> OK, what really gets me here is that Yahoo allows this "service" to > exist. Unlike Ebay, who stopped it quickly when they got mail about it, > Yahoo thinks that the revenue from such ads is enough that it can afford > to lose people.
There is a big difference in the two. Isn't Ebay is an Auction business, while Yahoo is a search engine? But in any case, Ebay certainly isn't squeaky clean. One of Ebay's banned merchandise items is firearms and weapons. Right after September 11th, I found sales for stun guns, bullet proof vests, brass knuckles, & swords to name a few. I found these items simply by searching the auction. Obviously they weren't policing their own site. It is extremely difficult now to get a complaint to eBay's customer service but I complained to them once about a listing and was threatened to be kicked off eBay. Recently I did another check for firearms on the site and found that they are not listing weapons at auction anymore but they are listing catalogues for weapons. Books are not an illegal item on eBay. I've quit selling my glass on eBay but I don't think they care, LOL. I think the problem here is that we have plunged into the rapid growing, explosive age of electronic communication. It has grown so fast that laws and safeguards have not been able to keep up. Is it possible for a search engine to be programmed with every law from every country in order for it to flag and reject an ad selling pups advertised as purebreds without papers. It's scarey but we all have that tiger by the tail. Incidentally, what is the cost to register pups in the U.S. ?In Canada, even for a non-member the cost to register a litter is only $27. and $27. to individually register each pup.... half that if you are a member. That hardly justifies not registering pups to keep the cost down. The general public doesn't know this and probably don't care. They just see the opportunity to get a cheap pup. If it looks like a Cavalier, it must be a Cavalier. Ask a pet owner who were the sire and dam of their dog. Most of them won't know. We are the only ones that care about that. The only time they care is when something goes wrong with the pup but they still don't seem to be able to figure out that the pup they bought without papers wasn't carefully bred with health issues in mind and didn't come with a guarantee. Public education is a very important issue but it's going to take a lot more than we have been doing. The pet shops and puppy mills are still in business. Sorry for getting on the soap box. Jean Kingston Waawaaskone Reg'd. Cavaliers A Fancy For Glass http://www.cartogra.com/rs/67CF4CD0-65F5-11D6-B42B-0090277A760E ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
