I didn't know this had happened. I've been watching their items for months now; many are fantastic. Although they do have an abundant cache of military posters, they don't keep all their eggs in that basket.
I've also seen whatever they had before this red tape issue. I never encountered anything offensive. Some were for other countries, but never offensive...very interesting...
Andrea ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 2:33 AM Subject: [MOPO] Be very afraid-Ebay is now Big Brother?
Here's something I find very alarming, disturbing, and, I'm sorry to say, not surprising. I think this is a little more serious than the $400 Wizard of Oz Portal poster sucker sale thread, too.
I was browsing Ebay, and found a seller who had a Dutch "Son of Kong" poster (at a very high price). But I was curious, so I punched up the seller's other auctions. The seller (oldpaperville) also had some cool-looking world war II era patriotic posters. I clicked on one, and then another, and another, and another. And each time, instead of the item auction, I got this:
"Dear User:
Unfortunately, access to this particular category or item has been blocked due to legal restrictions in your home country. Based on our discussions with concerned government agencies and eBay community members, we have taken these steps to reduce the chance of inappropriate items being displayed. Regrettably, in some cases this policy may prevent users from accessing items that do not violate the law. At this time, we are working on less restrictive alternatives. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause you, and we hope you may find other items of interest on eBay.
Thank You".
My country: USA. The category: collectibles/militariana/wwII. Their WWI and non war related stuff seems to come up fine. I'll give you dollars to donuts this has something to do with the so-called Patriot act, and for some sick wrong-headed reason, Ebay will not allow Americans to view the auctions for....PATRIOTIC AMERICAN POSTERS FROM THE GOOD WAR!!!
I'd appreciate if someone else would try this sellers list--I'm going to go try the category generally, but I'd really like to know what's going on here. IS it just me, or is this really wrong? (maybe they're only blocking me.. Maybe I'm on their list. Excuse me, I have to go peek out of the blinds to check for black helicopters and strange men smoking under streetlamps with eyeholes in their newspapers. --Tom
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