What we can do is make it against policy for a seller to encourage certain types of unsafe payments by putting them in their listing pages. Regarding cash, we allow sellers to say they accept COD and cash for in-person transactions , but not via mail.
It's not feasible to pre-screen or block items. We do what we can to enforce laws against counterfeiting. It's bad for our business and our customers.
We're always open to having more discussions about that. But until a law is passed saying you can't sell these things, we're not going to stop them from being sold on the site.
We never take possession of the goods sold through eBay, and we don't have any expertise. We're not clothing experts. We're not car experts, and we're not jewelry experts. We're experts at building a marketplace and bringing buyers and sellers together.
We never speculate about future acquisitions, and we certainly wouldn't do that now.
We have been in contact with law enforcement officials to provide any information they may find useful in their investigation.
We don't allow and don't want counterfeit product on the site. It's not good for business and it's not legal.
It's probably among the most valuable things every sold on behalf of a charity on eBay.
Our community has 181 million people. A community that size requires efficiency, and because 99 percent of customer support is handled between the buyer and seller, our basic level of customer support is Internet-based.
We made some suggestions that fell on deaf ears - that tells you about the motivations of people who support the bill.
