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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: collapses on February 21, 2013, 02:40 pm

Title: Ebay prohibited items list
Post by: collapses on February 21, 2013, 02:40 pm
I posted this on the old forum a long time ago but here it is again, the ebay prohibited items list, http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/items-ov.html.  I figure it's a good way for vendors to discover things that could be sold on SR.  If you go to the link you will find lots of examples of things that are banned on ebay.

Prohibited and restricted items

Adult Only category
alcohol
animals and wildlife products – examples include live animals, mounted specimens, and ivory
art 
artifacts, grave-related items, and Native American arts and crafts
catalytic converters and test pipes
cell phone (wireless) service contracts
charity and fundraising
clothing, used
contracts
cosmetics, used
counterfeit currency and stamps
credit cards
currency, selling
describing drugs and drug-like substances
drugs and drug paraphernalia
electronics equipment – examples include cable TV de-scramblers, radar scanners, and traffic signal control devices
electronic surveillance equipment – examples include wiretapping devices and telephone bugging devices
embargoed goods and prohibited countries – examples include items from Cuba
event tickets
firearms, weapons, and knives – examples include pepper spray, replicas, and stun guns (see also military items)
food and healthcare items
gift cards
government documents, IDs, and licenses
government, transit, and shipping-related items – examples include airplane operations manuals, subway employee uniforms, and U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mailbags
hazardous materials – examples include batteries, fireworks, and refrigerants
human remains and body parts
importation of goods into the US – examples include CDs that were intended only for distribution in a certain country
international trading
items encouraging illegal activity – examples include an eBook describing how to create methamphetamine
lockpicking devices
lottery tickets
mailing lists and personal information
manufacturers' coupons
medical devices – examples include contact lenses, pacemakers, and surgical instruments
military items (see also firearms, weapons, and knives)                         
multi-level marketing, pyramid, and matrix programs
offensive material – examples include ethnically or racially offensive material and Nazi memorabilia
pesticides
plants and seeds                           
police-related items
political memorabilia (reproduction)
postage meters
prescription drugs
prohibited services
real estate
recalled items
slot machines
stamps
stocks and other securities
stolen property and property with removed serial numbers
surveillance equipment
tobacco
travel
weeds (see plants and seeds)
Title: Re: Ebay prohibited items list
Post by: collapses on February 21, 2013, 03:13 pm
Those are the categories.  You have to click on the categories to get the descriptions with examples.
Title: Re: Ebay prohibited items list
Post by: meatwad on February 21, 2013, 09:59 pm
I for one would like to see some more fireworks listed on the Road.  Especially the ones that look just like the fireworks displays that your city puts together on July 4th.
Title: Re: Ebay prohibited items list
Post by: Fallkniven on February 21, 2013, 10:32 pm
funny how those narrow minded gits list 'drugs' and 'prescription drugs' as two separate items
Title: Re: Ebay prohibited items list
Post by: Ron Swanson on February 22, 2013, 08:06 am
you can sell used clothing on ebay uk and event tickets!
Title: Re: Ebay prohibited items list
Post by: snailgod on February 22, 2013, 09:33 pm
Huh... I've bought items matching some of those and seen items matching others. I wonder if they were recently added to the list or if they're just not strictly enforced.
Title: Re: Ebay prohibited items list
Post by: Scurry on February 22, 2013, 09:50 pm
I used to buy peyote plants, spore syringes, and secretly listed pot seeds with ease.

Not any more in the past few years.

but, if you frequent categories of items such as being described, and you search buyitnows, you'll be surprised at what can be purchased... if you are fast.
Title: Re: Ebay prohibited items list
Post by: jnemonic on February 22, 2013, 10:22 pm
Wrong about the knives, i've ordered a few knives from ebay, people need survival knives, etc. ;)
Title: Re: Ebay prohibited items list
Post by: collapses on February 23, 2013, 12:35 am
you can sell used clothing on ebay uk and event tickets!

Huh... I've bought items matching some of those and seen items matching others. I wonder if they were recently added to the list or if they're just not strictly enforced.

Wrong about the knives, i've ordered a few knives from ebay, people need survival knives, etc. ;)


Those are the categories.  You have to click on the categories to get the descriptions with examples.
Title: Re: Ebay prohibited items list
Post by: zerik on February 23, 2013, 01:26 am
Yea eBay has gone crazy with bannin some things.

A lot of stuff you can find under different categories.

What kind of native American art can't you sell. A friend buys Indian stuff all the time on ebay.

But yea there is a market for a lot of stuff. Wish SR had a section for other stuff. Those could add a lot to sales and  would give new people a good way to build stats.
Title: Re: Ebay prohibited items list
Post by: android465764E on February 23, 2013, 01:37 am
I've sold otc diphenhydramine on eBay, and co-codamol. No problems. Not prescription items in uk, but still to be sold "under the supervision of" a pharmacist.

BUT they did take down a listing for a Jorge Cervantes indoor growers bible.
Reason: "an item that may encourage illegal activity". (incidentally, still got that if anyone is interested. Brand new latest edition. lol)

EBay uk is all over the place is seems. Very lackluster in which rules they choose to enforce and when. (Ō_o)
Title: Re: Ebay prohibited items list
Post by: danconia on February 23, 2013, 02:26 am
I for one would like to see some more fireworks listed on the Road.  Especially the ones that look just like the fireworks displays that your city puts together on July 4th.

+1, I haven't even thought about that.  We once got some good ones from a Native American reservation and they had those big ones.  I believe they called them "mortars", and they did fire out of a tube like a mortar.  They were expensive, like $20 / mortar but man it was cool to light those babies off.

Just make sure you don't get caught if it's illegal in your area, and don't start any fires.
Title: Re: Ebay prohibited items list
Post by: snailgod on February 23, 2013, 05:48 am
Those are the categories.  You have to click on the categories to get the descriptions with examples.

animals and wildlife products – examples include live animals, mounted specimens, and ivory
electronics equipment – examples include cable TV de-scramblers, radar scanners, and traffic signal control devices
electronic surveillance equipment – examples include wiretapping devices and telephone bugging devices
...
Title: Re: Ebay prohibited items list
Post by: zerik on February 23, 2013, 06:15 am
I've sold otc diphenhydramine on eBay, and co-codamol. No problems. Not prescription items in uk, but still to be sold "under the supervision of" a pharmacist.

BUT they did take down a listing for a Jorge Cervantes indoor growers bible.
Reason: "an item that may encourage illegal activity". (incidentally, still got that if anyone is interested. Brand new latest edition. lol)

EBay uk is all over the place is seems. Very lackluster in which rules they choose to enforce and when. (Ō_o)

Lol the drug was ok but they banned a book! Only on eBay could that make sense.
Title: Re: Ebay prohibited items list
Post by: LokeToke on February 23, 2013, 11:40 am
catalytic converters and test pipes

What? Why can't you buy/sell catalytic converters? I wonder what the reason is??????????

-LokeToke
Title: Re: Ebay prohibited items list
Post by: obiwanjabroni on March 05, 2013, 11:08 pm
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What? Why can't you buy/sell catalytic converters? I wonder what the reason is??????????

-LokeToke

 I wonder if its got something to do with the gold and platinum that can be found in the catalytic converter but its just a guess