19-01-2025 11:41 AM
Ebay is being Ebay. An email comes, annoucing
"Your listing isn’t following policy: Offering to buy or sell outside of eBay policy"
I examine the item description. (The item is a £5 toy). It's a single line - the manufacturer's product page.
On the plus side, they do have someone writing new code, however ineptly; sometimes I think Ebay haven't updated their site since the 1990s.
19-01-2025 11:44 AM
Did someone send any message enquiring about the toy that could have been, no matter how tenuously, give any idea this was heading for an ' off eBay sale' ?
19-01-2025 11:46 AM
Nope. There has been no communication at all - and, of course, the alleged violation concerns the listing itself.
19-01-2025 12:08 PM
eBay may have got the policy incorrect.
Was the toy for use by a baby under 36 months? Since 31 October last year these can now only be sold by registered business sellers due to new safety regulations. Just a thought.