new business contact detail policy.

forgotmyname wrote: »

So a proper business is not allowed to pop an address or email or phone number in the decription?

If this is to tidy up the description box so that only information revelant to the item for sale, then all good.

BUT.. If its to stop buyers contacting the seller directly to buy off ebay without using the ebay system at all then a big fail, business sellers should display their details as a legal requirement.

Another case where dodgy sellers "im not a business, just selling stuff to make some money", get away with it and genuine sellers contacted to say which listings are not allowed?

Is this a friendly contact or another way to punish sellers?

I suspect ebay realise that the majority of buyers completely fail to look for the business contact details we all legally display!

I also suspect this is more to catch businesses that put up a single listing basically as a contact advert, the sort that sell collections or car parts by listing one and suggesting that buyers contact them on the mobile if they are interested in a different model, colour or part . I would also expect unregistered businesses to be caught up as well as differentiating them with the current basic admin programmes that ebay use will be impossible. I know it doesn't matter whether I sell on my business or my private account that if I try and send an email address via a message to someone making an enquiry then that message will not send, I assume the system will act the same and just refuse to list anything that is believes carries a contact detail in the description - at least I hope they level the system up that way!