Sorry, I was just privately reminded that registration fees have gone up. $40. non member to register the litter and $30. for individual pups. (providing you send it in prior to 120 after birth)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Kingston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 7:34 AM Subject: [CKCS-L] ebay vs Yahoo > > 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. > ========================================================= "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.
