eBay Backs Down On Plans To Let You Sell Sparky Online
from the no-animal-trafficking dept
It would appear that eBay touched a nerve. With so much pet food and pet accessories being sold through eBay, the company had finally decided to lift its ban on live animals — even promising to let animal shelters put up ads for free. However, it would appear that many people freaked out at this little plan — fearing that the obsessive eBay seller would replace their bedroom stuffed with Beanie Babies with a bedroom stuffed with dogs in unsanitary conditions. After a ton of complaints, eBay has backed down. However, the article gives one additional hint about the complaints: the most vocal appeared to be farms and for-profit animal breeders — both of whom would probably face a lot more competition if such an eBay market was created. Update: That last bit was not accurate, but based on a misreading of the article.
Comments on “eBay Backs Down On Plans To Let You Sell Sparky Online”
Huh
Well good, that market could use a lot more competition and transparency. To bad ebay is so fickle and chicken.
Re: Huh
…if ebay was so chicken, they wouldn’t have backed down….
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The article didn’t say that farms and for-profit breeders were the most vocal opposition…
read it again…
Good
I can just see my aunt boxing up her cats and sending them cross country.
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What a shame, I was looking forward to “Old Woman living in trailor with 12,542 cats” headlines.
So much for...
So much for eBay being “only a venue”. You really can’t have it both ways. They also forbid trade in other perfectly legal items. Since they actively enforce their politically-motivated choices, they should be held legally liable for the massive amount of fraud that their “venue” attracts.
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I sell violins on ebay and competing sites