Hi, Jean,
Yes, there is a difference in the two services. However, it may be
that it is simpler for Yahoo to police things than EBAY.....just don't
know. But I DO know that there are so many breeder groups on Yahoo that
if they all objected to the concept of selling pets online through
Yahoo, there would be a loud noise made and the squeaky wheel might get
greased.
I'm appalled to hear that EBAY still carries weapons related stuff. I
think I'll write to them about it myself.
By the way.....do you have your own website for your stained glass? I'd
love to know prices for those stones......fabulous! And how much prior
warning do you need for pieces which are commissioned?
Best,
Suze
Jean Kingston wrote:
>
> > 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
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