When gathering items for your online auction, you may want to take in consideration the list below. This is a list of ebay's restricted or prohibited items. You may see the list here: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/items-ov.html where you'll get additional information on how or why the items are restricted or prohibited.


Prohibited and Restricted Items List:
·         Adult Only

·         Alcohol (see also Wine)

·         Animals and Wildlife Products - examples include live animals, mounted specimens, and ivory 

·         Art

·         Artifacts - examples include Native American crafts, cave formations, and grave-related items 

·         Catalytic Converters and Test Pipes

·         Cell Phone (Wireless) Service Contracts

·         Charity or Fundraising Listings

·         Clothing, Used

·         Coins

·         Contracts

·         Cosmetics, Used

·         Counterfeit Currency and Stamps

·         Credit Cards

·         Drugs & Drug Paraphernalia

·         Drugs, Describing Drugs or Drug-like Substances

·         Electronics Equipment - examples include cable TV de-scramblers, radar scanners, and traffic signal control devices

·         Electronic Surveillance Equipment – examples include wiretapping devices, and telephone bugging devices

·         Embargoed Goods and Prohibited Countries - examples include items from Cuba

·         Event Tickets

·         Firearms, Weapons and Knives - examples include pepper spray, replicas and stun guns

·         Food

·         Gift Cards

·         Government and Transit Documents

·         Government and Transit Uniforms

·         Government IDs and Licenses

·         Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Items - examples include batteries, fireworks, and Freon

·         Human Parts and Remains

·         Importation of Goods into the United States - examples include CDs that were intended only for distribution in a certain country

·         International Trading

·         Items Encouraging Illegal Activity – examples include an eBook describing how to create methamphetamine

·         Lockpicking Devices

·         Lottery Tickets

·         Mailing Lists and Personal Information

·         Manufacturers' Coupons

·         Medical Devices - examples include contact lenses, pacemakers, and surgical instruments                           

·         Multi-level Marketing, Pyramid and Matrix Programs

·         Offensive Material - examples include ethnically or racially offensive material and Nazi memorabilia 

·         Pesticides

·         Plants (see Weeds and Seeds)                           

·         Police-Related Items

·         Political Memorabilia

·         Postage Meters

·         Prescription Drugs

·         Prohibited Services

·         Real Estate

·         Recalled Items

·         Slot Machines

·         Stamps

·         Stocks and Other Securities

·         Stolen Property and Property with Removed Serial Numbers

·         Surveillance Equipment

·         Teacher's Edition Textbooks

·         Tobacco

·         Transit and Shipping Related Items - examples include blueprints of transit facilities, airplane operations manuals, and flight attendants’ uniforms                 

·         Travel

·         Weeds and Seeds

·         Wine (see also Alcohol)