Re: OT: Ebay's New Policy - No more selling of Teacher's Manuals

[Guest guest]

FYI - Got this from another group - for those of you who buy your SRA material

from Ebay

Forwarded by

Steve B

The home educators’ community needs to be heard on this.

Hi all - I don't know how many of you purchase texts on EBay but

they have put a new policy into place stating that they will no

longer allow lisitng Teacher Editions because they can not

verify that the person buying the Teacher Manual is a Teacher.

That is ridiculous. They also sell medical supplies but have no way

to verify that the person buying them is a Dr. or a Nurse and that

seems far riskier than a Teacher Manual.

You can read the new policy here:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/teachersedition.html

www.pages.ebay.com/help/policies/teachersedition.html

I will paste it in below also.

However, I am posting this so that hopefully all of us can take a

minute and email EBay to let them know that as a home educator that

we are unhappy with their decision. What good is a student text to

us if we can't get the teacher edition to go along with it if we so

choose.

Thanks ladies!

Blessings,

Christi

Here is what Ebay has stated:

Teacher's Edition Textbooks

Teacher's editions of textbooks and solutions manuals that are

intended solely for use by teachers are not permitted by eBay.

Violations of this policy may result in a range of actions,

including:

Listing cancellation

Forfeit of eBay fees on cancelled listings

Limits on account privileges

Account suspension

Some Examples Hide

Items that are prohibited:

Solutions manuals for teachers, teacher(s) manuals, instructor

manuals are prohibited

A hardcopy of a teacher's edition of a math book

A PDF, TIF version of a teacher's edition of a textbook

An eBook version of a Teacher's manual on a CD-R

Items that are allowed:

Solutions manuals for students

Additional Information Hide

Teacher's Edition textbooks are often clearly labeled as such but if

you have any doubts, you should avoid selling the item on eBay.

Teacher's Edition textbooks often have special answer keys, exams,

teaching tips, and guides to be solely utilized by the instructors

of those courses.

Why does eBay have this policy? Hide

Teachers editions are intended for teacher's use and eBay believes

in limiting the resale of those items as we are not equipped to

verify if the buyer is a teacher or not.

Here is the letter that I sent to eBay:

Hello! Good day! I am extremely concerned about your new policy of

not allowing Teacher's Editions to be sold on Ebay. As a home

educator, and in many states home educators are considered Private

Schools, then I am a teacher. I have bought textbooks on ebay

before, as have tens of thousands of other home educators and public

school educators.

You sell medical equipment on eBay but have no proof if the people

purchasing those items are doctors or nurses. This would seem far

riskier to me than a teacher edition of a text book.

What about those parents who have public school children but want

some extra guidance to help their children at home.

If you search your curriculum listings you will find thousands of

auctions for teacher editions. Companies such as Abeka, Bob ,

Sonlight, Christian Liberty Press, Rod & Staff, and a whole host of

others ALL provide student textbooks AND teacher edition texts to

home educators.

I would like to think that this policy was put into place with

little thought given to the ramifications this will have to eBay as

a company. EBay will be limiting its customers buying power.

If EBay chooses to keep this policy in place I will be forced to go

elsewhere for my educational shopping needs as I would not give my

business to a company who will only allow me to purchase my student

texts and not my teacher's manuals to go with them. It is not

advantagous to me to purchase sets in two different locations.

I sincerely hope that you will reconsider this policy.

Have a wonderful day!

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This is rather bad. I have cancelled my ebay account.

[ ] Re: OT: Ebay's New Policy - No more selling of Teacher's

Manuals

FYI - Got this from another group - for those of you who buy your SRA

material from Ebay

Forwarded by

Steve B

The home educators' community needs to be heard on this.

Hi all - I don't know how many of you purchase texts on EBay but they have

put a new policy into place stating that they will no longer allow lisitng

Teacher Editions because they can not verify that the person buying the

Teacher Manual is a Teacher.

That is ridiculous. They also sell medical supplies but have no way to

verify that the person buying them is a Dr. or a Nurse and that seems far

riskier than a Teacher Manual.

You can read the new policy here:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/teachersedition.html

www.pages.ebay.com/help/policies/teachersedition.html

I will paste it in below also.

However, I am posting this so that hopefully all of us can take a minute and

email EBay to let them know that as a home educator that we are unhappy with

their decision. What good is a student text to us if we can't get the

teacher edition to go along with it if we so choose.

Thanks ladies!

Blessings,

Christi

Here is what Ebay has stated:

Teacher's Edition Textbooks

Teacher's editions of textbooks and solutions manuals that are intended

solely for use by teachers are not permitted by eBay.

Violations of this policy may result in a range of actions,

including:

Listing cancellation

Forfeit of eBay fees on cancelled listings

Limits on account privileges

Account suspension

Some Examples Hide

Items that are prohibited:

Solutions manuals for teachers, teacher(s) manuals, instructor manuals are

prohibited

A hardcopy of a teacher's edition of a math book

A PDF, TIF version of a teacher's edition of a textbook

An eBook version of a Teacher's manual on a CD-R

Items that are allowed:

Solutions manuals for students

Additional Information Hide

Teacher's Edition textbooks are often clearly labeled as such but if you

have any doubts, you should avoid selling the item on eBay.

Teacher's Edition textbooks often have special answer keys, exams, teaching

tips, and guides to be solely utilized by the instructors of those courses.

Why does eBay have this policy? Hide

Teachers editions are intended for teacher's use and eBay believes in

limiting the resale of those items as we are not equipped to verify if the

buyer is a teacher or not.

Here is the letter that I sent to eBay:

Hello! Good day! I am extremely concerned about your new policy of not

allowing Teacher's Editions to be sold on Ebay. As a home educator, and in

many states home educators are considered Private Schools, then I am a

teacher. I have bought textbooks on ebay before, as have tens of thousands

of other home educators and public school educators.

You sell medical equipment on eBay but have no proof if the people

purchasing those items are doctors or nurses. This would seem far riskier

to me than a teacher edition of a text book.

What about those parents who have public school children but want some extra

guidance to help their children at home.

If you search your curriculum listings you will find thousands of auctions

for teacher editions. Companies such as Abeka, Bob , Sonlight,

Christian Liberty Press, Rod & Staff, and a whole host of others ALL provide

student textbooks AND teacher edition texts to home educators.

I would like to think that this policy was put into place with little

thought given to the ramifications this will have to eBay as a company.

EBay will be limiting its customers buying power.

If EBay chooses to keep this policy in place I will be forced to go

elsewhere for my educational shopping needs as I would not give my business

to a company who will only allow me to purchase my student texts and not my

teacher's manuals to go with them. It is not advantagous to me to purchase

sets in two different locations.

I sincerely hope that you will reconsider this policy.

Have a wonderful day!

---------------------------------

New Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save

big.

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to let you know that on the message board of my website

www.abaresources.com , I have added a new page for buying and selling using

ABA materials. This should help those who are no longer able to sell

teachers' manuals. Please feel free to post any used materials that you are

interested in buying or selling. This website does not take any profit from

any sales and will not be held responsible for unsuccessful transactions.

This website gets over 500 hits/day and may be a good alternative.

Take care,

Sharon Gabison

ABA Educational Resources Ltd.

www.abaresources.com