No2ID - Ebay PR Stunt
06
April
If enough people with an eBay account put it on their watch list, it gets onto eBay pulse. More discussion here at their forums, I just got an email about it. I don’t have an eBay account (yet)…
Technorati tags: ID cards, National Identity Register, NIR, Freedom, Civil Liberties, ID for sale, eBay
1. MatGB | April 7th, 2006 at 12:00 am
They took it down, email sent to bidders reads:
> Please be aware that the following auction-style listing:
>
> Item Number - 9507150481
> Item Title - British Identity
>
> has been removed by eBay for violating of one or more of our policies. Any
> offers or bids placed on this auction-style listing are now null and void.
> We advise you not to finalize this transaction with the seller. As stated
> in the eBay User Agreement, neither seller nor buyer should engage in
> transactions that violate the law or eBay policy.
>
> Please review eBay’s Prohibited and Restricted Items guidelines and User
> Agreement at the following locations:
>
> http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/item_allowed.html
> http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/user-agreement.html
>
> We thank you in advance for your cooperation.
>
> Regards,
>
> eBay Trust & Safety
2. gavin ayling | April 8th, 2006 at 5:38 pm
I wonder what rule that broke…
3. MatGB | April 8th, 2006 at 7:02 pm
No idea, makes no sense to me at all, but then, I don’t use eBay.
There are rules on not selling govt documents, and there are rules on not selling body parts, it wasn’t actually that well written.
ah well.