Big Retail Puts eBay and Amazon Sellers in Their Cross hairs

[manimsoblack]

If you are a small seller on eBay or Amazon, you may not know it but Big Business is coming after YOU !!!

Earlier this week, two bills were introduced in the House of Representatives and one in the Senate that were written by lobbyists of the Big Retail Chains. All three bills target small eBay, Amazon and Website sellers. Supporters of the bills claim that shoplifters steal merchandise and then sell it on eBay and other venues. So the legislation would force eBay to force you to prove you purchased your merchandise legitimately.

Here is an example. Late last year Karen and I were at Costco and we saw Nautica track suits selling for $49. They still had the $119 original price tag on them. So we bought a few and tried them out on eBay. They all sold quickly at an average price of $90. So we went back and bought a few dozen more and continued to sell them. Now under this new legislation, a retailer (any retailer) could see my listing and direct eBay to investigate me to determine where I got my merchandise. And of course, eBay would have to terminate my listings until the investigation was complete.

Full Article here: http://blog.skipmcgrath.com/public/item/228469

[cyberbro]

Originally Posted by manimsoblack

Full Article here: http://blog.skipmcgrath.com/public/item/228469

The courts should tell them that is not an e-bay issue, it's an issue of security in your own store. Ebay should say prove that it was stolen from your store and the person did steel it.
is this not guilty until proved innocent?

[PQ]

Originally Posted by cyberbro

The courts should tell them that is not an e-bay issue, it's an issue of security in your own store. Ebay should say prove that it was stolen from your store and the person did steel it.
is this not guilty until proved innocent?

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These A-holes we have in Gov. today are only interested in something when it benefits them. It's the new way. I mean new for the past 20 yrs.

Where is the accountability. Let someone else fix your problem. In fact let's FORCE someone else to fix your problem. I've been saying this for years..............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG GGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[Zabo]

Originally Posted by cyberbro

The courts should tell them that is not an e-bay issue, it's an issue of security in your own store. Ebay should say prove that it was stolen from your store and the person did steel it.
is this not guilty until proved innocent?

Ebay already had something like this in place for buyer protection..

Makes me wonder why they just don't go after Ebay itself rather than this roundabout I mean seriously. 5 flipping minutes and I can prove ownership, and 9 times out of 10 so will everyone else. All this is doing is causing Ebay grief over an almost non-existant issue.

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I want to punch a baby now.

[manimsoblack]

don't take it out on a baby, just a legislator.