Ebay New Policy?

[Nautiboy1279]

Just wanted to see if any of you guys heard this as well. One of my primary vape gear sellers on ebay just PM'd me and explained that they all got sent this no policy email telling them any 'tobacco related' products need to be removed immediately, and that they are starting with searching for Ego products and pulling these listings first.

This is crazy being these types of products don't have to be involved with nicotine at all. It really shouldn't even be labeled as a smoking cessation device, or even tobacco device, because its really not. This type of gear just needs to be completely recatagorized. I don't get all the crazyness.

 

[retired1]

Ebay has always had this policy. Nothing new at all.

 

[InTheShade]

Concur, I've known about this policy since I started vaping. It's one of the reasons I don't use Ebay and only use Paypal when I have to.

Don't hold your breath waiting for a reclassification or TOS amendment any time soon - they've basically had an anti-vaping stance for years and only now seem to now be enforcing it.

 

[Nautiboy1279]

I don't get what the huge push to enforce this now is. My seller told me they received listing removals with these policy documents just this week. I know they have had the policy on anything with nic in it, but something that could be used with 0mg nic should NOT be pulled or restricted. I don't know what their angle is on this.

 

[crxess]

Listings either had :
A) Inappropriate Discriptions
B) Some Buyer/other merchant - lodged a complaint due to any number of reasons.

You do not have to have good reason to file a complaint. You simply have to know what reasons to list in the complaint. EBAY Policies stink.
I stopped selling due to the ignorance of the system.

 

[optsmk]

I always thought it was against policy to sell anything vape related as well as using paypal as a means for paying for vape related stuff. Back in the day you could not find any vape related stuff for sale on Ebay and no vendor was allowed to use paypal either. For those that were vaping back in 2009 can remember having their credit cards stolen because a lot of vendors were using sub standard payment methods. That was part of the reason I stopped vaping in 2010. Now I notice that a lot of vendors are using paypal. I'm not sure if paypal will catch up to them and tell them to stop using the service though.

 

[herb]

I don't get what the huge push to enforce this now is. My seller told me they received listing removals with these policy documents just this week. I know they have had the policy on anything with nic in it, but something that could be used with 0mg nic should NOT be pulled or restricted. I don't know what their angle is on this.

'Could be used' isn't good enough apparently , they need certainty and thats not possible.

 

[jstjoehere]

The funniest thing about this is I recently purchased from ebay using paypal a tank and a few other things. Its just crazy but thats ebay and paypal for you. I think from now on Im just going to buy direct from an online vape shop to avoid any hassle.

 

[DeviantDigi]

If an Ego battery or mod listing is tobacco related. Than a car listing is more eligible for this because it may have been smoked in.

Can't enforce policies purely on intent speculation. This is just a scare tactic, but I don't know why. As they want to make money.

 

[rdwg]

They sell tons of tobacco pipes on ebay yet the have a problem with ego batteries?

 

[crxess]

People seem to miss the point that Ebay is based on a Buying concept. The only thing that matters is a satisfied customer. Anything that tips that boat can come under scrutiny, anything.
Ebay is also a company not a democratic body. They can and often will do as they please.

The occasional hand slap is inevitable and done to show Buyer concern. No, Ebay has no intention of fully inforcing their own rules. That would be BAD for the vast majority of Buyers, however as they have Rules, they must keep up the appearance of caring about enforcement.

 

[Nautiboy1279]

They sell tons of tobacco pipes on ebay yet the have a problem with ego batteries?

Yea you can apparently buy [edited], but a APV/PV is just out the question lmao

 

[JimzDogz]

Man, I'm glad that I got my order in for a Black R91(Kebo) and a Magma (clone) a couple of days back. They'll be here by Monday, so I'm fixed for a while. Ebay needs to get it together or I'll be closing my account with them and PayPal.

 

[GaryInTexas]

I used to spend a lot of time and money on Ebay buying other things. The last couple of years it's just turned into a crappy dump of overpriced buy it now junk. I rarely go there anymore.

 

[Sgt.Rock]

Still a ton of listings there...might this have had anything to do with selling "[edited]" and the like?

Seems aspire and kanger are still in the 9000+ listings category over 900 for "ego battery"

 

[herb]

Still a ton of listings there...might this have had anything to do with selling "[edited]" and the like?

Seems aspire and kanger are still in the 9000+ listings category over 900 for "ego battery"

I think your on to something there , if the DEA is involved somethings up , they freak out about everything, what a bunch of pita 's, these are the ones that insist [edited] is the deadliest drug in the history of mankind and have it listed as a schedule one drug , complete joke.

 

[retired1]

As a reminder:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/ecf-forum-rules/51178-forum-rules.html

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ation/255864-why-we-dont-allow-drug-talk.html

 

[v1k1ng1001]

Where's Amazon on all this? I've noticed more vape-related stuff appearing there.

 

[crxess]

Don't even know why this thread is still running wild.

EBAY will not remove all Vape related offers. It is cost prohibitive to them. $ale$ = Profit$

They simply smack a vender or two around once in a while after receiving a Complaint. The complaint does not even have to be just and does not have to be about a Vape related item or a Vape supply seller.
It simply has to be a complaint about ANYONE selling ANYTHING for them to give a Dealer a hard time - An individual dealer/seller, not the whole category.

Go - Look - SEE ...............Tons of stuff still selling

I don't want to call the Op's seller a crook. they likely are very respectable, but someone felt different and lodged a complaint.

 

[CMD-Ky]

They just want the best for us; so please don't be hateful. [sarcasm] See my signature.