Page 1 of Why did e-bay end my auction early ??????

I have just had an auction for "the sum of all fears" R1 DVD terminated early by e-bay. I was selling the disc as used and viewed once.

According to e-bay, Paramount Pictures complained that I had infringed their "rights".....!!

Bearing in mind that I had purchased the disc online from www.play.com , and that all UK taxes, duties and postage had been paid ; why can I not sell the disc on as second hand goods as I am the legal owner ??

E-Bay referred me to their VeRO "about me" pages, but unfortunately, Paramount weren`t listed.

Has anyone got any idea what infringement I`ve committed ???

may be because the offical release date is 29/10/02 and the company you got the dvd from, posted it out early.

Ahhh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Doh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Basically, with those dates, it almost certainly looks like you`re selling a pirate...

just add the words "pre-order" to the description

Is actually out early, my copy has shipped from Future.

Of course, Paramount will also be unhappy at you selling an R1 disc in R2

This item was edited on Wednesday, 23rd October 2002, 17:57

I`ve had something took of cos `it could be interpretted as being adult material` ashame as there were bidders. It`s best to note the e-mail of the highest bidder and then ask them if they still want it if it gets struck off.

This item was edited on Thursday, 24th October 2002, 11:40

Isn`t it funny how eBay removed your single item and it was a LEGITIMATE release and yet......

they see fit to ignore a seller of 100`s, YES 100`s of Multi Region or All Region Disney Movies.

He has sold over 180 in the last month alone and yet they do nothing about it..........his rating is around 550 + now

They say that they cannot remove any item as they do not HAVE the item in hand and cannot remove anything just because it is described in a certain way as they have no proof that the item is in fact illegal ????

Sounds to me, as long as they are getting their commission, they don`t really care !