Ebay hate suggestions.

patman99

I posted on one of Ebay's forums in reply to another poster. Below is Ebay's response

'Dear =======,

It has recently come to our attention that one of your posts on our Community
Boards breached our Boards Usage policy.

The public chat, help and discussion boards on eBay are intended to be a
helpful, educational and enjoyable place to meet and converse with other
members. As such, courteous and respectful postings are expected from all
participants. It's against eBay rules to use inappropriate language or post
certain types of material.

Here's a copy of the post in question:

====== (148 ) View Listings | Report 14-08-09 16:34 BST 10
of 10

May be the best way forward is to follow Ebid's example. Both parties
can, right from the end of sale, leave Pos, Neutral or Negative FB,
and without the ridiculous 80 character limit.

Oh, and whilst I'm delivering constructive criticism, how about
limiting fvf to 3% max., and allowing the use of other payment
services (I'm pretty sure Ebay are in breach of EU competition law by
limiting our choice to just 'Paypal'). Ebid own PPPay, but still allow
payment via Paypal, Nochex & google checkout, so why don't Ebay do the same?

We have removed this post because the following is not allowed on our boards:

Including profanity, vulgarity, hate speech, disruptive, or hostile comments,
interpersonal disputes, or threats of violence in a post.

We realise you may not be aware of this rule. For more information on our Boards
Usage policy please copy this link into a new browser window:

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/everyone-boards.html

We respectfully request that you refrain from this activity in the future. If
you have any queries about our policies, click "Contact Us" on any eBay Help page.

Thank you for your cooperation in this important matter.


Regards,
DanielB
eBay Community Team'

sunnysea83

haha obv your not allowed to voice your opinions of ebay on their forums!!

good point about competition law though

Moglex

What a bunch of, ..., er, ..., caber throwers.

sunnysea83

ebay will not let you say aword against them or their beloved paypal.

my_gorgeous_ellie-belle

The horrible truth is that you mentoned Ebid which is what most likely got your post pulled. I innocently mentioned Amazon in one of mine and it got pulled and received a message along the same lines. No, you are not allowed to voice your own opinion on ebay, they'll find an excuse to pull it.

cyberbob

Accussing them of breaking EU law is why it was pulled. You can pay via Nochex on ebay I have seen sellers offering it. Its just no buyers use it

From NOCHEX

Nochex on Ebay: You can also use Nochex to accept payments for your Ebay auction listing

cyril82

ebay spend a lot of time and money in marketing to brainwash the sheep that believe ebay when they tell them paypal is the safest way to pay (it's not) they also won't want rival sites such as ebid mentioned on their forums, especially when your highlighting the cheaper fees,

but basically it's ebay's forum, say bad things about ebay expect to get the post pulled.

my_gorgeous_ellie-belle

its why i love this site because we can say how we feel! More people on ebay than you realise read this site though so don't worry too much.

Rebel

I don't like ebay rules but there are a number of sites who will NOT allow you to mention their competitors names on them and the penalty is often being banned from their forums or having your threads deleted at the very least

TurkishDelight

Always amuses me how people get a bee in their bonnet about forums removing posts that are anti forum owner.

To put it into real world terms, what you did was put up a flyer for the biggest competitor in the window of a company.

What ebay did was take down the flyer, stick it in the bin and politely ask you to not do it again. That seems reasonable to me. :rolleyes:

bluffer

hate suggestions No365

sellers having on their conditions of sale that any refund is conditional on not leaving negative feedback!

contrary to how many consumer laws?