posted on October 16, 2008 07:56:06 PM new
Just got this notice. This is so stupid---
You recently listed the following Fixed Price listing:
We recently removed the following listing:
XXXXXX - abcdefghijkdumbass
The listing was removed because it violated the eBay Circumvention of eBay Fees policy. The violation occurred when you included the following information in your listing:
Shipping costs: Free
US Postal Service First Class MailŪ
Service to United States
(more services)
Ships to: United States, Canada
in description:
US Shipping
$0.00 USPS First-Class MailŪ
$6.00 Shipped in Wrapped Gift Box
International Shipping
$10.50 USPS First-Class Mail International (Canada)
$16.50 Shipped in Wrapped Gift Box (Canada)
******I can assure them that I was not trying to circumvent any fees, I have in fact eaten more fees than ever within the last month.
[ edited by funkikitti on Oct 16, 2008 07:56 PM ]
posted on October 16, 2008 08:07:42 PM new
How can this free shipping be fee avoidance?
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Economic Reform act of Chairman Obama of the socialist States of America :
10 ounces of meat per month,half a yard of cotton per year per adult.
Hellilujah!
posted on October 16, 2008 08:41:14 PM new
I agree with LtRay - I think your listing may have been pulled for another reason and the wrong box was checked.
posted on October 16, 2008 08:53:19 PM new
We are fairly new to jewelry, just selling off some stuff the previous owner had left.
In some ring categories, there is only an option to classify as a diamond, then check "lab created diamonds" as the stone origin. As for the plating, I do not know, just going by the template set up by the designer.
Anyway, we will consider your suggestions. The question at hand is about fee circumvention that I am trying to make sense of.
I would have gladly posted any of my listings LtRay, I highly doubt that the rules changed while you were not looking, I thank you for your information.
[ edited by funkikitti on Oct 16, 2008 08:57 PM ]
posted on October 16, 2008 09:36:16 PM new
These are replicas of diamond engagement sets, used by jewelry store owners to avoid having to put a lot of money into their inventory.
The rationale is that nearly all wedding sets end up being special-ordered, so these are in the store for try-on purposes.
funkikitti, you're violating a number of eBay rules pertaining to diamonds and precious metals, as well as Federal law. The eBay rules are here:
The irony of it is that you don't even need to misrepresent your goods. Replica sets sell just fine when put in the correct category and described accurately. There are many people who buy these inexpensive rings to take on trips where they don't want to risk their precious gems.
posted on October 16, 2008 09:46:16 PM new
Ok, thanks. I did not mean to intentionally misrepresent, just used the template that was given to me. Thanks for the link.
posted on October 16, 2008 09:56:52 PM new
On the fee avoidance, I would have thought charging extra for gift wrapping was valid.
Perhaps you needed to add it as a shipping option when you list it in the description. I would think you could use "other" as a shipping option and then explain what "other" meant in your description.
Of course the problem with that solution is we all know too many buyers do not bother to read the description.
posted on October 17, 2008 07:26:16 AM new
Just my two cents on this listing.
If you are selling something,in my opinion, it is the sellers responsibility to know what you are selling.
As mentioned above the listing needed to be pulled for a number of reasons, not for the one given by the poster.
I sell stamps and coins from my own stock as well as from stock of many prominent coin and stamp dealers.
I have had items removed by e-bay because of the validity of the item. Many of these items were given to me by these prominent dealers!
Each time this has happened I did more research before listing their items to make sure this did not happen in the future. (they should know more than me as they are the prominent dealers?)
From these experiences I have learned not to accept items just because they worked before in someones else's venue.
It was my responsibility as the owner of the e-bay name that offered these items to correctly described them or sell them in an area of the venue that represents their true condition( replica in this case)
Any other representation and you ARE trying to pull the wool over some ones eyes.
If we come into possession of a fake or an item that is a copy or a replica, we should eat the loss as it was our lack of knowledge that lead us to buy it.
Have some integrity don't try to pass it on to some unsuspecting buyer
This is a reason that e-bay has taken such a bad rap on quality, knock offs and junk.
Then when we are caught its everyones else fault than our owns.
IF YOU SELL IT
KNOW WHAT YOUR SELLING
IT IS YOUR JOB NOT THE BUYER!
posted on October 17, 2008 09:31:49 AM new
If you look at funkikitti's sales history, you can see that she hasn't been selling these replicas very long. So I'm inclined to believe it was a case of not knowing the rules and not knowing the merchandise.
I don't think it's necessary to beat her up any more -- and I'm a jewelry seller, so people who list in incorrect categories hurt my business by driving away bidders.
funkikitti, here's a link to a Wall Street Journal article with information about your bridal sets.
posted on October 17, 2008 01:11:59 PM new
funkikitti, I have removed my earlier comment because it is no longer needed. Since you shared your logic with us, I understand now. Sorry I made it a public issue.
