Human Aftermarket Sales

kielmanator

well lads what do you think about this one!

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should there even be a need in modern Europe for such T&C's???

I'd say something about China or Thailand where human rights aren't the best. But Europe?

And what about not being able to sell the relics??

They are religious things, and yes they do contain human remains, but so what? It's not as if the purchaser is going to try and bring back the bone from the dead, they just want to pray with it???

chin_grin

Then the black organ market wouldn't be so black as it'd be Blue\red\orange\blue\green\red.

Scarinae

For people browsing boards on phones:

Google, eBay bans sale of human remains and body parts

Most companies have some fairly bizzare terms and conditions preventing users from doing things that they would never have even dreamed of. Most of these terms and conditions are drawn up by teams of lawyers desperate to cover every possible eventuality.

While reading the terms and conditions of Google Product Search I found that Google won’t allow people to sell body parts or human remains using the system.
Body parts
Posting is not permitted for the promotion of body parts or human remains.
If these terms didn’t exist would we see results like the one below?
(Picture of a fake google search)

Google isn’t the only Internet company concerned about the sale of human remains & body parts. eBay has similar T&C’s and goes into much more detail in their Human Remains and Body Parts Policy.
Human Remains and Body Parts Policy
Humans, the human body, or any human body parts are not permitted on eBay. Items that contain human hair (such as lockets) as well as skulls and skeletons that are used for medical purposes may be listed on eBay. eBay does not permit the sale of Native American skulls, bones or other Native American grave-related items, as the sale of such items may violate federal law.
Violations of this policy may result in a range of actions, including:
Listing cancellation
Limits on account privileges
Account suspension
Forfeit of eBay fees on cancelled listings
Loss of PowerSeller status
Examples of prohibited items include, but are not limited to:
organs
bone
blood
waste
sperm
eggs
Sellers may not include such items as a gift, prize, or giveaway in connection with an item listed on eBay.

My question is would people really start using Google Product Search and eBay to sell human body parts if these rules didn’t exist?

thebigbiffo

Fishie wrote: »

My question is would people really start using Google Product Search and eBay to sell human body parts if these rules didn’t exist?

probably. the trade in organs in actually fairly large - v. poor people selling a kidney for example.

Scarinae

To address the OP's question... I think it is interesting that the eBay terms and conditions specifically mention Native American grave-related items, that indicates that there is a market for such things. There is probably some superstition attached to them.

kielmanator wrote: »

should there even be a need in modern Europe for such T&C's???

I've heard that there is a black market in organs such as kidneys, for people who have lots of money and don't want to wait for years on a hospital waiting list for their transplant... I suppose they just don't want to enable the black market. I can see why there would be a market for sperm/egg donations as well. Not so sure about the blood/waste - maybe some drug addicts would buy 'clean' blood or urine to use when they're required to submit samples for testing?
I doubt that Google and eBay would just fling those terms and conditions in for a laugh, they must be picking out specific things that people have listed in the past, and banning them to stop it happening again.

kielmanator wrote: »

And what about not being able to sell the relics??

They are religious things, and yes they do contain human remains, but so what? It's not as if the purchaser is going to try and bring back the bone from the dead, they just want to pray with it???

Maybe it's because I didn't have a Catholic upbringing, but I've never understood the relic thing, so I don't think I'd be able to offer an opinion on this one without potentially offending someone!

Scarinae

thebigbiffo wrote: »

probably. the trade in organs in actually fairly large - v. poor people selling a kidney for example.

Sorry, I should have stuck that in 'quote' brackets to make it clearer - that was from the blog post that the OP linked to! I think you're right though

lace

I think people would definitely use it if they could. There was that case of people trying to sell a baby on ebay. Stranger things have happened.

ScumLord

This has ruined my "Bucket O' sperm" business venture. :mad: