Trade Me bans

The Dominion Post has a story on items banned for sale on Trade Me.

The full list of banned or restricted items is here. It includes:

• CCTV footage
• Cigarette or nicotine replacements
• Copyright and other intellectual property rights
• Courier tickets
• Digital media
• Event tickets
• Fireworks
• Flights
• Foreign plugs
• Frequent flyer points
• Gang paraphernalia/memorabilia
• Human bodies or body parts
• Lottery and raffle tickets
• Magnetic and smart card readers
• Medicines and supplements
• Menacing dogs
• Offensive memorabilia and propaganda
• Offensive weapons
• Recreational drugs
• Software that interfaces with the Trade Me website
• Spray paint cans
• Tobacco
• Uniforms for NZ emergency services
• VCDs
• Veterinary medicines
• Wholesale lists

The ban on flight tickets seems strange, as it applies to even transferable tickets.

The human parts ban is:

You may not list a human body or body parts on the site. This includes such items as sperm, eggs, excrement, and bone. 

People have tried to sell human excrement on Trade Me? 🙂