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Re: EBAY anti-fraud actions (was [OM] ebay loser)

Subject: Re: EBAY anti-fraud actions (was [OM] ebay loser)
From: Jay Maynard <jmaynard@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 08:46:29 -0600
On Sun, Jan 23, 2000 at 07:54:17AM +0000, Barks wrote:
> A splokesman for EBay talked on BBC Radio 4 (the best talk radio 
> station in the world BTW) 2 days ago on the subject of the sale of 
> Nazi and Concentration Camp "memorabilia".  He was asked why EBay was 
> associated with such a despicable trade; the answer was "..EBay is 
> only a listing service, we cannot control what is sold through this 
> service ...".  This is a paraphrase BTW.

Uh huh. On the other hand, they can and do prohibit the sale of firearms -
even in circumstances where that sale is unquestionably legal.

Can you say "double standard"?

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