€˜VeRO'? What on Earth is with the exact reason of the
that? Well, it's a very request to remove your listing".
scary eBay program that can Worse, eBay may even suspend your
get your auctions shut down, account, or give your real-world
that's what it is. contact details to the company in
question.
VeRO stands for ‘Verified
Rights Owner'. It is the eBay Why Do eBay Do This?
policy that deals with complaints
about your auctions from Basically, they do it to avoid
companies who own copyrights, getting sued, or even getting
patents or trademarks on the threatened with being sued. There
items you are selling. is a law called the DMCA (digital
Unfortunately, it is often abused millennium copyright act) that
to remove items from eBay that means that eBay must either take
are perfectly legitimate to these auctions down when it asked
resell, simply because the to or take full responsibility
copyright owner doesn't want for them from that point on. eBay
people getting their hands on doesn't want to take any
them. responsibility for your auctions.
If the copyright of something It's not worth worrying too much
you're selling is owned by one of about it - 99% of the VeRO
eBay's 5,000 verified rights program is aimed at stopping fake
owners, be prepared for trouble. brand-name goods or pirated media
eBay have given these companies being sold through eBay. Big
the right to remove any auction companies also seem to get quite
from eBay that they see fit, and, upset when eBay sellers take the
say eBay, "eBay cannot require company's ad copy, logos or
the rights owner to provide you professional pictures and use
them for selling on eBay. Most of the companies,
understandably, deal in software,
If you'd like to take a slightly media or fashion.
patronising quiz about copyright
to help you understand eBay's eBay Say I Violated VeRO and I
policy, go here: href="http://pages.ebay.com/help/
tutorial/verotutorial/intro2.html Use the link at the bottom of
" target="_blank">href="http://pages.ebay.com/help/ href="http://pages.ebay.com/help/
tutorial/verotutorial/intro2.html confidence/vero-removed-listing.h
" tml"
target="_blank">http://pages.ebay target="_blank">http://pages.ebay
.com/help/tutorial/verotutorial/i .com/help/confidence/vero-removed
ntro2.html. -listing.html. That'll get
you to eBay's VeRO Seller Appeal
So Who Are These Companies? Form, where you can put your case
to them directly. You are
There's a complete list available supposed to take it up with the
here: href="http://pages.ebay.com/help/ first, however - and sometimes
community/vero-aboutme.html" you might find that they just
target="_blank">http://pages.ebay back down, which makes the whole
.com/help/community/vero-aboutme. thing a lot easier.
html. This list includes
everything from the Microsoft and If you have no luck getting any
Adobe to Chanel and Nike, not to response from eBay by email, it's
mention the RIAA (recording not really worth trying to phone
industry association) and MPAA them - you'll find they're most
(motion picture association). responsive if you use the ‘Live
Chat' feature or write them an On a happier note, have you ever
actual, real-paper letter. You're heard of eBay Anything Points?
best off being nice to eBay: they No? Well, you're not alone. The
have absolutely no obligation, next email will explain what
after all, to ever let you sell these little-used points can do
anything at all. for you.
About the Author:
Kirsten Hawkins is an Ebay and internet auction enthusiast from Nashville, TN. Visit http://www.auctionseller411.com/ for more great tips on how to make the most from Ebay and other online auctions.
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