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Ebay? Question about selling?

  • I would like to set up a shop on ebay selling fashion jewellery, including belly bars etc and I read most of the policies on selling. It says you can't sell items that are copies but I've noticed many people are doing it including shops but they've had no action taken against them as in the rules it states you would be penalised if you do (copyright laws etc). The reason why I ask is I was going to buy a few playboy items off ebay to resell but I don't want to get into trouble if I do. How do other people get away with it or is it okay to sell copies if you say they are? I wouldn't be selling them at designer prices and I've noticed there are hundreds of copies for sale. Any advice from experienced ebayers would be great thanks!

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    Hi, Everything is a copy in some sense. CDs are copied from a master recording, books are in second-print, etc. You will be fine buying and reselling. It's done legally on eBay all the time. I think when it says "copy" in the seller's manual it means copying a brand name and selling it off as real (you must tell the consumer it is a knockoff) or selling bootlegged CDs (which everyone seems to get away with anyway). It doesn't involve selling, say, copies of the Mona Lisa or purchasing an item to resell it. Sell away, and have a good time! Best of luck.

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If someone decides to report you, your item will be taken of auction and you can be banned from ebay. The people selling copies have obviously never been reported. Anyone can report you. If a customer did not think they had value for money when they received it or decided they did not want it for whatever other reason, they may report you, to get there money back and also be able to keep the item.You should never lie about your goods being copies as customers would definitely report you.

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If you buy from Ebay seller for resell then it is not against the copyrights law. Just like you buy CDs or something for personal ad then you decided to sell it, you bought the CD legally so you should be able to sell it. It will be against copyrights law if you burn the CDs and sell them as if they are originals. Many people sell on Ebay the items they buy from Ebay sellers too, it's just business and they don't pirate them

Mel

eBay doesnt ever do anything about it go for it.

Jaye

if you buy something on a EBAY you can resell it

Dr Universe

Your auctinng property you own, so it doesn't apply.

Principessa

do it

hrmg

If you couldnt sell brand name items ebay would not even be around who wants to shop on ebay for the susan smith collection from wal mart the reason of ebay is to buy new designer items at discounted prices since they are slightly used or were a bad investment in the first place. Knowing this ebay has to put that into the rules but unless contacted by the creator of whatever item you are selling ebay will not do anything to you as they would be losing business. And even if contacted by the creator of whatever item you are selling they will close the auction an that is it.

Hollister 22

Well If Someone Ever Reported You For It Then "Yes" You Would Get In Trouble

† Dark Prince †

You can't resell something off of Ebay, cause your business account will get shut down. You'd have to open 2 accounts, but even then you can't do 2 different n ames because they verify your age and etc. by you making a copy of your social security card and driver's i.d. to open up your account.

Lauran B.

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