In rec.photo.darkroom David Nebenzahl wrote:
: Frank Pittel spake thus:

: In rec.photo.darkroom David Nebenzahl wrote:
: : John spake thus:
:
: : On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 18:25:25 -0600, "WhoCares"
: : wrote:
: :
: : wrote in message
: : oups.com...
: :
: : http://cgi.ebay.com/[....]
: :
: :
: :
: : Do they listen ?
:
: : Maybe, but it probably wouldn't make any difference anyhow: what he did
: : isn't against their (eBay's) TOS, only against this newsgroup's charter,
: : which eBay could probably give two ****s about.
:
: Advertising auctions on newsgroup in violation of the groups charter is in
: violation of ebay's tos and grounds for having an account suspended. Whether
: or not they will actually do anything about is unknown.

: I don't think that's so; I just waded through a lot of eBay's "rules for
: sellers", and while they do prohibit offers to sell outside of eBay
: (which this was not) and email spam, there's nothing there I could find
: that pertains to newsgroups. In fact, it appears that this is exempt
: from their sanctions, at least according to this little bit:

: Instant messages and other forms of communication conducted outside
: of eBay are not within our jurisdiction. Although posts on the eBay
: Discussion Boards are not reviewed as spam, eBay does have a policy
: related to appropriate board usage.

: (Notice that they're referring to their own boards, not outside ones.)

: Can you find the relevant section in their rules that says that this is
: a violation of their terms? I don't think you can, but I could be wrong.

This is what I found while searching on the word usenet.

eBay users may not post on Usenet groups (Internet newsgroups) to advertise eBay
or an eBay listing that is inappropriate or violates the Usenet board policy. If
Usenet abuse is reported to eBay, we may among other remedies remove the listing,
issue a warning, or suspend the user's eBay account.

The above would seem to cover advertising ebay auctions in newsgroups in
violation of the group charter.

Please note that eBay can only take action in cases where it's clear it was an
eBay member who posted to the Usenet group inappropriately.

Notice they give themselves a broad "out" in enforcing the policy.
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