posted on August 9, 2007 07:58:05 PM new
Hey I have gotten two emails stating the that eBay is banning gun parts and vintage advertisment. Has any one heard about this?
posted on August 9, 2007 08:15:29 PM new
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200707.shtml#2007-07-30094109
***Message from Matt Halprin – New Listing Restrictions on Gun Parts***
July 30, 2007 | 10:00AM PST/PT
Matt Halprin
Hello everyone…In mid-August, we will be updating our Firearms, Weapons and Knives Policy to place more restrictions around gun-related items. Once these changes take effect, we will prohibit listings of any firearm part that is required for the firing of a gun. This includes items like bullet tips, brass casings and shells, barrels, slides, cylinders, magazines, firing pins, trigger assemblies, etc. Please read the Firearms, Weapons and Knives Policy for more details on our current policy.
As you may know, eBay does not allow the listing of any items which are regulated by individual states or the federal government; however, there are still a large number of firearm-related parts that are legal and are widely available in retail stores. These items have also historically been allowed on eBay.
After learning that some items purchased on eBay may have been used in the tragedy at Virginia Tech in April 2007, we felt that revisiting our policies was not only necessary, but the right thing to do. After much consideration, the Trust & Safety policy team – along with our executive leaders at eBay Inc. – have made the decision to further restrict more of these items than federal and state regulations require.
This new update continues to encourage safety among our community members and brings our policies in the U.S. and Canada in closer alignment with our existing policies in other markets around the globe.
posted on August 9, 2007 11:15:11 PM new
Vintage advertisement? Is that just for guns and gun parts, too, or ANY old ads?
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posted on August 10, 2007 05:23:37 PM new
Why not stop letting people list cars, trucks, boats, motorcycles I am sure someone has been killed driving one or killed someone with one that was purchased on eBay.
posted on August 11, 2007 04:03:17 AM new
I think eBay should ban the selling of any shoe that has a heel higher than 1.525 inches tall. There are thousands of injuries a year caused by this menace to society. Why isn't someone doing something about it???
posted on August 11, 2007 01:37:11 PM new
LtRay, you are too funny.
Let me add roller skates. I once broke my wrist while wearing a pair of those. Geesh, if they don't get the parts on eBay, they will get them somewhere else. Unfortunately, eBay's new rules won't make the world a better place.
posted on August 11, 2007 05:38:12 PM new
eBay's new rules may not make the world a better place, but they will remove eBay from the chain of liability, or at least the chain of the hassle of proving that liability doesn't exist.
posted on August 11, 2007 08:18:33 PM new
www.auctionarms.com is where most people ended up when eBay first banned weapons and some BB guns, etc. I don't have a FFL so I don't sell guns, but have done very well with vintage BB guns.
