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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: collapses on February 21, 2013, 02:40 pm
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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)
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Those are the categories. You have to click on the categories to get the descriptions with examples.
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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.
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funny how those narrow minded gits list 'drugs' and 'prescription drugs' as two separate items
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you can sell used clothing on ebay uk and event tickets!
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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.
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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.
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Wrong about the knives, i've ordered a few knives from ebay, people need survival knives, etc. ;)
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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
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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.
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catalytic converters and test pipes
What? Why can't you buy/sell catalytic converters? I wonder what the reason is??????????
-LokeToke
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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