ebay announcement re virus & listings

soolin

This ebay announcement is attracting quite a lot of comments elsewhere - I can't imagine it affects any of us but it is worth a read:

Dear seller,

 

Considering the global developments associated with Covid-19 (Coronavirus) and our dedication to delivering a safe and trusted marketplace, we would like to remind you of eBay’s Listing Policies: 

 

• Health claims and misuse of keywords: titles and item descriptions containing health claims and misusing terms such as "Coronavirus", "Covid-19", ‘Virus”, "epidemic" are prohibited.
• Inflated prices: listings that attempt to profit from tragedies and disasters (such as the Coronavirus outbreak) are prohibited. 

eBay requests that all sellers who have live listings offering items such as face masks, hand sanitizer gel or wipes, etc., review their listings and make sure that they comply with eBay Listing policies. 

 

Activity that doesn't follow eBay Listing policies could result in a range of actions, such as eBay ending or cancelling your relevant listings, hiding or demoting all listings from search results, lowering your seller rating, enforcing buying or selling restrictions, or suspending your account. 

 

To learn more about the policies and make sure your listings are compliant, we invite you to read our three most relevant policies on this topic: Prescription and over-the-counter drugs policy, Disaster and Tragedy policy, Search manipulation policy. 

 

Best regards,

 

The eBay team

hollydays

Reporting listings has never made them act before.

soolin

hollydays said:

Reporting listings has never made them act before.

very true

hollydays

Still lots of listing for masks with the word flu and virus., Many others with the word corona virus in the photo so it doesn't appear in a search .Are these prohibited?

luxor4t

Two years ago I bought a pack of 20 face masks to take to Egypt in case of Spring dust storms. I think I paid less than £2 for the lot, including delivery.
On that basis, every mask listing classes as "inflated".