Seller Battles eBay to Recover Store Name:
Long time eBay seller Bobby Beeman uncovered a flaw in an eBay Stores naming policy that allowed another user open a Store under the same name as Beeman’s User ID. But had to battle eBay before he could reopen his Store under his own name.
Beeman registered the eBay User ID Toyranch over nine years ago and has been using the site to sell collectible toys ever since. Recently, Beeman attempted to reopen his eBay Store called Toyranch, which he had temporarily closed last fall.
When he found he could not reopen his eBay Store, he called eBay’s customer service department for help. He said the customer service representative told him he could not name his store Toyranch, because another seller had opened a Store called Toy Ranch (with a space in the name). When Beeman typed in http://stores.ebay.com/toyranch, it resolved to http://stores.ebay.com/toy-ranch - the eBay Store belonging to the other seller. (The spaces in a Store name show up as hyphens in the URLs.)
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