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    Default No protos on Ebay anymore

    I can't help but notice that latlely there's barely ever any protos on Ebay any more. Has ebay banned them? Does everyone know this but me :-)

    Have I been ?

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    Default Re: No protos on Ebay anymore

    Quote Originally Posted by rbudrick
    I can't help but notice that latlely there's barely ever any protos on Ebay any more. Has ebay banned them? Does everyone know this but me :-)

    Have I been ?

    Talk soon!

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    yeah, ebay has banned them, they are still there though, listed using terms other than "prototype". i think everyone but you knew :P

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    yea, try looking under "test" instead of proto or prototype.

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    anyone know why ebay banned them.

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    Because, more or less, eBay looks at protos as copyrighted, private, company property that can't be sold. Or something.

    dave

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