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X-Arcade Cancelled my Auction!!
CD_Vision:
WTF, I was selling a custom made 2-player joystick, and the ---daisies--- cancelled the auction because I compared it to the X-Arcade 2 player version, saying that theirs cost more and didn't use Happ Controls.
Maybe it's just me but that seems pretty screwed up. The BYOAC people are the reason that X-arcade exists.
It doesn't use Happ controls, right?
zaphod:
Happened to me a couple months back, too. Used 'X-arcade' in the text of my ad. I emailed X-gaming about this. Shawn emailed me back within ten minutes with a very polite explanation. The applicable (to your situation) paragraph from his reply:
"Actually, we automate the process on ebay's vero program to object to any
auctions which list any of our trademarks. (for trademark and also for
search manipulation)."
Basically if you use the term X-arcade or X-gaming in your copy, you'll probably get flagged. They don't even see the ads; a program catches them.
On the plus side, you should get reimbursed by ebay for the auction. Just remove the comparison and relist. You'll be fine.
paigeoliver:
Relist your auction and instead of using the text of your description put that exact text into an jpeg file and show it that way. Won't get flagged because you can't search for text in an image file, at least not on ebay.
maraxle:
--- Quote from: zaphod on November 29, 2004, 08:55:04 pm ---Happened to me a couple months back, too. Used 'X-arcade' in the text of my ad. I emailed X-gaming about this. Shawn emailed me back within ten minutes with a very polite explanation. The applicable (to your situation) paragraph from his reply:
"Actually, we automate the process on ebay's vero program to object to any
auctions which list any of our trademarks. (for trademark and also for
search manipulation)."
Basically if you use the term X-arcade or X-gaming in your copy, you'll probably get flagged. They don't even see the ads; a program catches them.
On the plus side, you should get reimbursed by ebay for the auction. Just remove the comparison and relist. You'll be fine.
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What if you're trying to resell your X-arcade joystick you no longer need?
CD_Vision:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on November 29, 2004, 09:31:03 pm ---Relist your auction and instead of using the text of your description put that exact text into an jpeg file and show it that way. Won't get flagged because you can't search for text in an image file, at least not on ebay.
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That's brilliant!!!