Some Who Sell On eBay May Need Pa. License

[David Farber <dfarber () cs cmu edu>]

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From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: November 20, 2007 10:43:28 AM EST
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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Some Who Sell On eBay May Need Pa. License

[Note:  This item comes from reader Ken DiPietro.  DLH]

Some Who Sell On eBay May Need Pa. License

POSTED: 4:52 pm EST November 19, 2007
UPDATED: 10:28 am EST November 20, 2007
<http://www.wgal.com/news/14642268/detail.html>

LANCASTER, Pa.
-- The state of Pennsylvania is telling those who sell other people's  
stuff on eBay that it's time to get a state-issued auctioneer's license.

By state law everyone who sells another individual's belongings online  
needs an auctioneer's license. The law does not include people who  
sell their own things on online sites such as eBay.

The law is not new, but the issue is getting attention because at  
least two people who sell things for others on eBay have been  
investigated by the state and are awaiting hearings, according to  
officials. Both could face fines of at least $1,000, officials said.

News 8 spoke with the company Auction Inn. It's an online auction  
business that operates in Lancaster, Harrisburg and York. So far the  
company has not been cited, but those who run it are speaking out  
because they disagree with the law since what they do is not what a  
conventional auctioneer does.

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