eBay policy concerning the sale of Teacher Edition...
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Author: Eric Dailey
Started: May 24, 2006, 6:40:32 pm
Target: eBay
Category: Education
Supporters:

3,592
Goal:

1,500
Goal Progress:

100% Complete
Status

Goal Met!
eBay recently instituted a policy banning the sale of Teacher Edition educational materials. The primary reason for this policy, according to eBay, is that they cannot tell if the person buying the materials is a student that wishes to cheat.

As a result of this policy, eBay has cancelled many of its member's auctions. eBay members that are selling these Teacher Edition materials are typically homeschool parents who are selling complete homeschool curriculum packages (which include the homeschool teacher reference materials) to other homeschool parents, as well as people selling antique educational books from other eras.

Homeschoolers often rely on selling their used curriculum in order to pay for the next year's educational materials. eBay's policy makes this practice nearly impossible on their website.

By signing this petition, you are acknowledging that you agree to the following:

* This eBay policy is not logical, is unfair, and should be changed to allow legitimate homeschool materials and educational antiquities to be sold on the eBay website.
* If it is too difficult for eBay to enforce the policy given the allowances above, then the policy should be eliminated altogether.
* By its very nature, this eBay policy is prejudiced against homeschoolers.



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skorn1999 said 3 weeks ago (unverified)
I support this petition.
#3592

Melanie Janssen said 05/23/09, 9:14 pm (unverified)
I support this petition.
#3591

Nathan Deunk said 04/01/09, 7:57 am (unverified)
I support this petition.
#3590

Paula Paine said 12/23/08, 1:13 am (unverified)
I support this petition. Home school parents NEED this resource in order to rid ourselves of unneeded texts, and afford new ones.
#3589

Doug Price said 10/05/08, 5:28 am (unverified)
I support this petition.
#3588

Thomas Christian said 08/28/08, 11:37 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#3587

Trisha Christian said 08/28/08, 11:34 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#3586

Connie Chiavario said 07/29/08, 12:43 am (unverified)
I support this petition.
#3585

A Newman said 07/22/08, 8:43 am (unverified)
I support this petition.
#3584

Kathy Loving said 07/15/08, 6:23 pm (unverified)
I support this petition.
#3583

Dawn Meier said 02/10/08, 2:43 pm (verified)
I recently was a victim of Ebay's policy and had my Teacher's Edition auction cancelled. I had no idea TE's were forbidden as I did a search and there were 11 active TE auctions and 101 TE's for sale on Ebay Stores. I am just sorry to see that this petition has gone on so long and Ebay has ignored it.
#3582

Jenni D. said 02/07/08, 7:46 am (verified)
This is just not fair to the homeschoolers. And your policy is not what you intended it to be. Do you really think a kindergarten math curriculum that has no grading can be used by kids the wrong way c'mon! This is out of control and the homeschoolers feel like you just have some people that don't support hsing.
#3581

sam said 02/06/08, 7:51 am (unverified)
we're selling homeschool supplies, are hs kids really going to buy the answer sheets for their schoolwork~give me a break!
#3580

Shelly said 02/05/08, 5:10 pm (verified)
Ebay seems to be targeting homeschoolers. This is very unfair. This policy needs to be changed.
#3579

Trish Alexander said 02/05/08, 1:42 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#3578

Jennifer said 02/05/08, 12:17 pm (unverified)
I am a homeschool mom who needs Ebay for my curriculum needs. I have a limited income. Please reconsider your policy of no teacher editions.
#3577

A.M. Kerchner said 02/05/08, 9:57 am (verified)
I support this petition.
#3576

Susan Steingrubey said 02/05/08, 9:28 am (unverified)
As a long-time seller/buyer on eBay, I think the decision to ban these types of materials is misplaced concern -- do we really think there's a large number of students buying this stuff, compared to homeschooing parents who are selling to each other?
#3575

davena shute said 02/05/08, 8:44 am (unverified)
I support this petition.
#3574

Natalie Perko said 02/05/08, 7:18 am (unverified)
It is unjust to allow a *potential* problem to undermine this serious need of homeschoolers.
#3573