I had a cult like following for two years on ebay, my full time job. people woke up to have coffee to read my auctions because they were amusing and fun and creative. I used colorful discriptions quotes and a blog. 100% feedback, and solid customer support. ebay suspended me for copywrite violations, as I sold luxury goods, and then made me beg for reinstatement, after 7 days, I did get back on- only to get suspended perm. forever- 24 hrs later after using the word IMPORTED on IMPORTED goods. I sold IMPORTED goods and they said I could not use the word IMPORTED, and there was nothing in any help page that would have warned me of such a stupid illogial policy. I told ebay that my buisness was my sole support of my house, car and children and they igored me.
theres no buiness stablity to putting your efforts in building a buiness on ebay. ebay CAN be sued for this because theres certain grey areas that can be address in a lawsuit. they cover their butts like nothing that ever has been seen before in buiness, and ebay makes more money then anyone can fanthom. I found five other sellers of the same type of thing I sold, selling using the exact same 'policy violations' ebay told me it banned ME for and reported them at least 30 times and its been two months and ebay has yet to cite the other sellers even once. their auctions STILL have the 'policy violations' ebay says are not allowed: and the sellers HAVE been reported not just by me but by others, in case it was me ebay igored. after alot of reading, I have discovered ebay IS unethical in collecting DATA on you and me. THEY store EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU forever. they DO look up and store anyone in my household, people who live on my street, anyone and anything any THING that can connect me to anyone who might open an ebay account. and people who try to open another account who get caught all have ONE thing in common: they underestimated ebay. and I will tell you why: the goons geeks and bots at ebay have massive egos. what it is is you would think they would not care about little ole you: but in truth its a MASSIVE ego fight with the PC whiz's at ebay to hunt you down. they run MATIX like programs 24-7 to seek heat you down in the dark while you sleep and sniff out any activity you might be doing to get back on. NO one would think for a min they would bother with that! its so upsetting because ebay sends newsletters telling people to trust a buiness built on ebay: to change thier lives, and drop full time jobs, ebay does have a niche, in terms of being sued over this. I am postive if a law firm wanted to take them on they would win. however since ebay would fight with maybe 1,000 or more legal experts to the death as BILLIONS of dollars stand at stake, no law firm will fight. MOST of all, please dont assume anyone getting suspended by ebay or banned by ebay was a dirty nasty person who was trying to rip someone off. I get letters every day begging me to come back to eby by my buyers whom ebay forwards to me strangely to read but wont allow me to respond. its pitiful because I provided a really neat unique service that people adored, and I wrapped my items as gifts to them with surprises and treats. Ebay allowed me to leave an abusive marriage and gave me hope and I donated quite a bit of my profits to charity. As all the other sad stories, NO one at ebay cared, about me, or cared about stopping my suspension. EBAY is libel because they DO work publish and create, trust in sellers to BUILD a business ON EBAY as a sole source of support. the lack of- RIGHTS you would have in a typical workplace DO NOT EXISTS in ebay. ebay allows other sellers to complain about you, to take you out, and you will be taken out. after TONS of sleepless nights researching I know this is what happened to me. Jealous sellers of the same type of item I had complained about me and that is why I was slated for removal. I simply stuck out because I sold something so creatively, I was the envy of a great many other people. I lost my shirt, my faith, I have PTS from this. Please- dont defend ebay. your making a mistake. its a machine, souless and dangerous. a wolf in sheeps clothing.