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Old 15th Mar 2018, 8:20 pm   #1
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Question eBay rules contravened?

I reported this thread on Sunday because it appeared to be an obvious contravention of the eBay rules - specifically,

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Originally Posted by Kat Manton View Post
We do not permit any post which could lead to discussion of any eBay item, its listing or vendor.

If a post provides enough information to identify an item listed on eBay, it will be deleted immediately. This includes direct links to the listing, providing enough information to find the item and attaching images carrying the eBay watermark.
(My italics in bold).

In this case, it was pretty easy to find the item under discussion using Google Image search (though, interestingly, that is no longer the case).

The discussion in the thread was innocuous, and I certainly have no beef with any of the contributors, but I'm curious to know how this one slipped through the net. Moderators always seem to be pretty hot (understandably) on this topic.

Last edited by Wellington; 15th Mar 2018 at 8:21 pm. Reason: improvement
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