God Bless Tim and his family.
They pulled my Math 1 TE.
I wrote them a lengthy letter:
Dear sirs,
In response to the removal of my homeschool curriculum manual.
While I understand the reasoning behind not allowing teacher's manuals to be sold on Ebay, I think in the case of homeschool curriculum, it is unfounded. Homeschoolers purchase these manuals and commonly re-sell them amongst themselves...Ebay has always been an excellent way for them to do so. I hope that you will, in the future, reconsider your stance in banning homeschool teacher's materials. Other websites are exploiting your stand and are promoting your website as being "anti-homeschool", which I personally do not believe.
As a matter of fact, I have heard about your stand on this topic from other websites trying to lure business away from you. I actually didn't believe it was true, I thought it was a scam and if it was true, I have suspected that those other websites are coming to Ebay and "reporting" people who are simply trying to sell manuals for parents to use. In effect, using a rule you have in place in order to sabatoge the auctions and bring more business to themselves. For example...check out this website and their comments...
https://www.thislittlepiggystayshome.com/images/ebayban.mht
I also received a highly inflammatory email concerning this through an egroup I belong to that has almost 2000 members...it really trashed Ebay. I will be happy to forward it to you if you like.
It seems to me a concerted effort on the part of some small homeschool businesses that are trying to increase their own numbers are slamming Ebay.
I know this is a very long email, but I thought you should be aware that there are groups out there exploiting your actions. I have one question...the answer to which would explain a lot to me. How did you find my auction? I very clearly stated in the auction that the manual was for homeschool parental use. I never once called it a teacher's manual or edition. My question is, did someone report me? If so, I would highly suspect one of these "home businesses"...
Sincerely,