[78-L] An eBay WTF

[Benno Häupl]

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The makers of Chloe fashion/perfume must be members of eBay's a so-called 
VERO Program (Verified Intellectual Rights Program). 

Chloe as a member has the right to stop any and all Chloe items that are up 
for auction or Buy-It-Now on eBay. This is supposedly to prevent counterfeit 
products being sold on the internet. However, it is a well known fact that the 
VERO members also cancel auctions of authentic used items, probably because 
they do not want them to interfere with their pricing strategy. 

The procedure to have a genuine product reinstated as an auction on eBay is 
at the sole descretion of these VERO members, and mostly the VERO members 
do not even reply when sellers send them their receipts from their official outlet 
and serial numbers from the item itself! 

When you list items on eBay and use words in the title that may be taken for 
restricted or prohibited goods, then your item will not be listed immediately, 
but undergoes a screening procedure by a physical person. I had this a while 
ago when I listed African 78s. All were listed and searchable immediately, 
except the one with music from the Ivory Coast. The word "Ivory" triggered 
the three hours lapse. 

By the way, the U.S. Army is also a VERO member and they monitor the 
militaria category for V-Discs and AFRTS transcriptions. Most such records 
listed in "Militaria" will be taken down, supposedly because the Army is still the 
rightful owner of these "weapons". However, they obviously do not monitor 
the music category! 

Benno