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Business: What you Can and
Cannot Sell on eBay
Taking one
stop shopping to a new
level, eBay has established
itself as the most expansive
and largest virtual
marketplace in the world.
You can buy everything from
your next car, to baseball
cards, to a plate that
matches the one you broke in
your grandmother's antique
set. The possibilities are
nearly limitless. Of course,
there are a few exceptions.
The sale of any illegal item
is obviously forbidden and
there are of course
international trade laws
that have to be obeyed when
the buying and selling are
taking place in two
different countries.
There are a number of ?eBay
forbidden lists? floating
around on the internet, but
the truth is that the list
is liquid. As members of the
community work to maintain
the integrity of the site
more items are added. Some
are added for legal reasons
(things like drugs and
weapons) while others are
not necessarily illegal but
are added to protect the
security and safety of the
community at large.
Other items, like fine art,
are encourage for sale but
must be done so within a
certain set of guidelines.
This is done to protect the
integrity of the market as
well as the investment of
the buyer. Some items are
flat out forbidden. It is
against the rules to sell
any kind of tickets on eBay.
The law varies from state to
state on selling tickets to
things like sporting events
and concerts for over face
value. Instead of trying to
monitor these kinds of laws,
eBay simply won't list
tickets for sale. Things
like lottery tickets are
also banned on eBay. Since
they are legal in some
states but not others, it
would create an
administrative nightmare to
monitor these sales, so they
simply forbid it.
One other area that eBay and
its community watches
closely is the sale of
replicated or bootlegged
merchandise. Illegally
recorded concert footage and
movie footage is a huge
industry in Asia, but in
America is against the law
to buy or sell it. Other
replicated items like knock
offs of famous designers are
also discouraged. While it
is difficult to monitor,
eBay and its community work
hard to eliminate these
listings because they want
to protect the investments
of their buyers. Rip off
artists are not welcome at
eBay.
Some other categories of
restricted or banned items
have to do with eBay's
stance on environmental or
health issues. For example,
cigarettes cannot be sold on
eBay. Animal products that
may be made from rare or
endangered animals are not
allowed to be sold on eBay.
Things like ivory, and
tortoise shell jewelry are
just a few examples.
Additionally, you cannot
sell live animals on eBay.
This may sound like an odd
restriction, but the sale of
exotic wild animals is a
huge black market industry
and the eBay community
frowns heavily upon such
practices.
When it comes down to it,
use common sense when
listing. If it seems like
someone may have a problem
with something that you want
to sell, than take the time
to look it up. There are a
number of discussion boards
on the eBay site itself
where you can ask.
Additionally, eBay makes
available the current list
of items that are forbidden
or restricted. Remember,
just because something is on
this list doesn't
necessarily mean you can't
sell it. In some cases it
just means that you need to
jump through some extra
hoops before you can legally
list it.
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