Question about A2's on Ebay.

[IndianaOkie]

I’ve noticed that about 60% of the A2’s up for auction on Ebay are restricted when I try to look at them. Some have patches and some don’t. Does anyone have a clue as to why this happens? Is it a politically correct worry on Ebay’s part? I just don’t get it.

Thanks,
John O.

[FLATHEAD]

Are you a registered member of e-bay? If you are not, then you can
be bared from seeing some auctions if the seller puts in his auction that
he wants only registered users to be able to see the auction.

Also, sellers can put restrictions on registered users if they have less
than 5 feedbacks, or if they have a negative feedback rating.

This is done because there are idiots out there that used to be able to
go into e-bay, see a sale of a highend item, like an original A-2 jacket,
and bid on it with no intention of ever actually buying it. This happened
alot with car sales too.

Kids would go in there, start a new account, and bid up hundreds of items
with no intention of buying, because they thought it was "fun".

So, people complained, and e-bay responded with some simple actions
that save real sellers and buyers from being spanked by these idiots who
otherwise ruin a good thing.

Also, if you are not from the country of origin of the auction, they can
ban you from that too. For example, if you live outside the United States,
a person from the States can bar people from China from being able to
see and bid on their auctions if they so desire.

Flathead

[IndianaOkie]

Thanks for the reply, I have a 100% (62) positive feedback so that’s not it. I live in the US, so it might be that the A2’s are from another country. I thought that some of the old art on the jackets might be offensive to some.

Thanks,
John O.