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<p>[QUOTE="Lulululu, post: 42134, member: 431"]Interesting. There are 21,478 offers for personal services posted right now. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ebay has evolved quite a bit. They used to be much more restrictive about what could be mentioned in auctions - like new parents, they began by playing it as safe as possible, and have relaxed over time. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your auction may not have been reported but blocked by their computerized hot phrase system. They still block the phrase 'like new' - you can't have that in a title. American Girl was one banned phrase (even in the text), because they protected the doll company by that name. You could not, for example, post doll clothes and say they fit American Girl dolls, because it was thought that infringed on the company that produced those dolls. You had to say "for 18" dolls" That was a problem for buyers because each brand has a different body type. You can now start a search and it pops right up before you're finished typing - there are 4715 items at the moment under that search. Same with items for humans. You could not describe how an item fit by brand comparison.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone remember the guy who ran the auction "My whole life for sale"? He really did sell every single thing he owned and then wrote a book about it. And then signed a movie deal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lulululu, post: 42134, member: 431"]Interesting. There are 21,478 offers for personal services posted right now. Ebay has evolved quite a bit. They used to be much more restrictive about what could be mentioned in auctions - like new parents, they began by playing it as safe as possible, and have relaxed over time. Your auction may not have been reported but blocked by their computerized hot phrase system. They still block the phrase 'like new' - you can't have that in a title. American Girl was one banned phrase (even in the text), because they protected the doll company by that name. You could not, for example, post doll clothes and say they fit American Girl dolls, because it was thought that infringed on the company that produced those dolls. You had to say "for 18" dolls" That was a problem for buyers because each brand has a different body type. You can now start a search and it pops right up before you're finished typing - there are 4715 items at the moment under that search. Same with items for humans. You could not describe how an item fit by brand comparison. Anyone remember the guy who ran the auction "My whole life for sale"? He really did sell every single thing he owned and then wrote a book about it. And then signed a movie deal.[/QUOTE]
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