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Ebay & Homeschoolers
Monday, August 28, 2006

Recently Ebay, the huge online auction site, has made a change in thier policy that is upsetting homeschoolers everywhere; and, strange as it sounds, I'm inclined to side with Ebay on this one. The new policy can be seen at Ebay's site, but I'll quote the important part here:

"Teacher’s editions of textbooks and solutions manuals that are intended solely for use by teachers are not permitted by eBay."

Homeschoolers are, as I said, annoyed by this, as evidenced by articles on WorldNetDaily and Lifesitenews:

"'Where do they get off telling me that I don't have the right to buy, sell, or own a teacher's manual??? How could I teach my children without it???' another blogger asked."

I'll start off my reason for siding with Ebay in the form of an answer to that blogger: They "get off" telling you that beacuse its THEIR website and thus THEIR call. They didn't say you can't buy them at all, just not on Ebay. Just as a shopowner has a right NOT to sell contraceptives (a right pro-life groups constantly fight for), Ebay has a right NOT to sell Teachers Manuals.

I can see where they're comming from. After all, they don't know who you are. You really could be a student looking for answer books. I'm not saying their policy is a needed one - after all, if you're really going to try to get the Manual, you're going to get it Ebay or not. But I can see where they're comming from, and, once again, its completely THIER call, beacuse its THEIR website.

Again, I'm not saying that you shouldn't request that Ebay change the policy, but I am saying that you shouldn't outrage against them for it.

That's all for the moment, so until next time, may all your Thursdays be Perpetual.

Oh, yeah - I changed the link highlight colour to match the new post title colour. Yay!

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Yeah, I'm with Ebay on this one too. It's not like they're doing this just to be anti-homeschooler. They have a reason for it - they don't want to let students get books that belong in the hands of teachers. And yes, it's their decision about what not to have sold on their site.
Posted by  Grant at 11:15 AM

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