Whisky Forum - EBAY February 14th

STUDOGG37 · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:41 am Post subject: EBAY February 14th

Hi, like most people on the forum, I have bought and sold a few bottles of whisky on ebay UK in the last few years.

Lately I have been watching a few items and they have been removed.
I tried listing a bottle from 1985 as per the rules it should have been ok, but it was removed, I tried again, removed once more, then I was banned for selling for 1 day?

I emailed them and this was part of the long reply.

Please be informed that due to increasing circumvention of international laws governing sale of alcohol and related items, eBay Policy and Legal teams have decided to put blanket ban on sale of containers containing alcohol, regardless of its purpose of consumption or collectible items. Furthermore, this ban will be effective from February 14, 2013. Therefore, we request all eBay members to abide by the laws and not list alcohol and related items on the site from February 14, 2013. I hope our policy is clear to you and in addition to that, empty bottles of alcohol are permitted on the site; however, list images and description must make it evident.

You can read the below following Alcohol which will be effective till February 14, 2013. I'd like to inform you that eBay attract buyers from all over the world and we can't restrict buyers from buying the product listed on the site. Hence, considering respective laws of various countries, we have kept a blanket ban on Wine, Port, or Champagne; however, empty containers of alcoholic contents can be listed on the site.

Alastair · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:01 am Post subject:

I will certainly miss whisky being on ebay, i have bought a few bottles over the years. Cheers for letting us know

5-12-1908 · Master Of Malts Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Posts: 307

you read about child images, slander etc being allowed on differing sites because they deem themselves not to be police...facebook etc.

surely breaking any laws is between the two people in the sale. Now us legitamate buyers and sellers have to suffer.
Britain....MENTAL!

bifter · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:30 pm Post subject:

Happy Valentine's to everyone from eBay! This could really dampen the market for the lower end of the collectibles market as eBay really dominate online auctions.
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Lennox · Master Of Malts Joined: 10 Jun 2010 Posts: 457

It will certainly affect the secondary market for whisky miniatures