It is a violation of our prohibited services policy … which includes no virtual relationships. We have the policy in place to protect our community members. EBay strives to have a clean and transparent marketplace.

It took a while for eBay to catch attention. In the early days, [retailers'] interest was very little. As the popularity of eBay grew, their interest grew in parallel.

We also have a policy against excessive shipping charges. But that's a gray area. If we get complaints about excessive shipping fees, we would pull that item from the site.

It is important to recognize that sales on eBay are different from traditional auctions.

It's more of a traditional ad format.

If you don't get satisfactory answers, don't do business with that person.

It provides an opportunity to connect.