont deal with the absurd...

EBAY - where you can buy a chainsaw, but not an empty brass case for reloading.

good riddance.

and for that "what does ebay care if a handful of gun people dont shop there".....you bet your ass they may care, someday. Customers rule, you dont ever want to lose even one.

:)
 
eBay knows nothing about the coin market either, but claims they do not allow a long list of things to be sold including counterfeit coins. but they almost never enforce the policy. the usual response to people pointing out violations of their policy on coin sales is that they do not know enough about coins to tell that a blatant fake is indeed fake.

paypal has never allowed paypal to be used to buy bullets or cases, but they have not been enforcing it until a few months ago.

eBay is about one thing. that is making money. they care nothing whatsoever about anything else. this policy change is going to negatively affect their bottom line, but not by all that much. and the idiots that came up with the policy can claim they are doing "something" about whatever they think the problem is they are doing "something" about.

i find it odd that they will allow the most disgusting pornagraphy to be sold, but parts for common firearms that are not restricted in any state of the union cannot be sold.
 
Sad thing is, and something not many people realize, there are a LOT of people who no longer run a brick & mortar local store selling firearm parts/reloading/holsters/etc... and this news means they need to rewrite their entire business plan in 2 weeks or so. This will impact small business-folk in the firearms world. I know of one local man who's 9-5 job is selling accessories on eBay and this news could mean his business will collapse (if they ban firearms items, who will go there to buy say one holster?).

Very sad. Guess I'll start selling one 8mm Mauser spent round every day after the ban kicks in.
 
Great now all the scammers will move to firearm forums.

What's sad is the number of people using eBay's PAYPAL right here on this site and others. They will ban accounts for selling/buying firearm related parts. Why are we giving them money??!?!? It's really annoying the number of people that expect you to take paypal here.
 
So now they've gone from slightly worthless to completely worthless. Fine, I'll spend my money elsewhere.
 
If we could manage to get a couple thousand account cancellations on the day the new rules take effect it might at least lift a couple eyebrows.
 
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