Ivory worldwide ban on eBay

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Just an FYI to those who missed it.

Effective Jan. 1, 2009 eBay is putting a worldwide ban on ivory. It affects all products containing genuine ivory including mastodon/mammoth, and elephant (even pre-ban) ivory. I am not sure about walrus tusk and hippo tooth.

If you want to sell or buy ivory on eBay...you just have a couple of days left.
 
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While I can appreciate the idea behind it, there shouldn't be a problem with mammoth ivory. Oh well....
 
Oh, great. Now what am I going to do with all these elephants? and who's
gonna clean up all this poop?
oh, wait .. that's mine
 
YORKGUM said:
Is there a supplier that have mammoth ivory enough to turn into a pen?
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Sure. There are a few vendors but a pen blank will cost around $90.00+ and they are not very common too. Note that mammoth ivory comes in various colors (not just ivory white) due to being buried for thousand of years.
 
DocStram said:
My opinion may vary from others who have posted, but I'm fine with ebay's ban.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn15007-ebay-ivory-ban-is-good-news-for-elephants.html
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"The transactions had an advertised value of $3.8 million, and sales of about $460,000 on eBay provided the site with commission of at least $20,000."

To me, this is the telling part of the ban. Considering that they have over
5,000 full time on-staff lawyers ,the $20,000 isn't enough to warrant the
aggravation. They're probably spending a lot more than that just answering
questions.
 
What next, are they going to ban the sale of my ground up Rhino horn and Hippo teeth.
I have a bunch of bear claws and teeth, Elk ivories and Hog tusks, I can't sell, The bear claws came from CITIES tagged hides, the teeth came from a taxidermy supply, Moscow Hide and Fur, I'll bet next they stop the sale of Antler as well, I used to love feeBay back in the 90s, but man have they turned jerk, all I buy is lumber and only from one guy.
First was firearms and related stuff, OK I can see that I didn't like it but who knows who's getting the guns, there are a few people that really shouldn't have access to guns, and the used underwear OK with that too, I had an auction pulled that had a Lion claw set in gold, fortunately I had been in contact with the lady I sold it to. I had papers on the hide. they don't care.
I'm glad I sold my stock when I had my heart attack Made good money on that, I'm also glad their stock went down as did their profits for the first time in their history.
 
When I heard of that.......I went and won a number of auctions for pre-ban irory! Have around 8lbs of it. Will be doing inlays and such.....will also make some jewlery for my granddaughters....

At least I now have names and addresses of suppliers that I'll deal directly with........when THAT time comes.


Barney :bananen_smilies022:
 
Not sure how or why but seems like the ban is not total. Qty is reduced but I still see a lot of ivory being sold at eBay.

Oh well...
 
Dario said:
Not sure how or why but seems like the ban is not total. Qty is reduced but I still see a lot of ivory being sold at eBay.

Oh well...
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AH .. more, smaller transactions.
Many more transaction fees

Who says I'm a cynic? :biggrin:
 
Along with Skye, can you PM me the name of the suppliers. I had planned on purchasing a piece or two.
 
Rifleman1776 said:
eBay is run by a bunch of vegan, liberal wooses, whuses, whatever. I wouldn't expect anything better from them. Logic is not a factor in their decision making process.
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Frank .... If being in favor of measures to try to stem the sale of illegal ivory means I'm a liberal, then so be it. According to this report from NPR, 20 tons of illegal ivory were smuggled during the year 2007.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6677444

Actually, IAP user guidelines clearly state that politics should not enter our discussion ... but, you already know that.

Also ...... if you're going to try to offend those of us who are against the sale of illegal ivory as being "wooses, whuses, whatever", at least spell it correctly. It's "w ... u.... s..... s". Get it?

PS The plural, of course, would follow the accepted spelling rule for words ending in a "hissing sound (-s -z -x -ch - sh) add an -es to the word. Thus, my friends and I would be called wusses .... properly spelled, of course.

PPS By the way, before firing off another of your venomous pm's ... save your time. It will be deleted before I take the time to read it.
 
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Al,

I too am for banning Elephant Ivory sales...even the pre-ban since the sellers tend to mix them up and no one can really tell which is which.

That said...I don't believe they should include Mammoth/Mastodon Ivory. They are obviously different (due to age) and can be easily distinguished from that of elephant's. JMHO.
 
I've been trying to find ebay's policy regarding walrus and mammoth tusks. Has anybody come across it?

I think I might have a mammoth buried in the backyard ... thinking about ways of disposing of it if my hunch is right.
 
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wolftat said:
This is just great.....First they ban the sale of human body parts and now this!!!! I for one am outraged.:eek:
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They banned the sale of human body parts?!?!?!?! What am I going to do with all of these parts that I have been stock piling.....ooops....errr...I mean, I gotta go clean out the shop.
 
Hi there, i was wondering how much these ivory blanks would cost...... i have a couple of them that were supposed to be carved into "name chops" they are about 20mm across and 120mm long..... any idea??
 
garypeck said:
Hi there, i was wondering how much these ivory blanks would cost...... i have a couple of them that were supposed to be carved into "name chops" they are about 20mm across and 120mm long..... any idea??
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Depends on quality. I've seen really premium ivory blanks (3/4" x 3/4" x 5") for $90.00. Price fluctuates though...especially now.
 
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