I have had 5 people email me privately with a message saying something to the
effect of "Whats up with pearls - and could meteorites be next", so I will
email the group rather than individually?
Answer is be afraid - be very afriad.
Apparantly the laws concerning the export and import of pearls are
"complicated" so ebay has decided to no longer allow them (But there are still
some listed on ebay and the "Trust and saftety" department told me it would be
a security violation to give me this information - because people might use the
info to circumvent those rules) so who the hell knows what ebay is up to. Even
their own employees are kept in the dark (Presumably for security reasons)
I was told that it is illegal to export pearls from French Polynesia directlty
into the USA (Whats up, has obama got a new dislike for the french? - if I
promise to never ever again use the term French Fry can I then list tahiti
pearls again?) and that I should look into the laws regarding pearls in my own
country before I sell anymore.
So, I am told that conflicting and complicated laws are responsible for pearls
getting prohibited from ebay.
Hmmmmm. Complicacated and conflicting laws? That wouldent also apply to
Meteorites, artifacts, coins, collectibles - not to mention leather pants
(Countries where cows are sacred) or a free press in general in some countries
would it.
Ebay was started to sell laser pointers if I remember correctly. Maybe
eventually thats all that will be allowed again.
Me thinks that people should start diversifying from ebay as quickly and as
much as possible. Paypal to (Nobody has ever had problems with paypal of
course).
I now have 1700 auctions that disapeared and ebay tells me sorry, shit happens,
now just be a good little boy and relist them all again so we can collect more
ebay fees - and if we decide to end them all without telling you why and
keeping all those fees again, well, shit happens.
Spending a lot of time looking for non ebay ways to sell right now
Cheers
DEAN
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