Posted on 08/26/2006 10:22:51 PM PDT by jdm
Ain' no way to cheat on those!
ROTFL! ;-)
ebay is only selling an "idea" that EVERYTHING you want is at ebay.
If people soon realize that only LIMITED things are at ebay then it will leat to a spreading to other websites equally ready to sell those limited items.
This is just plain stupid. I think what is really going on is that teachers are again being scared of being exposed as stupid.
As annoying as this may be, eBay has the right to ban whatever they like. Homeschoolers can always boycott eBay and start their own auction site, or use a competitor.
QUALIFIED??? For what sane reason does a parent need to be QUALIFIED to have access to teaching materials? Are they dangerous to handle? Can they harm someone with them?
May only the ordained and sanctified know the secrets contained in these tomes of knowledge? Are the great unwashed masses simply unable to understand the complexities?
So does the internet!!
Beyond that - it is the teacher's / parent's job to ensure that thier children are learning instead of cheating - not a Bool Store's, an internet auction site, a reseller, the government's or anybody else!
If a widespread public messgage of disapproval causes ebay to reverse their policy, then I would say that there was most certianly a logical reason to "jump" on ebay. If people who were unaware of Ebay's policy hear this message and choose not to patronize ebay, then there was a logical reason to "jump" on ebay. There is no legal issue, but I don't think there has been one post about this being illegal. Just because a company has a right to do something, doesn't mean the public at large has to approve the action.
So now that a logical reason has been explained to you (using small words)... perhaps your faith in homeschool logic and civis can be restored.
Howdy, Tired Of Taxes. I posted your homeschool thread on my post above. I registered for This Little Piggy yesterday. Have several purchases that will total over $200.00 in the next month, money Ebay won't see, but that's their loss, and Piggy's gain.
The teacher editions for all the textbooks currently used by public schools in my state are available in every university library that has a teacher education program. Ebay acts like they are protecting the answers to the SAT or GRE tests. The rationale for not selling these books is just ridiculous, in my opinion.
We may have sold/bought from each other! :O)
All kinds of HS texts on sale at eBAY right now...
I stopped using ebay months ago.
Because ebay is so paranoid about us users talking to each others, they have blocked any and all email between users unless there is an actual auction running by one of the parties writing.
I used to research my sellers by looking at their feddback, and then writing the previous buyers that that seller had sold too. EBAY NOW HAS BLOCKED THAT. I cannot make a properly researched purchase anymore.
I have no reason to use ebay anymore.
Can I hear boycott?
keepsakevideoct
For a good homeschool curriculum swap, go to
http://theswap.com/cgi-bin/dcads/dcads.cgi
It's the internet's original homeschool curriculum swap. :D
Went to E-Bay, plenty of text books and home schooling material for sale.
Boycott eBay.
Sorry about being huffy.
Yes, you are right, the fees are just too much nowdays to bother selling anything on eBay anymore. I still get rid of a few things sitting around the house now and then through their site but certainly not like I used to.
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