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Yeah, it's new. They did have tons of vape related items listed. I've bought several things from there such as used mods, custom drip tips, and supplies like wire. It was a good resource to find used high end Facebook only mods and some other hard to find things.
Yeah but it's not been allowed per eBay policy for years.
People were selling anyway, but if you got reported for it your vape related items would get removed by eBay..
The way eBay looks lately I'd say eBay finally cracked down on it across the board... but their policy isn't any different now than it has been for about 4 years now. (I think that was about when the major policy change was and many/most legitimate vape shops stopped selling on eBay)
Also, PayPal made their change then too, you cannot use PayPal for any vape or tobacco related purchases for about 4 years..
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Vaping products have long been a pseudo no-no on Amazon. A few accessories are allowed to slip through. Last time I bought 40 some pre-made coils, they were listed as something like 'used for radio frequency experiments' or something like that. Yea, because well everyone needs fused clapton coils for radio frequency uses!
I knew that nicotine was banned, but they had a category labeled "e-cigarette" until a day or two ago. I don't think they would have a category listed for a product that they don't allow. As long as it did not contain nicotine, it was ok to sell. I kept an eye on the rules for a while since I have been selling vape accessories on there for a couple years now.
Well that stinks! I am glad I am done stocking up as I got a ton of stuff from ebay... I currently have 3 vape related ebay orders on the slowboat.
EDIT: When I go through my past orders and click on stuff, the items are still for sale... maybe they're censoring the search??
EDIT #2: When I search for things like coils, I am getting a few results, but nowhere near what I used to.
EDIT #3: Just noticed, the results that are showing up are only sponsored listings that vendors have paid for, they must not have gotten that far in their cleanup.
EDIT: When I go through my past orders and click on stuff, the items are still for sale... maybe they're censoring the search??
EDIT #2: When I search for things like coils, I am getting a few results, but nowhere near what I used to.
EDIT #3: Just noticed, the results that are showing up are only sponsored listings that vendors have paid for, they must not have gotten that far in their cleanup.
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I would say that, like @Izan pointed out, it is a US restriction. I would say the listings would still appear for other countries, like maybe Canada, so they didn't pull the listings themselves down but rather restrict who can search them according to country. My listings didn't get pulled down, but I can't find them in a search. So I'm manually ending my listings myself.
IDK, I just did this search. Maybe it's search related on keywords because this is on DNA 75
It was everything in the e-cigarette category. There are still a few random items listed, but 99% of the stuff is gone.
Yes.. but have you noticed the PayPal receipts? They will only include the order number and not the object you purchased if it's vape related..
your PayPal receipt looks slightly different than the store receipt as a result..
Ebay Canada does not allow the sale of vape products. To my knowledge, the policy has been in place for both US and Canada for some time. There are sellers who do not comply to the policies, and I am sure there are challenges to policing. There may also be accessories such as drip tips that may not fall under the regulations.
I'm a seller on eBay, this policy was implemented long ago..
This was in Febuary 2015:
Confused about eBay Tobacco Policy - The eBay Community
But obviously not enforced, because up till a couple of days ago, I could have sworn that ebay.com was on it's way to changing it's domain name to ebay-the-largest-source-for-vaping-supplies-on-the-internet.com
As I said before, all legitimate shops stopped selling when the policy over ecigs first came into effect. That doesn't mean some people still didn't sell anyway, they just played the averages that eBay couldn't police everything and hoped they could sell a few things before the ad was taken down by eBay..
There are many complaints and or inquiries found on the internet, some dating back a few years in regards to Ebay’s vape policies. There are also some who feel Ebay shows favoritism, thus turning a blind eye for large volume sellers.
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