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Freakin' ebay keeps on removing my auctions
« on: October 26, 2011, 11:07:39 PM »
It's the third times in 3 days that ebay removes my ad because they are, according to them, "an illegal activity".
I'm speechless...
2 firsts were electronic darts games, ebay removed the ad displaying a nice "illegal activity warning" for the followers of the auction.
Latest one was an N'Styl non-working arcade cab.
They told me that the game was regarded as a gambling machine (even if I sent them the exact definition of what a gambling machine is) because "you could insert euros in it".
What's the point of having a "pinball and arcade" section then??
Boys, are we back in April 1976? Do I have to go in the courtroom to play a game or two of Kung-Fu Master to show them that it's not a game of chance but of skills?



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Re: Freakin' ebay keeps on removing my auctions
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2011, 11:30:04 PM »
Ebay sucks.

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Re: Freakin' ebay keeps on removing my auctions
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2011, 10:52:20 PM »
Oooh, I ,love kung Fu Master! Brilliant game indeed!   ;D

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Re: Freakin' ebay keeps on removing my auctions
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2011, 01:02:40 AM »
It's the third times in 3 days that ebay removes my ad because they are, according to them, "an illegal activity".
I'm speechless...
2 firsts were electronic darts games, ebay removed the ad displaying a nice "illegal activity warning" for the followers of the auction.
Latest one was an N'Styl non-working arcade cab.
They told me that the game was regarded as a gambling machine (even if I sent them the exact definition of what a gambling machine is) because "you could insert euros in it".
What's the point of having a "pinball and arcade" section then??
Boys, are we back in April 1976? Do I have to go in the courtroom to play a game or two of Kung-Fu Master to show them that it's not a game of chance but of skills?



And what is illegal about selling coin op machines anyway ?

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Re: Freakin' ebay keeps on removing my auctions
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2011, 03:15:20 PM »
I've sent them a few emails and always got the same answer: if you can insert € in the machien, then it's forbidden to sell it on ebay Fr and Be.
Plain stupid.
I had enough of this "computer says no" kind of discussion so I dropped it.

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Re: Freakin' ebay keeps on removing my auctions
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2011, 10:35:20 PM »
I've sent them a few emails and always got the same answer: if you can insert € in the machien, then it's forbidden to sell it on ebay Fr and Be.
Plain stupid.
I had enough of this "computer says no" kind of discussion so I dropped it.


Just put on the ad that the coin acceptor has been disabled and it no longer accepts cash.
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Re: Freakin' ebay keeps on removing my auctions
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2011, 11:06:58 PM »
Sure that's what I will do... but I still think that for ebay having an "arcade & pinball" section and not being allowed to advertise coin-op machines there is nonsense.

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« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2011, 12:52:37 PM »
Or say it works on D-marks, Guilders or Drachmes. For the moment, these are not available any more. But you may never know if they returns in the near future.

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Re: Freakin' ebay keeps on removing my auctions
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2011, 11:13:03 AM »
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