German Historical items...ebay won't let me post

if it makes you feel any better, i have indian jewelry that has swasticas on them that ebay likes to cancel. thing is, to the native american, it means something totally different.

basically any wwii german stuff is banned. there are, of course, other venues...

--ebay: not just a venue

Wayoutwest....do you have any suggestions. I thought about putting it under historical instead of military. It is really irritating! For some business to have so much power...but I can understand the racial part of it too. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Kim

you might try selling it on http://www.gunbroker.com or even yahoo auctions. they all allow wwii items with swastikas, etc. (or at least yahoo used to, and i know gunbroker does)

since many collectors of wwii stuff are also gun collectors, might do better on the gun site, but dunno. never sold anything on either of them.

reason why ebay banned nazi stuff is because france banned the selling of it.

sorry i dont have other suggestions. best of luck with it! personally, i think ebay is wrong for banning historical nazi items. if theyre going to do that, they need to ban hammer and sickle (sp?), confederate items, etc etc

edit to add - here's another gun auction site http://www.auctionarms.com/

It's possible, too, that the problem is somebody is reporting your listings -- in which case eBay is likely to just end them without much investigation (or so it seems).

And if there is somebody reporting your listings and if they're keeping an eye on them then you'll never catch a break. But who knows.

This is just one more example of ebay trying to babysit which as you guys know from some of my other post, seriously Ticks Me Off!. We have enough nannyism in the US from our government, Like we need ebay doin it too? sheesh!

I can understand why ebay would cancel some auctions, such as rights violation or government imposed regulations, etc. But to cancel an auction of uneakstuff's nature is uncalled for. These type items fall under the same category as say, an X rated movie channel. If you dont like it, then dont look at it.

Someone needs to bring a lawsuit to ebays doorstep over this kind of thing. I mean after all it is a public trading ground, right? Then maybe they will quit integrating opinion into their rules and stick with Local, State, Federal and worldwide regulations only.
GRRRRRRRRRRR! Sorry, My button got pushed!

P.S. Dont feel bad Uneakstuff I once had 4 listings cancelled because they had the word Jello in the description. I was selling molds that were not Jello Brand....ahahahahahahaha! Rediculous!

Well, it is eBay's business. They can restrict whatever they like.

But like wayoutwest said (this is my understanding as well) eBay banned Nazi-related items because France has banned them. I don't remember the details but apparently if French buyers were to win them it would cause some potential financial and/or legal problems for eBay.

Ok, so france wants to babysit its people as well then. Because just like our government (They know whats best for you)..lol. Better put that seatbelt on, you might fly through the window if you crash...lol. So basically ebay is going to bow to the french government to save face then...is this what your saying? Good lawd!!!!!!! we got babysitters all over the place. Hand me that pacifier would ya...lmao. Sorry man its just one of my pet peeves...Ill stop now...lolol.

Hey, I'm with you! It's a crazy world.