I agree! Not only is it a waste of time, but I, as a 25-yr Avon rep veteran, tried to sell Avon on eBay about 6 months and my listings were promptly and swiftly removed by Avon thru VERO. They said they can't be watching everyone who sells Avon on eBay, but they found me!

Avon wants as many (or all) of their reps as possible to become an e-rep and have their own site. I tried that twice and had no success getting customers to buy from me. It just wasn't worth the hassle or the monthly cost. THAT'S why Avon doesn't want Avon reps to sell on eBay. Because Avon doesn't make money from those sales (except for the cost of the products purchased originally by the rep), but they can make more money if each rep is an e-rep and they pay Avon $7.50 a month for that privilege.

I mostly sell returns or stuff that I buy in bulk.  I don't see what the harm is in that when the stuff is no longer available through AVON.  They encourage us to keep the returns (if not used) and sell it.   I am getting to the point that I am going to send the returns back.

The first one of my ads was taken down stating, "Members are not allowed to use images or text from another member's listings without that member's permission. Doing so may violate copyright laws. Images used on another website may also be protected by copyright law. You should not copy and use images from another website without first getting permission to use that content. We encourage members to take and use their own photographs...."

I so called copied and used someone else's images. WTH???? I had my own picts up and used my own wording!!! SINCE I'm new at selling on eBay, didn't think nothing of it. and was like, "oh well" I had 2 of the same ads anyway and only one was reported. Thought I'd have a chance with my other ad. So, left my other ad  alone and didn't take it down.

BTW, I don't sell my items below market as some may do to attract more cutomers.

But when my second ad was reported today (3 days later) and I noticed the other ads like mine were still up, That's when I thought, it isn't AVON or Vero monitoring ads. It's other reps selling the same line of product doing the reporting to Avon and Vero. I got an email for this ad which was identical from my previous ad, stating, "The rights owner or an agent authorized to act on behalf of the rights owner, Avon Products, Inc., notified eBay that this listing violates intellectual property rights. When eBay receives a report of this type of violation, we remove the listing to comply with the law..." So I think it's B**l S**T.  Two same ads with 2 different complaints. COME ON!

I also got the same letter you got today exept through email. I really love AVON and their products. But I personally think that  there are other reps reporting others on eBay. Just flat out playing dirty! It's just sad that people have this dog eat dog mentality.  It doesn't make sense to do so when there is so much business out there on the internet. We're pretty much all in different states for crying out loud! You can't have the whole market to ya self!

Anyways that was my experience. No sweat! I'll be going to classified ads now. They want it all let have it all!

Hi there, I was just reading some avon vs ebay posts and seen yours. Im wanting to get into some avon selling and I also sell other items on ebay. Im low income and need all the help I can get. Was just wondering if you could explain more of it to me? If not then thank you for your time anyways (:

~Anna

I do not know why exactly that Avon's representative policy prohibits selling on any website other than the replicated site we are given at no cost. I just know that it is and that is how it is.  I managed to sell over $78000 in Avon products last year using my online store and to customers in my area offline.   I set up booths at events in my area to sell sometimes but these are one day events like the spring festival.  

when I joined Avon I agreed to the policy guidelines on the contract so that's how I run my Avon business.