Posting Classifieds and eBay? How to follow rules?

[ssullivan]

I was talking with Del about this, and asked him this question. I figured it would be a good thing to have a support thread about, since others may have this question as well.

I recently posted a number of items for sale in the classifieds section. I posted the item and a link to its "no reserve" auction in eBay. This is against the rules, so I did that wrong. The rules say not to have links to outside sites. No problem.

The question really is this:

If I have items in an eBay auction (Nissan/Tohastu outboard, bosun's chair, harnesses, VHF, GPS(es), etc... etc... etc...) all at no reserve, meaning the buyers set the price of the items, isn't this a very good value for the other members?

If so, how do I let the other members know about the items I'm selling?

I can't accept offers that are not through eBay, since I will get a bad eBay rating if I do. Is there a way to list the items and then show the other cruisers forum members where to look if they want to buy any of them?

PS: Currently, my VHF and GPS are selling for $1. This has to be good for the community, right?

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

[Islandmike]

Sean,

I am looking for a million things, would love to see a list.

By the way hope all is well with you.

[ssullivan]

I know, Mike. I'm not sure how to do it within the rules. Hopefully an Admin will be able to answer this question. Maybe it would be a good policy to have an outside link be legal in the case of a "no reserve" auction, since the buyers are setting the price in that case?

Anxious to find out.

I'm basically selling most of my boating stuff, so as soon as I find a way to get it up here, I'll have a list.

[Islandmike]

Fantastico...Maybe I can do my Christmas shopping for Tivoli here..

Mike

[FrankZ]

Can you post the eBay item number without an actual link? Would that be allowable?

Or is the problem that it is for sale on a different site?

[ssullivan]

Originally Posted by FrankZ

Can you post the eBay item number without an actual link? Would that be allowable?

Or is the problem that it is for sale on a different site?

I'm really not sure what I'm allowed to do. I'm hoping to hear back from an Admin on this soon. I'll have something up by the end of the day, I hope!

It appears that the linking to the other site (eBay) was the problem. I'm looking forward to figuring out how to get the info to everyone.

[CSY Man]

PS: Currently, my VHF and GPS are selling for $1. This has to be good for the community, right?

Even if ya don't set a reserve on e-bay, ya can still set a minimum price to start the bidding..Say $75.00 or whatever for the VHF and GPS.

I have sold tons of stuff on e-bay with cross links on this site and others and never got in trouble..Did not know it was against any rule..

[Microship]

Not sure if this fits the TOS and apologies if it doesn't, but how about just mentioning your eBay ID? Finding items by seller is easy ("Advanced Search" to the right of the normal search box).

Cheers,
Steve

[ssullivan]

CSY Man: Me too. I also have sold a few things on here and linked to eBay. This was the first time I had the thread pulled. I set the starting bid at $1 for all my items because I like to do that. I trust the market value over what I might think my item is worth. I definitely want to sell everything. The ouboard is going up now... $1 starting bid, no reserve.

Steve: I was thinking of that... maybe a list of items being sold on here and a link off to the eBay username. I guess I'll have to wait and see what the admins allow.

Admins: Where are you???

[S/V Elusive]

Sean - while I'm not ADMIN, I would suspect that doing what Microship suggested would be perfectly correct. You might also include instructions (as he did) on how to use the information. Obviously that would all be posted in the classifieds.

As you know, some of these rules we have hinder our long time and valued members from doing what you wanted to do. Unfortunately, a few people cause these rules to be implemented. But, I believe, that we've found a good solution. Yes?

Thomas
Cruiser's Forum Moderator

[markpj23]

Should be able to just list the eBay item numbers here - no link, just the numbers.

[Alan Wheeler]

Yeah I am happy with Microship's idea. For now I will say, go ahead and do it that way. I will take the issue to our "board meeting :-) " and discuss it. I hope you all understand that it is not that we are being ...... (insert any word you may like) but the rule is a safeguard against having a flood gate open to the more sinister type hit an run posters and spammers.

[ssullivan]

Being a former member of the mod/admin team, I can definitely relate to the difficulty in figuring this stuff out. I think I was stumped a time or two on these types of issues when trying to come up with workable limits.

I will proceed as MicroShip suggested (and the mods/admins blessed), with a classified ad showing the product and the eBay auction ID number, without any type of link.

Thank you guys, for helping me understand how I can do this and still stay within the rules. I think we can all agree that a no reserve auction benefits everyone - including the mods/admins that might be hankering for some of the cheap loot! ha ha hah

[S/V Elusive]

I'm sorry Sean ... can you repost that, I seemed to have drooooooooled all over it and the words ran together! hehehehehe could be a merry xmas indeed!

[knottybuoyz]

Originally Posted by ssullivan

I will proceed as MicroShip suggested (and the mods/admins blessed), with a classified ad showing the product and the eBay auction ID number, without any type of link.

There's always a link on the upper right hand side of your listing to "View Sellers Other Items" so it's easy to find all your listings Sully. Keeping my eye on a few things!