New Auction Website for Reloaders
In July 2007, eBay announced a policy banning the listing and sales of “any firearm part that is required for the firing of a gun”. This wholesale ban created an immediate vacuum in the auction market for bullets, barrels, slides, magazines and other firearm components.
There’s now a new auction site that hopes to replace eBay for sellers and buyers of gun parts and reloading components. ReloadersAuction.com launched in August 2007, just a few weeks after eBay announced its anti-gun policy. The creators of the new site, who are avid reloaders themselves, explain: “We started this auction site because eBay has stopped the sale of most all reloading supplies, gun parts, and most knives. We wanted to always have a place to buy reloading and hunting supplies at a great deal….” The site combines an eBay-style auction experience with enhanced features including “Want to Buy” ads and barter (“Swap”) offerings.
Because ReloadersAuction.com is so new, there were only 400 or so active auctions as of November 30th. But that should change quickly. There are some very nice navigation features which make the site easy to use. Right on the front page, “Ending Soon” and “Most Popular” auctions are listed in convenient table style format, so you can scan dozens of auctions in one glance. The “Most Viewed Items” also appear on the home page, highlighting good deals that you might not find via a word search.
We wish ReloadersAuction.com well. It is based in North Carolina, an area where gun rights are respected, and where there is a strong tradition of hunting and shooting sports. So, next time you need bullets, brass, or reloading accessories, check out this new site. There are some good deals to be had.
Most people on reloaders actions still take PayPal as payment. Isnt paypal owned by eBay?
EDITOR: Yes, you are correct. eBay acquired PayPal in 2002. PayPal specifically prohibits use of its services to pay for firearms. The matter of firearms parts gets into a gray area under PayPal terms of service.
PayPal Terms of Service:
Prohibited Activities
You may not use the PayPal service for activities that:
2. relate to sales of … (h) certain firearms, firearm parts or accessories, ammunition, weapons or knives
LINKS:
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/use/index_frame-outside (POLICIES)
http://pages.ebay.com/aboutebay/thecompany/companyoverview.html (PayPal Acquisition)
As long as “Reloadersauction” is connected with PayPal in any way, I’ll continue to patronize the good people at Midway, Mid-South, Sinclair, etc.
We feel the same about Paypal as most all gun lovers do….the Paypal payment module was integrated with(and the default payment option) for the software when we purchased it.
Paypal will be terminated site wide as soon as our programmers finish our Bidpay plugin. this should take place in Dec 07. Today would not be soon enough as far as we are concerned.