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Precious Metals and Loose Beads |
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eBay encourages the
listing and trading of jewelry, precious metals and loose
beads on its website as long as the listings meet rules for
disclosure of information designed to clarify and improve
the trading experience for all eBay members. Sellers wishing
to list these items need to review the �Some Examples� section
below and the listings must adhere to the rules outlined.
Violations of this policy may result in a range of actions,
including:
- Listing cancellation
- Limits on account privileges
- Account suspension
- Forfeit of eBay fees on cancelled listings
- Loss of PowerSeller status
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Diamonds, Gemstones and Loose Beads
- The word "diamond" can be used without qualification
(standing alone or by itself) in jewelry listings only
to describe a natural mineral consisting essentially of
pure carbon, crystallized in the isometric system with
- A hardness of 10
- Specific gravity of approximately 3.52
- A refractive index of 2.42
- When listing a laboratory-grown stone that has the same
mineral composition as a naturally mined diamond, the
word "diamond", whenever it appears (in the item title
and description), may only be used if the word is immediately
preceded or followed by any one of the following eight
terms, spelled out in its entirety and in equal visibility:
- "created�
- �lab-created�
- �man-made�
- �synthetic�
- �manufactured�
- �laboratory-grown�
- �laboratory-created�
- �[manufacturer-name]-created.�
- Listings for a Cubic Zirconium stone may use the word
"diamond" in the item title or description only if the
word is immediately preceded or followed by the words
"simulated" or "imitation", spelled out in full. Sellers
must also include (in the item description in equal visibility
to any other terms) the words "Cubic Zirconia" or "CZ."
These items may only be listed under the Cubic Zirconia
or Other categories, not in the Diamond categories.
- To list any imitation diamond stone that does not fall
into one of the descriptions above, sellers may use the
word "diamond" in the item title or description only if
the word is immediately preceded or followed by the words
"simulated" or "imitation", spelled out in full. Sellers
must also include in the item description in equal visibility
to any other wording the composition of the item. Examples
include "plastic," "glass," "Moissanite," "rhinestone,"
"Strontium Titanate," "quartz," and so on. These items
may only be listed in categories especially designated
for them (like Moissanite) or in Other categories, not
in the Diamond categories.
- The names of other stones or gems, such as "opal", "ruby",
"pearl", etc. must be qualified if the mineral composition
of the item differs from the natural mineral. Additionally,
when listing such items, sellers may use the stone name
or "pearl" in the item title or description only if the
stone name or "pearl" is immediately preceded or followed
by the words "simulated" or "imitation", spelled out in
full. Sellers must also include in the item description
in equal visibility to any other wording the composition
of the item, for example, "plastic," "glass," "quartz,"
etc. These items may only be listed in categories especially
designated for them (like Pearl, Imitation) or in Other
categories, not in the Opal, Ruby, Pearl, etc. categories.
- Sellers of loose beads, who use a gemstone name to describe
the bead�s color, are required to further qualify the
item by using at least one of the following in the item
title: the word �bead�, the name of the material (�crystal�
or �glass�, etc.) or the word �color�.
- If sellers do not know an item's composition, eBay strongly
recommends that they learn this information before listing
the item in order to avoid misleading potential buyers.
Items without this information should be listed in the
Other category or categories designated for those materials,
but never in the category for the natural diamonds, gemstones
or pearls.
Gold
- The terms "gold-plated," "gold-filled," "gold-electroplated,"
"gold overlay," and "rolled-gold" may be used as long
as the alloy used for the plating is greater than or equal
to 10kt gold. Sellers must spell out the qualifier - such
as "plated" -- throughout the body of the description
wherever the word "gold" is used.
- The term "gold vermeil" may be used as long as the item
consists of a base of sterling silver coated or plated
on all significant surfaces with gold, or a gold alloy
of at least 10kt fineness, and substantial thickness and
minimum thickness throughout equivalent to two and one
half (2 1/2) microns
(or approximately 100/1,000,000ths of an inch) of fine
gold. Sellers must spell out the qualifier "vermeil" throughout
the body of the description wherever the word "gold" is
used.
- Sellers are permitted to describe an item that is gold
or silver in color as �gold-tone� or �silver-tone� in
the item title (with or without hyphen is permitted) and
throughout the description. Sellers may not use the word
�golden�.
- Items that are not solid gold cannot be listed in categories
for solid gold, but should be listed in the "Gold, Plate/Fill"
categories (effective Jan 4, 2005).
- Sellers are required to use industry-standard abbreviations
in the item title, such as "gf", "gp", or "gep," when
listing these items.
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| Why
does eBay have this policy? |
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To improve the shopping experience on eBay, eBay has developed
more specific policies for selling jewelry on eBay's US site.
These policies are designed to ensure buyers have a clear
understanding of what they purchase by requiring sellers to
include important information about the jewelry item in the
item title and description. |
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