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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsalexan, post: 1134825, member: 24274&quot;]From a philosophical perspective, this is a very interesting debate. There&#039;s a quote by Schopenhauer that goes: &quot;All truth passes through three phases: First it is ridiculed, secondly it is violently opposed and thirdly it is accepted as self evident.&quot; I&#039;m seeing all three phases in this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d like to add is this: We don&#039;t live in a static society--laws change according to the needs and will of the people. Business practices change for the same reasons. Food stamps became contraband to sell because they were being misused. That&#039;s a non-issue today, they have been &quot;demonetized&quot; and legalized. They are no longer needed and their only real function now is as a collectible. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ebay is not just a flea market it is a global Grand Bazaar. It is the first place buyers go to find collectibles. Telling sellers to go elsewhere to offer a legal collectible is to lock them out of a huge segment of the market. Applying a &quot;my way or the highway&quot; approach is only fair when there is genuine market competition. I don&#039;t see it. If you know of coin or currency dealers on Amazon.com please chime in.</p><p><br /></p><p>EBay has a responsibility to adhere to changing legislation, not just new laws, but old laws taken off the books. But it&#039;s become such an automated behemoth there&#039;s not a lot of attention paid to anything outside of commerce. Policy changes only come from a very tiny group of people. It takes a lot to get them to listen and even more to make them think.</p><p><br /></p><p>tlasch, despite the naysayers, this is a noble and worthy fight. Start by asking the USDA to write a letter to eBay. If that doesn&#039;t work, take it to a Congressman. Really. A call from a congressional office will set off alarm bells in any company&#039;s legal office. Write letters to the editor in the major numismatic publications. Offer to write an article on the situation. Post on public blog sites for collectors--believe me these are monitored by eBay. Be logical, be patient, and be tenacious. Soon enough this argument will be self-evident to everyone involved.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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