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Restricted Group Activities

Activities that must be avoided at all times

  • Posting contact information about another individual

  • Posting material containing profanity, hate speech, threats of violence or defamatory comments

  • Activities that conflict with eBay's Community Values, such as discrimination on the basis of age, race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or disability

  • Posting material (graphic or text) that is obscene or pornographic

  • Using JavaScript, active or other coding, or other actions that interfere with site operations

  • Posting material with the intent to impersonate eBay staff or another Groups member through the use of similar User IDs or any other method or device

  • Encouraging others to breach the eBay User Agreement or other eBay Policies

  • Advertising merchandise, services, or commercial Web sites, including offers to trade, found from sources other than the eBay Site

  • "Want ad" posts or posting solicitations of interest in the sale of an item or service

  • Posting material that in any way violates the eBay User Agreement or other eBay Policies, including Community Values

  • Posting listings reports or member violations

  • Discussion or reposting of deleted posts or discussion of no longer registered Group members

  • Posting of links, information or profile pages by persons who are under the age of 18, without regard to whether adults actually own the registrations of those underage persons or those underage persons have some type of parental/guardian permission

  • Posting of intellectual property, including copyrighted materials, without the permission of the owner of the intellectual property

  • Posting Group logos that include, use or otherwise incorporate the eBay name, trademarks or logos

  • Publication or distribution of eBay Blocked Bidder/Buyer lists, or any list of persons or organisations under suspicion or disfavour (also known as "blacklists")

The list of restricted group activities is a sub-section of the Groups Usage Policy. Please take a moment to read them.

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