[Polarik]

This item violated Ebay's stated policy on selling prohibited items, which include:

Government IDs and licenses, or items that claim to be, or that look similar to, government identification documents are not permitted on eBay. Certain types of government-issued medals are also not permitted.

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/government-ids-licenses.html

No conspiracy. Just plain stupidity on the part of the Seller.

[Yosemitest]

If the seller was smart then, what?

Put an article in the paper or a magazine, so it could be posted on the Internet?
Or advertise it to be sold on Christies Auction?

[Las Vegas Ron]

Thing is, someone had to report it as a violation, eBay can't possibly police all of it's listings. I sell on eBay so I know.

I'm betting there are plenty of obots policing it now

[Yosemitest]

Then why is this item listed?

Something is being sold here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190317550197

[Yosemitest]

So tell me, how do you like all the experiences you've had at Free Republic?

Polarik: Member Since Jun 22, 2008

[1_Rain_Drop]

"Government IDs and licenses, or items that claim to be, or that look similar to, government identification documents are not permitted on eBay. Certain types of government-issued medals are also not permitted."

How could this document be prohibited???

look similar to: We did not see the document thus it looks similar to nothing.

No government issued this certificate! This was not a government ID but a hospital certificate.
This was a birth certificate which every single person on this planet receives the moment they are born (with a few exceptions, of course!)