Ebay removing all KO auctions? Thoughts?
This news was over at Seibertron... but I thought rather than post it in the news section, I'd put it here - because I'm keen to read other people's opinions/discussion.
Personally, I welcome the idea of KOs not being on ebay. I'm always scared to bid on some "original" G1 figures because they might be fake!
Ebay FINALLY taking down (almost) all KO TFs auctions.
Posted here:
http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-...m-ebay-165004/
Quote:
EBay sellers of knockoff Transformers figures are reporting their auctions are being taken down and in many cases, their accounts are being suspended. According to one seller, eBay's reason for the cancellations was trademark infringement.
It's unclear at this time whether this is Hasbro's legal department acting to protect the brand, eBay independently enforcing existing policy, or a mass reporting to eBay of KO auctions by a third party.
I just checked ebay AU and could only find one KO item. And doing a search for 'reissue' on ebay US had very pleasent results.
I'm happy to think that there are a lot of toy dealers stuck with KO stock they now can't sell. For a while anyway.
But I wonder how long it will last.