Claudia

I am more than willing to do this. Just a few days ago when I was on e bay,
(I am an avid e Bayer) I was looking up breastpumps and could NOT believe
how many were there.  Several of them were obviously from people who have
Medela rental stations and are selling them on the net.  As a FYI, anyone
who sells the Pump in Style from Medela has to sign a contract with them
that they WILL NOT sell the pump in style for lower than 249.95 , so it is
illegal to sell it for less.  I will get a letter off to them tonight, I
wanted to write them the other day, but I was not aware of the used policy,
where did you locate that?

Cindy

Cindy Curtis, RN IBCLC
mailto:[log in to unmask]
http://www.erols.com/cindyrn
----- Original Message -----
From: <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 10:08 AM
Subject: breastpumps on ebay


> ---------------------- Information from the mail
header -----------------------
> Sender:       Lactation Information and Discussion
>               <[log in to unmask]>
> Poster:       [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      breastpumps on ebay
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
>
> Hi fellow Lactnetters, I have spent the past few days going through the
list
> of breastpumps that were for auction on ebay and notifying ebay of pumps
> described as used.  According to Ron T.W. Ebay Community Watch Team
Member,
> breastpumps are only allowed on ebay if they are "new and in the original
> box".  As a result of my notifications there have been over 30 breastpump
> auctions that ebay has stopped over the past few days.  I have now written
to
> ebay and asked them to stop allowing breastpumps for sale on ebay at all.
I
> feel that if these sellers realize that if they advertise the pumps as
used
> they won't be allowed, then they will just not mention they are used.  I
> would think that if 2000 of my closest friends who happen to be
breastfeeding
> professionals (haha) also wrote ebay and also sited the hazards of selling
> breastpumps they may stop this practice.  Anyone want to join me?  Go to
> www.ebay.com.  You will find an area that you can make suggestions to the
> site!  Happy writing!  Claudia Globerger RN/IBCLC
>
>              ***********************************************
> The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
> LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM)
> mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
> http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
>

             ***********************************************
The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html