[meteorite-list] google checkout declare themselves the meteorite police
May be interest to any who are considering using google checkout-it does seem like the public prefer to use them over paypal in my experience but I just got this email "Hello, During our recent review, we found that the products or services on your website appear to violate the following Google Checkout content policies: - Unacceptable product category: Protected Cultural Items & Artifacts As a result, your account has been suspended. You may not process any orders at this time. If applicable, any pending orders in your account have been canceled." it could be that they just don't like my unfinished and poorly ranked website and I couldn't really blame them for that as it's something that isn't a great priority for me at the minute. I wrote and asked them to be more specific and they have ignored me. Be Nice! Jim Brady IMCA 2424 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] google checkout declare themselves the meteorite police
Jim, More likely, they've bought into the recent hype and negative publicity about the meteorite "black market." They have to stay politically correct! Erin go bragh, Phil Whitmer -- May be interest to any who are considering using google checkout-it does seem like the public prefer to use them over paypal in my experience but I just got this email "Hello, During our recent review, we found that the products or services on your website appear to violate the following Google Checkout content policies: - Unacceptable product category: Protected Cultural Items & Artifacts As a result, your account has been suspended. You may not process any orders at this time. If applicable, any pending orders in your account have been canceled." it could be that they just don't like my unfinished and poorly ranked website and I couldn't really blame them for that as it's something that isn't a great priority for me at the minute. I wrote and asked them to be more specific and they have ignored me. Be Nice! Jim Brady IMCA 2424 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] google checkout declare themselves the meteorite police
Unfortunately google is still working on how to respond in global marketplaces. At the moment they follow various laws and conventions of UNESCO and probably the laws of a couple of countries, all at once. So you have incidents where they suspend seller accounts anywhere if they sell old stamps because of a 1970's UNESCO law: http://www.bidstart.com/bidStart-Seller-s-Google-Checkout-Account-Suspended-by-Google-Bringing-Stamp-Sales-to-a-Sticky-Halt_QQtitleQQ246QQidQQdisplaynews So if a country somewhere bans the sales or export of meteorites, google may take this as a global view and apply the rules everywhere to keep themselves legally safe. They also don't have a call center or any numbers you can call to complain. So at the moment there is not much that can be done about such things. Find another checkout system? -Yinan On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:58 AM, wrote: > May be interest to any who are considering using google checkout-it > does seem like the public prefer to use them over paypal in my > experience but I just got this email > > "Hello, > > During our recent review, we found that the products or services on > your > website appear to violate the following Google Checkout content > policies: > > - Unacceptable product category: Protected Cultural Items & Artifacts > > As a result, your account has been suspended. You may not process any > orders at this time. If applicable, any pending orders in your account > have been canceled." > > it could be that they just don't like my unfinished and poorly ranked > website and I couldn't really blame them for that as it's something > that isn't a great priority for me at the minute. > I wrote and asked them to be more specific and they have ignored me. > > Be Nice! > > Jim Brady > IMCA 2424 > __ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] google checkout declare themselves the meteorite police
Yinan wrote: "They also don't have a call center or any numbers you can call to complain. So at the moment there is not much that can be done about such things. Find another checkout system?" Hi Yinan - Egads, that was an excellent explanation which IMO sounds like you "hit the nail on the head". For those who care, I hope someone or some concerned group for the responsible exchange of meteorites out there recognizes and is willing to pick this up. Running from it could embolden others to follow suite due to the nature of meteorites. With stamps it is arguably clearer than meteorites. Now, it's not a hypothetical case- we have one concrete member of the community who's been affected and like in the stamp case mentioned, it is not a healthy situation to have all of the "eggs in one basket" via PayPal. If PayPal, not noted for their logic always, gets any crazy or misguided ideas ... Kindest wishes Doug -Original Message- From: Yinan Wang To: jim_brady...@o2.co.uk Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thu, Jul 7, 2011 1:46 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] google checkout declare themselves the meteorite police Unfortunately google is still working on how to respond in global marketplaces. At the moment they follow various laws and conventions of UNESCO and probably the laws of a couple of countries, all at once. So you have incidents where they suspend seller accounts anywhere if they sell old stamps because of a 1970's UNESCO law: http://www.bidstart.com/bidStart-Seller-s-Google-Checkout-Account-Suspended-by-Google-Bringing-Stamp-Sales-to-a-Sticky-Halt_QQtitleQQ246QQidQQdisplaynews So if a country somewhere bans the sales or export of meteorites, google may take this as a global view and apply the rules everywhere to keep themselves legally safe. They also don't have a call center or any numbers you can call to complain. So at the moment there is not much that can be done about such things. Find another checkout system? -Yinan On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:58 AM, wrote: May be interest to any who are considering using google checkout-it does seem like the public prefer to use them over paypal in my experience but I just got this email "Hello, During our recent review, we found that the products or services on your website appear to violate the following Google Checkout content policies: - Unacceptable product category: Protected Cultural Items & Artifacts As a result, your account has been suspended. You may not process any orders at this time. If applicable, any pending orders in your account have been canceled." it could be that they just don't like my unfinished and poorly ranked website and I couldn't really blame them for that as it's something that isn't a great priority for me at the minute. I wrote and asked them to be more specific and they have ignored me. Be Nice! Jim Brady IMCA 2424 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list