packnrat writes:
for those who do not like the new e-bay policy. to bad!
it is a privet company and they can do as they please.
but as others here have posted it is a very bad thing they are doing,
banning any part, tool, addon, etc. for guns,
why stop there,
next year they can ban knives,
the next year?
i and many others are dropping e-bay and will not do anything to help them make any money, (sorry about your stock in them)
same goes for the paypal system.
i vote, and i spend my money in what pleases me.
e-bay does not please me, so i go else were.
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He is, respecting his opening observations, entirely correct, in-so-far as their actions or antics fall within the law. Additionally, as he also notes, what they have done is "a very bad thing". Add to that the fact that others, within the limits of the law, can also do whatever they like, including cancelling E/bay and or PayPal accounts(PayPal is owned by E/bay).
Should it turn out that E/bay begins to feel "pocketbook pain" as a result of their policies, the policies will change, given a significant enough level of pain. Absent this, they have made their decision, others can/will make theirs, including moving on to other suppliers.
In the past, I had bid on a couple of items on E/bay, ending up purchasing one of them, a marine sextant. The thing, in passing, was as advertrized, so no problem there with anyone. Given E/bay's recent moves, I'm not likely to make other purchases, unless and until their most reprehensible policies are changed. End of story, so far as I'm concerned.