Extremely STRICT EBay Conditions

So the PS3 is now less than a month away which makes it legal to list the pre-orders on EBay.

However, the rules are AMAZINGLY STRICT. Here is what one guy says on his listing.

I have met the following requirements in order to pre-sell a PS3: (these rules apply to me the seller, not you the buyer). (http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-Playstation-3-PS3-System-Console-60GB-Pre-Sale_W0QQitemZ230040746920QQihZ013QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

1. I must have a Feedback of 50 or more.
2. My Feedback score must be 98% or above.
3. I may only list one system. I may list 1 PlayStation 3 and 1 Nintendo Wii with a photo of my pre-order receipt for each system.
4. I must accept PayPal as my only payment option.
5. I must include a photo of my receipt in the listing.
6. No Buy It Now will be allowed.
7. No one day listings will be allowed.

This is freaking insane. If these rules are true, I cannot list a PS3 since though my feedback is exactly 100%, it is only 12, not 50! Argh.

Why does EBay care? They are the ones getting all the publicity from this, therefore increasing their hits. They should NOT be able to do this.

Can someone contact an EBay representative about this please?

And are these rules only for pre-orders, and once the console ships, will these rules be lifted??

 

This is freakin insane

 

It's to try and counter fraud,it's defianantly fair and reasenoble.

 

wow Ebay just lost half of there money right there

 

yeah but they helped prevent a whole lot of scammers from tricking people of of thier money i think that was a great idea

1.the feedback is to make sure the person is a trusted seller on ebay

2.paypal lets people get thier money back if some one try's to scam them out of thier money

3.the photo's is at least some sort of valid prof wich can actuly be check and confirmed

 

They can do it. When you signed up with Ebay you agreed to their rules. Whatever they may be.

As for them lifting them once the systems are made available who knows, but with a such a shortage it wouldnt suprise me if they keep them.

 

As I understand, this is for pre-orders only. So once the console officially comes out, these rules should be lifted and it will sell as usual.

And BTW, getting ahold of the eBay reps is extremely hard, it takes days for them to reply to inquiries. WTF.

 

yeah every time i asked them stuff they take untill the next day to reply

 

Oh so it dosn't matter after nov 17?

 

more then likely yeah it will be pulled after the reales date but who knows

 

can i still sell multiple ps3's after Nov. 17 and do i need a feedback score of 50 (even if im not selling preordered ps3s)? Will anyone else sell ps3 consoles on other online auctions?

 

yeah after they have alreay been released you should be able to sale them freely with out any problem

 

i'd imagine you should be able to. im sure you could also contact their customer service if your really concerned

 

just a heads up, that dude's pre-order went for $2125.00.

Nice work indeed. And that's a month before the actual release date. Wow.

 

dang man ad to think in a some years the system will go for $200 or less and the person wont even play it any more

thats why i wait till the price drops no point in spending you rent money on a video game man

 

well, while the PS2's general lifetime is 5 years, Sony is hoping the PS3 will last 10.

 

i doubt it will since microsoft is already working on a new system kinda like xbox b4 xbox even was out they started working on the 360

so i doubt sony will be dumb enough to let microsoft take the lead

 

I sure hope they lift the restrictions after november 17th. I only have 24 feedbacks, even though they are all positive.

 

isn't it a little way too early to speculate the next X-Box?

 

Oh, yes - amazing!

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/17/1626230

although it probably wont see the light of day until like 2010.
And it better be a complete new system, not a half-assed version like the 360.