problems with "adult" listings

shaolin13Member

I have a bunch of old playboy magazines, and they have airbrushed pin ups by some artist called vargas. Anyway I posted them on ebay.co.uk, and they immeadiately got pulled off, which is pretty annoying because I noticed there are a load on ebay.com, in the email explaining the problem ebay said that they can't allowing postings of this nature on foreign sites (outside US) because it might contravene regional adult materials laws. Thing is I notice that there are some UK sellers posting identical items on ebay.com, and seem to be getting by unbothered. Can I post the items censored (black out the breasts) and/or post them on ebay.com without getting kicked off by the powers that be ? Cheers

5/5/0510:32 PM

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mrsmMember

Well, if I wanted the answer to that, I would certainly go to eBay and ask. They are the ones that will do the "kicking"!

5/6/057:12 AM

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rickMember

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/mature-audiences.html

There’s this;
"Adult" or "sexually-oriented" material includes, but is not limited to:
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Any materials clearly designed to sexually arouse the viewer/reader.
That’s fairly subjective. All depends on what the definition of “clearly” is. After all, the Yanks got a course on what the definition of “is” is.

There’s this:
Blocking the "risqué" parts of an image will not exempt the item from these standards.

But then there’s this:
Material that is not considered "adult" or "sexually oriented" includes but is not limited to material which is a small and insignificant part of a catalogue, book, periodical, or other work which is not, as a whole, primarily devoted to sexual matters.
“Small” might apply to Playboy. I’m not sure whether “insignificant” applies.

5/6/057:38 AM

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shaolin13Member

thanks for the help. I think I might just leave it, not worth the hassle if some do-gooder reports it. Cheers

5/6/058:43 AM

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rickMember

do-gooder
Antonym: good-doer

5/6/052:40 PM

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emohawkMember

If someone was offended by seeing playboy magazines on ebay how did they find the entry? If you typed the word playboy in your search there is nothing 'innocent' you would be looking for.

If ebay gets no complaint, ebay doesn't act. There is far more explicit content on ebay right now than playboy magazines.

Emo

5/6/057:12 PM

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rickMember