elgato
Joined: 24 Feb 2005
Posts: 17237
Location: Texas
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| Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:44 pm Post subject: eBay Lifts Ban on Teachers Manuals |
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eBay banned the sale of teachers' manuals on its marketplace in 2006, which was a big blow to parents who home-schooled their children. Amazon.com also bans teachers manuals - according to its policy, "Because solutions manuals and teacher's editions of books are not intended for general use, such listings are prohibited on Amazon.com."
Today Angela Smith of Finders-Keepers Educational Supply wrote to inform us that eBay was now allowing the sale of teacher's manuals, and was informed by her account manager:
"Although it may seem insignificant to some, the ban on teacher's manuals was a huge blow to the homeschooling community, which happens to be one of the fastest growing markets in the publishing industry.
more.. link to news article |
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DaLizardsLair
Joined: 15 Feb 2009
Posts: 4780
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| Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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For once eBay has made an intelligent decision.
Since more and more parents have made the decision to home school their children, the ban on listing these items on both eBay and Amazon, was equivalent to telling parents to take their business elsewhere...which is what they have been doing.
It is nice to see that even the mighty eBay can show some smarts and reverse a poorly made decision. Now maybe they'll rethink the logic behind having hired JD. |
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