Remember the dead fish sounds from last week? Someone else had monkey sounds
for sale at the same time (sent to me by a friend). She forwarded this
addendum to me -- evidently eBay takes a dim view of these auctions...
hehehehe
>From: "Nicholas Pierce"
>
>Hello eBay,
>I did not intend for this auction to be a joke. As you can see by the
>bids,
>people DO want to hear professionally made monkey sounds. I am a monkey
>scholar and have spent many hours of research with monkeys studying the
>different sounds they make. This is a professional service like any other.
>I do not like the discrimination that I feel by eBay toward my study.
>Please reinstate my auction so we can continue on with the bidding. Thank
>you.
>
>Nick Pierce
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <ended@ebay.com>
>To:
>Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 3:45 AM
>Subject: WARNING: eBay Auction Ended by Customer Support
>
>
> > Dear Nicholas Pierce,
> >
> >
> > eBay appreciates the fact that you chose to list your auction:
> >
> >
> > 570558170 monkey sounds by Nick (phone call) oh-oh-ah
> > I will call you up and for 30 seconds I will make monkey sounds for you.
> >
> >
> > eBay does not allow listings that are intended as jokes or items that
> > are not for sale or are meant to be a joke. Therefore, we have ended the
> > auction early and credited all fees to your account.
> >
> >
> > Please view our guideline page for a better understanding of our auction
> > policies and how they affect the way you list your items:
> > http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/png-list.html
> >
> >
> > For information on infringing, prohibited or questionable items, please
> > view:
> > http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/png-items.html
> >
> >
> > For more information on why eBay has ended an auction, please visit:
> > http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/png-endauction.html
> >
> >
> > IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please be aware future incidents of this nature can
> > lead to
> > the suspension of your account. We value you as a member of our
> > community and
> > wish to continue this relationship, so we must ask you to refrain from
> > any violations of the Listing Policies or User Agreement in the future.
> >
> >
> > We thank you in advance for your cooperation.
> >
> >
> > Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may
> > have
> > on our existing listing policies.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Akira Miyamoto (ended@ebay.com)
> > eBay Inc
> >
> >
>
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