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I can't sell imports on Ebay?
- Thread starter Gantz
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This issue has been around for YEARS now. Since 1998 at least. What it is, somebody at Ebay a long time ago got it into their head that "import" was synonymous with Hong Kong pirate editions. So even now, they'll frequently shitcan an auction for a legitimately-produced import game. Happened to me a few times when I was selling games and hardware last year -- they kiboshed two auctions for Saturn and PSX games and another auction for my switched Saturn console.
The enforcement of the policy is inconsistent. Sometimes an auction will survive to completion, other times they'll kill it in 12 hours or less. "Import" is the word their search keys on, so if you keep that out of your auction description (use "Japanese" instead or something), that sometimes helps.
DFS.
The enforcement of the policy is inconsistent. Sometimes an auction will survive to completion, other times they'll kill it in 12 hours or less. "Import" is the word their search keys on, so if you keep that out of your auction description (use "Japanese" instead or something), that sometimes helps.
DFS.
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It seems like they were most harsh on Dreamcast games. Throughout that system's life, it was a real pain to find any auction for a DC import that wasn't ended early. I had a couple of my auctions killed by that - but I got around it later by omitting the magic words. I've heard they had some sort of agreement with Sega during that time, and I do recall reading in their rules that DC imports were specifically disallowed. A couple of years ago they either removed that section or stopped enforcing the rules, because the floodgates opened for DC imports right about then.
i think it has to do with the terminology you use in the auction. like they'll often kill auctions that mention mods or modified consoles explicitly (even if it's a game and you're saying the buyer needs one.)
i always just make sure to say "this is a legitimate copy, not a bootleg" somewhere in there. haven't had problems since the days when DC imports were banned from ebay in general.
i always just make sure to say "this is a legitimate copy, not a bootleg" somewhere in there. haven't had problems since the days when DC imports were banned from ebay in general.
