Vlad's is up

Spudkopf · Post by **Spudkopf** » Thu May 17, 2007 10:00 pm

G'day All

Just letting you all know that Vlad's non eBay site is now up and running.

http://www.vladstoys.com

Sorry about the cut and paste error!

Soldier16S · Post by **Soldier16S** » Fri May 18, 2007 5:30 am

You mean:

http://www.vladstoys.com

That extra period is the wrong syntax.

-Noel

baronvlad · Post by **baronvlad** » Fri May 18, 2007 12:14 pm

Hi Guys,
I just wanted to thank everyone for the support and great e-mails. I wanted to be clear on the items that got me in trouble with ebay, none of them showed the swastika, I had photo shop them out. I was told that ebay could "assume" they had a swastika. I was reinstated on ebay last week, but have not listed anything yet. Mostly because ebay made it very clear, that nothing from W.W.II, that is German, can be listed. No tanks, planes or figures that show any German markings that include black cross, iron cross or any german unit markings. You are not allowed to crop photos, photo shop photos or photograph things in a way to hid these markings. When I talked to them and ask about the 1000's of other "questionable" items listed and showed them examples, they said they all need to be reported and pulled. As a large part of my inventory is German items, it severely limits what I can sell on ebay. Instead, I have been putting all of my energy into getting the new web site up. Which is now up and running. It still needs some work, and I still have inventory to put up, but it's a start. If anyone checks it out and has suggestions, feel free to let me know.
Thanks,
Barry

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Fri May 18, 2007 12:32 pm

I hate EBAY even more NO WWII German tanks or aircraft....thats a load of bull crap........EBAY can go stright to hell.

On the other hand I am glade you are up and running...Good luck

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Fri May 18, 2007 12:40 pm

I found this
http://forums.ebay.com/db1/thread.jspa? ... 8264685610

MIGMADMAVIS · Post by **MIGMADMAVIS** » Fri May 18, 2007 3:57 pm

HEY!! Baron Vlad, its good to hear from you!! Thats terrible what happened, and I will deffinitley be purchasing from your store! I have bought stuff from you once or twice, Good luck with your new store!!

-Tobin

ChairmanMilo · Post by **ChairmanMilo** » Fri May 18, 2007 5:23 pm

BaronVlad, I'm really glad you were able to get your website up & running. You may not remember me, but I bought my first Forces of Valor Enthusiast miniature from you (a Panzer IV Ausf G Kowel 1944). Your customer service and speed of shipping were good enough that I'll be looking to buy more from your website in the future.

With communities like this to spread the word, I doubt very much you'll have trouble keeping your sales numbers up!

Soldier16S · Post by **Soldier16S** » Fri May 18, 2007 9:44 pm

Hey Barry,

It's Noel. More orders will be on the way in June.

Hang in there, Amigo.

As for Ebay and their policies, I wonder if they realize they might be losing an entire genre' of collectors and sellers, in ALL scales of models and military collecting.

-Noel

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Sat May 19, 2007 7:10 am

Barry I feel for you my brother.
I read the post on e-bay. It is against the swatika not the blackcross. The Maltese cross was usen in WW 1 and it is being used today. The only problem e-bay has is with the pinwheel. They say if it is on the project you will get slammed. If they think it is on the project it will get slammed. If you try to use xx or something else for SS it will get slammed. So don't use it! There are more than one way to skin a cat. Put figures up in front of it. Put a small American flag in front of it. Use Googly's Hello Kitty in front. Get around the system.