Monitoring Ebay for illegal selling? Best of luck! I've even seen pirated
DVDs and videos on there, and they always put the emphasis on the seller not
offering such restricted items, and do not police themselves. If you want
an eye-opener, go through their restricted items list and see how many items
ARE on sale on Ebay:
Prohibited and Restricted Items List:
a.. Academic Software
b.. Alcohol
c.. Animals and Wildlife Products
d.. Anti-circumvention Policy
e.. Artifacts
f.. Authenticity Disclaimers
g.. Autographed Items
h.. Batteries
i.. Beta Software
j.. Bootleg Recordings
k.. Brand Name Misuse
l.. Catalog and URL Sales
m.. Catalytic Converters and Test Pipes
n.. Comparison Policy
o.. Compilation and Informational Media
p.. Contracts and Tickets
q.. Counterfeit Currency and Stamps
r.. Counterfeit Items
s.. Credit Cards
t.. Downloadable Media
u.. Drugs & Drug Paraphernalia
v.. Electronics Equipment
w.. Embargoed Goods and Prohibited Countries
x.. Event Tickets
y.. Faces, Names and Signatures
z.. Firearms, Ammunition, Replicas, and Militaria
aa.. Fireworks
ab.. Food
ac.. Freon and Other Refrigerants
ad.. Government IDs and Licenses
ae.. Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Items
af.. Human Parts and Remains
ag.. Importation of Goods into the United States
ah.. International Trading - Buyers
ai.. International Trading - Sellers
aj.. Lockpicking Devices
ak.. Lottery Tickets
al.. Mailing Lists and Personal Information
am.. Mature Audiences
an.. Medical Devices
ao.. Misleading Titles
ap.. Mod Chips, Game Enhancers, and Boot Discs
aq.. Movie Prints
ar.. OEM Software
as.. Offensive Material
at.. Pesticides
au.. Plants and Seeds
av.. Police-Related Items
aw.. Postage Meters
ax.. Pre-Sale Listings
ay.. Prescription Drugs and Devices
az.. Promotional Items
ba.. Real Estate
bb.. Recalled Items
bc.. Recordable Media
bd.. Replica and Counterfeit Items
be.. Satellite and Cable TV Descrambers
bf.. Slot Machines
bg.. Stocks and Other Securities
bh.. Stolen Property
bi.. Surveillance Equipment
bj.. Tobacco
bk.. Travel
bl.. Unauthorized Copies
bm.. Used Clothing
bn.. Warranties
bo.. Weapons & Knives
bp.. Wine
Brian Longstaff
You'll know when you've been Tango'd!
----- Original Message -----
From: "No Name" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 9:49 PM
Subject: metal detectors selling on ebay
> I have been increasingly concerned at items I come across on ebay which
are
> from metal detector finds
>
> what is being done about monitoring this vast selling forum for illegal
> selling at home and abroad?
>
> for those who have not looked go to
> www.ebay.co.uk
>
> click on search and then on 'by seller' and put in this one sellers name
> stigs-antiquities
>
> then when you have looked at items currently for sale in his list, click
on
> the number in brackets after the name - it was 2244 when I looked last and
> has a red star next to it - this will take you to his feedback lists where
> clicking on the huge number of item numbers will tell you what he has
> already sold and how much he got for it
>
> this is only one of many and I am very concerned that ebay is a potential
> major source of moving minor and major artefacts around the world and will
> encourage people to go out secretly and not report finds.
>
> Ros
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