On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 23:11:43 -0400, "Dave Edwards"
wrote:

You are correct. When I posted this and a couple of other items for auction,
I noticed in rec. radio.amateur.equipment that someone replied with the text
"Keyword Spamming" and that's it.
That was for another item where I commented "like Yaesu" ...but my guess is
that he just turned me in, and ebay shot down only one of my listings.
Funny, it was killed a few minutes AFTER the auction ended.
It really is a bad idea for ebay to get as involved as they do when it is an
area they know nothing about. Anybody in to Heathkits would likely be
interested to read or bid on an unassembled Eico from the 1940's
Oh well....they are letting their success spoil them!

Uhh no, it's at the request of the copyright holders - if you post an
ad for a Kenwood radio, and say "Like Yaesu", you are using Yaesu's
copyrighted name. Why should Yeasu allow that? eBay simply acts on
behalf of copyright owners. And if I'm searching for Yaesu, I don't
want to see a "Like Yaesu" radio that doesn't look anything like
Yaesu, nor if it's not Yaesu.
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