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08-31-2009, 04:41 PM #1
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Thanked: 3164PM sent, Pete.
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Neil.Last edited by Neil Miller; 08-31-2009 at 04:41 PM. Reason: dyslexia - again!
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09-02-2009, 06:32 AM #2
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Thanked: 202have to agree. The problem could be that these bans are done by a computer. I would not be surprised that it uses US English in which cut throat has different meaning than in UK one. Just wrong combination of words. Possibly if you list the items as Traditional steel object to be used during everyday ceremony of great importance you could be more successfull. Just thought you would have to be carefull when drawing your razor in front of parliament as you coul find yourself followed by a policeman ready to help you if you needed the assistance.
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09-02-2009, 09:41 AM #3
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Thanked: 3164Ardsprach - I spoke to the Ebay Mods and they say that all the bans in this category are follow-ups on things that have been reported by other users.
I can see a computer helping with listings using banned substances like Ivory or possible trade infringements (eg "Puma" being confused with sports clothing), but these are flagged at listing time.
Call me suspicious, but if Ebay wanted to toe-the-line they could computer process all the listings in every category and pull 1000s of them, so why don't they do that? - could it be they are fonder of monetary gain than following the law?!
The stupidity of having a "cut throat razor" category heading (seriously! it is under collectables>vanity/perfume/grooming>barbershop/shaving>cut throat razors) and then knee-jerk pulling of listings of cut-throat razors (whether of not they have that name in the descriptions: mine and Tony's don't) is what gets me.
I feel the same way about the UK "knife-crime" furore as I do about speeding cameras - they cure the sympton, not the cause. If its not guns, its knives. If its not knives its stanley blades. If its not blades its sharpened aluminium combs. If its not combs, its screwdrivers/axes/claw hammers - and on and on. It's not the implement, its the individual - if they are going to commit crime with a weapon they will use whatever they can get, and we already have laws in place that cover that - carrying an offensive weapon to name but one.
Just to re-cap after that long, tedious diversion of mine, its not the wording that got the listings pulled, just do-gooder numpties.
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Neil
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09-02-2009, 10:40 AM #4
Couldn't have said it better myself, Neil. If I wanted to use a weapon I wouldn't have to go to the extent of importing a straight razor from the USA, I could just go to the local supermarket and buy something that could harm someone.
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09-02-2009, 03:41 PM #5
You wouldn't believe the velvety edge you can put on a salad fork with a BBW!
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09-02-2009, 04:39 PM #6
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09-02-2009, 05:47 PM #7
I'm with Neil on this: this short-sightedness is a disgrace. Good thing though we can still joke and laugh about it.
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09-03-2009, 12:08 PM #8
You wouldnt even have to go that far. Most people have carving knives or bread knives in the kitchen, which I`m sure go missing on a regualr basis. I'm sure there are parents in London who have found knives missing from drawers only for them to be used by their offspring in a mugging or somesuch.
Sainsburys has knives on its shelves which are frequently stolen, in fact I saw someone pocket one the other day. Fortunately they were caught by security...!
Department stores like John Lewis have blocks of lethally sharp Sabatier knives on display, I wonder how many of those get nicked a year?
People with this sort of mentality can always get hold of a weapon, even if its just a block of wood with a nail in it.
Banning razors from eBay is going to do nothing to reduce knife crime. All its going to do is stop people enjoying their hobby. Its the same as the pistol ban after Dunblane, another knee jerk reaction. Gun crime is higher than its ever been, funnily enough committed ususally with illegal weapons, and all its stopped is people enjoying their hobby.
Here endeth the rant!
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09-04-2009, 02:14 AM #9