Date:         Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:43:12 -0230
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Dealing w/ eBay vendors who want non-eBay sale
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On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@yahoo.com>wrote:

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>         So you MEAN that every time  I sell something from my website or
> from my shop that I have listed in my  Ebay store I am contravening Ebay
> rules
> ????  BS !
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> It's violation of Ebay seller policy if the item is listed on ebay , and
> the buyer contacts you thru Ebay's message service,and you agree with the
> buyer to complete the transaction outside of Ebay.
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> From Ebay:Do not respond to the sender if this message requests that you
> complete the transaction outside of eBay. This type of offer is against eBay
> policy, may be fraudulent, and is not covered by buyer protection programs.
> Learn More.
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But that was NOT what happened.  The vendor offered some items on Ebay.  The
potential buyer wanted something different that was NOT offered on ebay.
The vendor said "we have it but we don't sell that item via ebay."

So the item in question was NOT offered on ebay.  Obviously Ebay can't
require that any vendor who ever sells through them must forever after only
sell through them, which is what many of the interpretations of the ebay
policy language quoted here would mean.

They mean that if the buyer & seller of a specific advertised item find each
other through ebay, that item must be sold through ebay.


I've actually found a variety of vendors through ebay whom I've then bought
things from, not necessarily through ebay.  I find buying through ebay a
nuisance.  I can't make sense of the rules regarding bidding, which seem
rigged to immediately force the buyer up to her maximum willingness to pay.
But I've found it a good way to find on-line sellers from whom I can get
specific items a lot more cheaply than in local shops, without the hassle of
the on-line auction.  I see no reason to expect those on-line vendors to be
disreputable at all.




Joy

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