Removal of an E Bike listing - Baby out with the Bathwater? | Discussion

auldian1950 · 2026-06-29T15:49:45.338043Z

I got a "no reply" email from EB today advising me that my listing to sell my privately owned e mountain bike has been removed from EB as the AI gatekeeper doesn’t think it complies with rules relating to “large” used Lithium-Ion batteries. My listing is for a completely UK legal Scott pedalec (pedal assisted) with a small 360Wh battery. My Scott’s electric assistance is limited to 16mph. Scott is also a well established bike manufacturer whose electric assisted bikes have passed all of the checks imposed by the UK, as well as those imposed by the European Union, with CE Certification to their batteries and battery chargers. My bike (along with those from many other reputable manufacturers like Giant, Cannondale, Boardman, etc) is most certainly NOT one the throttle operated motor bikes masquerading as a pedalec, or one of those Suron type electric powered motorbikes, much favoured by drug dealers, which have lithium-ion batteries exceeding 1000WH and top speeds in excess of 50mph. Yet EB’s AI appears to be lumping all electric bike under the same heading and taking no account of the important differences between a totally legal pedalec and the totally ILLEGAL electric powered motorbikes. If EB’s problem is the transporting of “large” rechargeable batteries through the mailing system then simply deny a posting option and say bikes can only be collected in person.If the issue is trying to comply with the UK Government’s desire to clamp down on the Chinese uncertified and lets face it unsafe fire risk bikes and batteries, and the illegal electric motor bikes then I'm all for that but would implore EB to reprogram the Listing requirements to distinguish between the types of bikes, and also amend the AI interrogation system to discriminate sensibly between legal bikes and the illegal ones. Having said all of this a quick search today on EB for “Suron” and “electric bike” turns up hundreds of these bikes lots of which are clearly fitted with enormous batteries which I suggest will not be EU approved or CE Certified !!So why is my listing being removed but hundreds of other from EBers who will fully aware their listing or for illegal bike being allowed to remain on the platform.

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