[Amps] Sale of CB amps on eBay

[Arthur Moe]

Roger,

You might want to take this to the Ham Law reflector. But let's all 
know shat you find out.


Art 
KB7WW

"Roger D. Johnson" wrote:
> 
>  The sale of these amps continues unabated despite my protests
> to eBay. They sent me an e-mail that said essentially, "If you
> don't like it, complain to the authorities and leave us alone".
> I wrote to Riley Hollingsworth giving him some examples of the
> equipment being sold openly. As yet no reply from him.
> 
>  After reveiwing eBay policies, I think I may have come up with
> a way to counter this problem. Their policy prohibits the listing
> of CB amplifiers. See:
> 
> http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/png-scanners.html
> 
> In addition section 4 of their User Agreement, states that the
> buyer is obligated to complete the transaction UNLESS the trans-
> action is prohibited by law or the User Agreement. See:
> 
> http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/png-user.html
> 
>  If I read this correctly, I can bid high on a piece of CB junk
> and then refuse to pay unless the seller can furnish proof of
> FCC certification for legal sale of the item.
> 
> Any holes in my thinking? I'm going to try it on one item to
> see what happens. Anyone care to join me in the experiment?
> 
> 73, Roger
> 
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