topic Re: Eggs in Seller Central

Eggs

bid1photos — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 19:59:49 GMT

If it is against EBay policy to sell them (or is it government policy, we are unclear) - why are EBay allowing this??!! There are 63 listings up stating fertile hatching eggs for sale.

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jonatjonatjonat — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 20:19:45 GMT

Because they simply are not serious about upholding policy on their site.

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bid1photos — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 21:07:23 GMT

Agree! Yet fiercely adamant to “protect those having used EBay for years”. I told them that didn’t wash!

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auctionmike1 — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 09:43:40 GMT

It's not just eggs - ALL of the things you're not supposed to be able to sell on eBay can easily be found. Racist material, pornography, digital goods, live material, it's all there. You would think they could have bots trawling through listings night and day, but no, they just pay lip service to the concept of ethical trading.

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bzmotman — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:20:25 GMT

To rake in fees and therefore profit.

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bid1photos — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:13:23 GMT

Appalling, so two-faced! What live material?
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bid1photos — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:13:24 GMT

Undoubtedly!
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philw39 — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:01:13 GMT

There are a lot more than that who are pretending the eggs aren't for hatching. eBay have recently removed hundreds, but the sellers just relist. eBay's reliance on people reporting listings makes their policy a bit null and void. Until recently, there were thousands of live corals being sold. The amount of brand new sellers that register and then start selling 'live animals' makes a mockery of the policy. Why aren't there people at eBay checking. I mean, you just gave to search 'eggs' and you find anything from quail eggs to emu eggs for hatching (despite what the sellers say). eBay policy does not account for the facts that give these sellers away.... Price of eggs for one! And who buys eggs from very specific varieties of bird to eat, especially at 4 or more times the price of eggs that we can all buy. In fact. Who buys any eggs for eating off eBay when postage would make them more expensive than a farm shop, even if the egg price itself was the same?

Keep reporting them people. Why should they get away with it when so many have had to stop selling because of the policy?

Rant over.

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bid1photos — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:50:23 GMT

Very good rant! So agree. And “Live coral”? - far worse to sell 😣
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