eBay Backs Down On Plans To Let You Sell Sparky Online

from the no-animal-trafficking dept

It would appear that eBay touched a nerve. With so much pet food and pet accessories being sold through eBay, the company had finally decided to lift its ban on live animals -- even promising to let animal shelters put up ads for free. However, it would appear that many people freaked out at this little plan -- fearing that the obsessive eBay seller would replace their bedroom stuffed with Beanie Babies with a bedroom stuffed with dogs in unsanitary conditions. After a ton of complaints, eBay has backed down. However, the article gives one additional hint about the complaints: the most vocal appeared to be farms and for-profit animal breeders -- both of whom would probably face a lot more competition if such an eBay market was created. Update: That last bit was not accurate, but based on a misreading of the article.
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  1. identicon
    Griffon, 20 Dec 2005 @ 10:21am

    Huh

    Well good, that market could use a lot more competition and transparency. To bad ebay is so fickle and chicken.

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  2. identicon
    You got it wrong..., 20 Dec 2005 @ 10:33am

    No Subject Given

    The article didn't say that farms and for-profit breeders were the most vocal opposition...

    read it again...

    link to this | view in thread ]

  3. identicon
    boreddusty, 20 Dec 2005 @ 11:10am

    Re: Huh

    ...if ebay was so chicken, they wouldn't have backed down....

    link to this | view in thread ]

  4. identicon
    rhost, 20 Dec 2005 @ 12:04pm

    Good

    I can just see my aunt boxing up her cats and sending them cross country.

    link to this | view in thread ]

  5. identicon
    dan, 20 Dec 2005 @ 12:07pm

    No Subject Given

    What a shame, I was looking forward to "Old Woman living in trailor with 12,542 cats" headlines.

    link to this | view in thread ]

  6. identicon
    Howard Lee Harkness, 20 Dec 2005 @ 1:41pm

    So much for...

    So much for eBay being "only a venue". You really can't have it both ways. They also forbid trade in other perfectly legal items. Since they actively enforce their politically-motivated choices, they should be held legally liable for the massive amount of fraud that their "venue" attracts.
    --
    I sell violins on ebay and competing sites

    link to this | view in thread ]


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