Feds PHONY war on Vaping caused Ebay to stop Vaping sales
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That sucks! I didn't normally buy from Ebay but I liked having the option.
I sell on ebay, since 2002 so I know all about how they work. I never sold vaping supplies but bought many batteries and coils there. I don't buy DIY juice supplies I only buy them from Wizard Labs but even the No-Nic juice is gone.
Most vapers know the reason the FEDS have a war on Vaping, its all about the tax revenue loses and Tobacco Company drop in sales. If all vaping items where taxed there would be no Gov War On Vaping.
Most vapers know the reason the FEDS have a war on Vaping, its all about the tax revenue loses and Tobacco Company drop in sales. If all vaping items where taxed there would be no Gov War On Vaping.
They removed vaping products around the 2nd week of October, there is already a thread about this here: Vapes not allowed on Ebay
I had an item removed because it contained tobacco...it was a gutted Smok coil on a paracord lanyard lol!
Ebays loss is your gain. eBay was a terribly unsafe place to buy ecig stuff. Selling ecig stuff had been against ebays policy for years, and many of the things on it were counterfeits.
I’m not sure the government made them stop. It may have made them actually enforce their own policies though.
Ebay was awash with fakes, tis a good thing.
Glad I bought my authentic Erlkönigin on ebay when I did! It was a major stroke of luck to not only get an authentic one, but to get it for a song too.
Mine was similar but also stated they allowed certain tobacco accessories such as pipes to be sold.
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No vaporizers but actual pipes are ok?
Hypocrisy at its finest.
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Here’s the message I got....for selling a lanyard with a gutted Smok coil on it.
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Ridiculous. E cigarettes don't contain nicotine, unless maybe they grouped it all together with closed pod statems. By their standards mods should be OK just not juice. Ebay was probably under a lot of pressure from the FDA. The black market is the cause of all this, and the response from the government is going to create an environment where a black market will thrive.
They've been at this for a while. Every time I buy more coils, they rip down the listing. Last time I had to buy from a guy who is actually in China, so I got about 5 months' worth.
I know they're fakes. That's pretty much the point. I don't like paying an arm and a leg! Plus, I'm not even sure they make the legit ones any more (Aspire Nautilus BVC), and I want to be well-stocked in case figuring out the rebuildable ones turns out to be a royal pain. I would never change the system I use if I could help it, and am only planning on going to rebuildables as insurance against government stupidity.
I know they're fakes. That's pretty much the point. I don't like paying an arm and a leg! Plus, I'm not even sure they make the legit ones any more (Aspire Nautilus BVC), and I want to be well-stocked in case figuring out the rebuildable ones turns out to be a royal pain. I would never change the system I use if I could help it, and am only planning on going to rebuildables as insurance against government stupidity.
That is what the government does best. See a problem, have a knee jerk reaction that makes the problem worse, then use the claim they "did something" as part of their reelection campaign.
They say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Everyone knows that every single thing the government has ever banned is still sold 24x7x365 on the black market that popped up to fill the demand. Yet the apparently insane government continues to call for bans on ecigs, guns, and a myriad of other things that will continue to be sold despite any ban. Only with less regulation due to the black market.
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eBay has had a no e-cig sales policy in North America since around 2010, the same amount of time that the PayPal North America policy has been in effect since they were both originally owned by the same group. You can thank ASH U.S. for that. Their previous head, the same guy that originally got smoking banned on planes, wrote them a threatening letter.
As for the recent enforcement, you can thank Arkansas AG Leslie Rutledge and eBay sellers who weren't age verifying: AG Rutledge calls on eBay to remove e-nicotine devices, products - Talk Business & Politics
Arkansas AG Leslie Rutledge Takes Action Against eBay Vape Seller - American Vaping Association
As for the recent enforcement, you can thank Arkansas AG Leslie Rutledge and eBay sellers who weren't age verifying: AG Rutledge calls on eBay to remove e-nicotine devices, products - Talk Business & Politics
Arkansas AG Leslie Rutledge Takes Action Against eBay Vape Seller - American Vaping Association
Again, that may have been their policy, but that did not stop them from creating multiple e-cig/vaping categories for the US market as well as ebay personally advertising main vape hardware categories on Google.
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