eBay Watch: New Jewelry Policies
By Vangie Beal
July 20, 2007
eBay In The News
Grabbing headlines this week are policy changes regarding how diamonds and jewelry are described in listings as well as two new digital cameras that have YouTube and eBay modes as standard features.
This week eBay made several changes to its policy regarding items listed in Jewelry, Precious Metals and Loose Beads. Sellers can now only use the word "diamond" in jewelry listings only to describe a natural mineral consisting essentially of pure carbon, crystallized in the isometric system. It must also meet the following requirements: a hardness of 10, specific gravity of approximately 3.52 and a refractive index of 2.42. Sellers listing any laboratory-grown stone and using the word diamond must now precede or follow-up the word diamond with any one of the following eight terms: created, lab-created, man-made, synthetic, manufactured, laboratory-grown, laboratory-created or [manufacturer-name]-created.
Additionally, Cubic Zirconium stones can use the word "diamond"only if the word is immediately preceded or followed by the words simulated or imitation, spelled out in full. Sellers listing gold items must also follow a new set of listing policies for those categories as well.
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