Stop Ebay from selling animals!

[Lyte]

I didn't think it possible but apparently Ebay is thinking about... or already has plans to... selling pets on their site. I think this is the most moronic and reckless thing they've ever done. If you agree, please follow the link and voice your displeasure!

Live Pets on EBay

Let's put a stop to this before it starts!

Lyte

 

[lilgee]

Selling dogs, cats, and other animals on ebay? I never heared of this.

 

[CrazyTech]

I went into reading the announcement with the same attitude as you but it made me think twice. I think the overall intention of these listings would be to allow adoption shelters and such to list them and I don't think you'd be buying animals and having them shipped across the country in boxes. It doesn't open up animals for abuse any more than other already established places IMHO.

I need to do some more reading but if they do it right I think it can be a good thing.

 

[Fewski]

It's not really different than selling them in your local paper... Yes, it's on the internet... But chances are the people who buy them will be in the area of the people selling them.

People sell them in newspaper locally, Ebay is opening a section to sell them there... But the buyer will most likely have to pick the animal up. Whats the problem?

PS: I'm 100% AGAINST Animal Abuse, but this isn't animal abuse.

 

[dgridley]

If done responsibly it could be a good thing (allow shelters to place unwanted pets).. the drawback (coming from a section of the country where "puppy mills" are all too common) is that there will always be those who abuse both this service and the animals themselves. I think to keep this from happening they might better restrict sales to pre-approved sellers.

 

[Lyte]

I'm totally against this for the simple fact that NO ethical breeder will sell an animal to someone without meeting them first and/or developing a long term exchange of phone calls and emails long before the breeder would even considering selling the animal! Such an opportunity would not exist in the EBay fast pace, sell it yesterday atmostphere.

I own two very dominant guardian type dogs. I researched this breed for nearly a year before choosing a breeder and the breeder I chose took 6 months to get to know me. I had to fill out a questionaire and a contract on the proper care, management and future of these dogs. How's that going to happen on EBay??

The notion that unwanted pets will get the opporunity to be adopted via EBay makes little sense to me. If I'm in Dallas, wanting a pet, why wouldn't I just go down to my local SPCA or rescue and buy one there??? Why would I go online, pay (probably) the same amount of money to another org. far away and then have the animal transported to me?? One, transportation costs money and two, it can be dangerous for the pet. Where's the logic here??

This whole thing stinks of EBay just trying to find another way of making a buck! :td:

Lyte

 

[dgridley]

I agree with you to a large degree, Lyte... we owned a kennel when I was a kid and we thoroughly researched the prospective buyers before we'd sell to them (our dogs ran $2500 each in the 1960's).

By and large, I'd be against this practice for the same reasons you outline.. I do think it might be a good outlet for legitimate shelters tho, as there are many responsible people who "will" travel cross country to rescue an animal.

I don't like to see this being used by the "professional" breeders as they like to call themselves.. we have plenty of people in this area with 30-40 dogs or more that take them to regular auctions in the area.. I find it reprehensible.

I'm totally against this for the simple fact that NO ethical breeder will sell an animal to someone without meeting them first and/or developing a long term exchange of phone calls and emails long before the breeder would even considering selling the animal! Such an opportunity would not exist in the EBay fast pace, sell it yesterday atmostphere.

I own two very dominant guardian type dogs. I researched this breed for nearly a year before choosing a breeder and the breeder I chose took 6 months to get to know me. I had to fill out a questionaire and a contract on the proper care, management and future of these dogs. How's that going to happen on EBay??

The notion that unwanted pets will get the opporunity to be adopted via EBay makes little sense to me. If I'm in Dallas, wanting a pet, why wouldn't I just go down to my local SPCA or rescue and buy one there??? Why would I go online, pay (probably) the same amount of money to another org. far away and then have the animal transported to me?? One, transportation costs money and two, it can be dangerous for the pet. Where's the logic here??

This whole thing stinks of EBay just trying to find another way of making a buck! :td:

Lyte

 

[Michelle]

I am a big BIG animal lover and in a perfect world all animals would be sold by respected breeders and bought by loving people , .....its not :td:

I just hope that if ebay does begin to take part in this they will do it with the up-most thought for the animals.....not the buyers and sellers.

Any situation is open to abuse imo so I hope they look very carefully at the rules and regulations before starting on such a venture.

 

[Humdizzy]

I'm pretty sure this will be just like going to a shelter and picking up a pet. I went with my next door neighbor to the North Shore Animal Center and they got a dog just 5 minutes after picking one. All they did was fill out a questionaire. If eBay does the same thing I don't see how it could be different. I mean when we wen't to the shelter they didn't know us. We could have been cold blooded killers for all they know. Also if buying from a breeder I don't think anyone who could afford a dog from a breeder would go and drop that kind of money on something they will just go and neglect.

 

[mrfike]

I'm totally against this for the simple fact that NO ethical breeder will sell an animal to someone without meeting them first and/or developing a long term exchange of phone calls and emails long before the breeder would even considering selling the animal!

I think you could substitute "owner" for "breeder" in the above quote
I think also, that not only does it stink of factory-kennelism and chain pet selling stupidity, but that this sort of transaction is very prone to fraud before you even take into consideration the use of the internet and anonymity.
(Phew! Sorry for the run-on sentence there!)
Anyway, if Ebay would tie this in to a local platform of some kind, it might have some possibilities :imho:

 

[Lyte]

I'm pretty sure this will be just like going to a shelter and picking up a pet.

The thread did not indicate Ebay would conduct business in anyway different than they do now.

I mean when we wen't to the shelter they didn't know us. If eBay does the same thing I don't see how it could be different.

At the shelter, they at least can see your face. When I adopted a dog from a shelter in California (15 years ago +/-) I had to bring my driver's license, proof that I owned my house or had permission from the landlord to have a pet AND a copy of current utility bill. This is not the way deals are done on EBay. On Ebay, the buyers and sellers rarely meet.

Also if buying from a breeder I don't think anyone who could afford a dog from a breeder would go and drop that kind of money on something they will just go and neglect.

That very thing happens ALL the time. Worse yet, you'll find some breeders (e.g. puppy mills) who will have five figures worth of dogs (10 - 20 - 30 dogs) on a property and the animals are very much neglected and abused.

Lyte

 

[labrocca]

I'm totally against this for the simple fact that NO ethical breeder will sell an animal to someone without meeting them first and/or developing a long term exchange of phone calls and emails long before the breeder would even considering selling the animal! Such an opportunity would not exist in the EBay fast pace, sell it yesterday atmostphere.

I own two very dominant guardian type dogs. I researched this breed for nearly a year before choosing a breeder and the breeder I chose took 6 months to get to know me. I had to fill out a questionaire and a contract on the proper care, management and future of these dogs. How's that going to happen on EBay??

The notion that unwanted pets will get the opporunity to be adopted via EBay makes little sense to me. If I'm in Dallas, wanting a pet, why wouldn't I just go down to my local SPCA or rescue and buy one there??? Why would I go online, pay (probably) the same amount of money to another org. far away and then have the animal transported to me?? One, transportation costs money and two, it can be dangerous for the pet. Where's the logic here??

This whole thing stinks of EBay just trying to find another way of making a buck! :td:

Lyte

Your standards do not have to be everyone elses.

 

[Lyte]

Your standards do not have to be everyone elses.

Those "standards" are not mine, they belong to most ethical breeders and buyers.

Lyte

 

[Rom]

Wow... I wanna buy a hamster!

 

[CrazyTech]

Well, you got your wish Lyte.

http://www.forbes.com/2005/12/20/ebay-ban-animals-cx_gl_1220autofacescan17.html

Merry Christmas.

 

[Lyte]

Well, you got your wish Lyte. http://www.forbes.com/2005/12/20/ebay-ban-animals-cx_gl_1220autofacescan17.htmlMerry Christmas.

Yeah!!!! :tu:

Interesting part of the artical was this... "However, eBay spokesman Hani Durzy said that soaring sales of pet supplies had prompted the firm to reconsider its policy."

I figured it always about the money.

Thanks!

Lyte

 

[dgridley]

I agree.. I never doubted the whole issue was rooted in making more moolah..

Yeah!!!! :tu:

Interesting part of the artical was this... "However, eBay spokesman Hani Durzy said that soaring sales of pet supplies had prompted the firm to reconsider its policy."

I figured it always about the money.

Thanks!

Lyte

 

[Alex222]

What is so wrong with selling pets on eBay. who cares. if there is a demand on it, hopefuly they will do it. its not a war or fatal illness. its a business. and nothing else matters...

 

[Michelle]

What is so wrong with selling pets on eBay. who cares. if there is a demand on it, hopefuly they will do it. its not a war or fatal illness. its a business. and nothing else matters...

Merry Christmas

 

[RegFee]

So now, does that mean this won't be happening:

"We are also looking into allowing non-profit animal shelters to list animals for adoption for free."

So sad, just think of the MILLIONS of animals that could've been saved. Well thank goodness we didn't give the puppy farms another sales venue. They already have the Mall petstores.