ebay "self-appointed police"

[Carl Menne]

Lighten up, guys. Get a life. Mind your own business.There are other REAL
criminals out there to be concerned about.. Too many hams spend too much
time in jealous hatred of CB operators.
----- Original Message -----
From: Lloyd Schoenig <lschoeni2 at HOME.COM>
To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 11:32 AM
Subject: Fw: Re: Ebay


> Almost every day I check out the "Ham Radio" listings of eBay. I'm not
> looking for illegal ads, I'm looking for "bargains", HI. But, if I see an
ad
> for a 10 meter amp that says or even implies it could be used on 11
meters,
> I complain to eBay immediately. If it's illegal then eBay shouldn't list
it.
> Lloyd, k3zpn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Dupuis Wn2Sqc" <wn2sqc at JUNO.COM>
> To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 11:12 AM
> Subject: Re: Ebay
>
>
> > A lot of "illegal" equipment ham radio complaints come from the ARRL's
> > watchdogs, this "we are watching" announcement was provided to eBay
> > members about  a year ago, Ken
> >
> > On Thu, 22 Nov 2001 07:20:13 -0800 Neil Morrison <neilsmorr at HOTMAIL.COM>
> > writes:
> > > The reason this happened is that someone complained to eBay for some
> > > reason.
> > > They don't have any way to check all the auctions - they wait for a
> > > complaint.
> > >
> > > WHY someone complained - I have no idea, but there's no shortage of
> > > idiots
> > > in the world.
> > >
> > > I've made complaints myself, but all MINE were for good reasons -
> > > like
> > > fraudulent sellers.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Neil
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Martin Tippin" <w0akg at AEROSURF.NET>
> > >
> > >
> > > Here's one for you, Ebay just cancelled my Auction For a Yaesu
> > > FT-101EE,
> > > said it was against Ebays rules to list a Item that can Transmit on
> > > the
> > > Amateaur and CB Bands. How many unit's do you suppose were built by
> > > Yaesu-Icom-Kenwood -Heatkit and so forth, that all a Person had to
> > > do was
> > > insert a CB xtal.
> > >  I sent them a Email and told them they had better hire a full time
> > > person
> > > to investigate all the Transceivers that are listed on Ebay that
> > > Transmit on
> > > both Bands.
> > > Do'nt know why I was singled out.
> > >  Comments?
> > > Martin L Tippin  W0AKG
> > >
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