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Not sure if this is the right forum to post this, but admins please move or remove at your discretion.
I came across this on the eBay community pages:
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From [Name Withheld] Company
We feel this information should be distributed widly in the film and firearms industry (and possibility general) regarding eBay's policies on what they call "assault weapons".
Background: We mainly sell certified and licensed collectables from US and international film and entertainment contracts with signed maker release authorization certificates. We have been working in the industry for over 50 years.
ALL (not some or few) of these items were props, mainly wardrobe, decorations, and jewelry. Anything that resembles a heavy object is made of light material, such as a prop mace is constructed of light foam or PVC material. Anything resembling a sharp edge object is actually a dull PVC or other plastic / rubber composite.
Our eBay account was recently suspended after eBay removed many of our items citing various "policy violations" further elaborating that they could be used to assault people or "assault weapons".
We had one of our officers (a multi agency law enforcement agency with firearms certification and training) contact eBay to get a more official enquiry as to the reasons behind this:
An eBay representative (name withheld, herein referred to as eBay rep) stated that the reason for removing the items is that they could be used and modified to "assault someone", clarification to "assault weapon".
When asked what their definition was regarding "assault weapon", it seemed to differ to that of common law (e.g. California or Federal assault weapon ban laws), the eBay rep explains that their policy definition of "assault weapon" is anything that could be "modified" to "attach to" a legal firearm or knife.
Our officer explained that our items were props and specifically could NOT be attached to any known weapon, tool, knife, or firearms design to "make it harm others" more.
eBay rep answered "that was the reason why [items] were banned and removed".
Officer asked eBay rep if eBay rep understood what "could NOT" means.
eBay rep further elaborated that items you can get anywhere as raw material that could be used to build a weapon are banned on eBay (for safety reasons).
Officer pointed out that virtually any object eBay's customers baught could be modified and used to "assault" someone, then questioned if that applies to vrtually everything.
eBay rep answered "yes".
Officer questioned why some items are still visible and listed on eBay's web site.
eBay rep explained that when they are reported they will be removed.
Officer then questioned that, if eBay's policies were against items that could be used to "assault" someone, why did eBay have specific categories for "Military Knives" and "Hunting Rifles".
eBay explained that anyone who lists anything there will have their items "removed and account suspended".
Futher, officer questioned the rep towards their buyer base as to why they would have a such a high risk for creating "assault weapons" to assault people? mainly as to if their buyer base is comprised mostly of "criminals".
eBay rep answered "yes".
Conclusions, so apparently it appears eBay is pretty much going after any and every seller at this point for any object that could be used or modified to be used to "assault" someone.
This seems rather broad-reaching and if anyone reported everyone's listings, in theory and perfect policy enforcement, all virtually all non vritual items would be removed.
I came across this on the eBay community pages:
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From [Name Withheld] Company
We feel this information should be distributed widly in the film and firearms industry (and possibility general) regarding eBay's policies on what they call "assault weapons".
Background: We mainly sell certified and licensed collectables from US and international film and entertainment contracts with signed maker release authorization certificates. We have been working in the industry for over 50 years.
ALL (not some or few) of these items were props, mainly wardrobe, decorations, and jewelry. Anything that resembles a heavy object is made of light material, such as a prop mace is constructed of light foam or PVC material. Anything resembling a sharp edge object is actually a dull PVC or other plastic / rubber composite.
Our eBay account was recently suspended after eBay removed many of our items citing various "policy violations" further elaborating that they could be used to assault people or "assault weapons".
We had one of our officers (a multi agency law enforcement agency with firearms certification and training) contact eBay to get a more official enquiry as to the reasons behind this:
An eBay representative (name withheld, herein referred to as eBay rep) stated that the reason for removing the items is that they could be used and modified to "assault someone", clarification to "assault weapon".
When asked what their definition was regarding "assault weapon", it seemed to differ to that of common law (e.g. California or Federal assault weapon ban laws), the eBay rep explains that their policy definition of "assault weapon" is anything that could be "modified" to "attach to" a legal firearm or knife.
Our officer explained that our items were props and specifically could NOT be attached to any known weapon, tool, knife, or firearms design to "make it harm others" more.
eBay rep answered "that was the reason why [items] were banned and removed".
Officer asked eBay rep if eBay rep understood what "could NOT" means.
eBay rep further elaborated that items you can get anywhere as raw material that could be used to build a weapon are banned on eBay (for safety reasons).
Officer pointed out that virtually any object eBay's customers baught could be modified and used to "assault" someone, then questioned if that applies to vrtually everything.
eBay rep answered "yes".
Officer questioned why some items are still visible and listed on eBay's web site.
eBay rep explained that when they are reported they will be removed.
Officer then questioned that, if eBay's policies were against items that could be used to "assault" someone, why did eBay have specific categories for "Military Knives" and "Hunting Rifles".
eBay explained that anyone who lists anything there will have their items "removed and account suspended".
Futher, officer questioned the rep towards their buyer base as to why they would have a such a high risk for creating "assault weapons" to assault people? mainly as to if their buyer base is comprised mostly of "criminals".
eBay rep answered "yes".
Conclusions, so apparently it appears eBay is pretty much going after any and every seller at this point for any object that could be used or modified to be used to "assault" someone.
This seems rather broad-reaching and if anyone reported everyone's listings, in theory and perfect policy enforcement, all virtually all non vritual items would be removed.
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