Bob Geldof has come down on ebay for letting those charity tickets be available for sale on ebay. Why is it ebay’s fault? They are a marketplace and as long as the items are not illegal, we don’t want ebay to start policing and act as a customs authority.

The whole idea of ebays of the world is to allow free exchange of goods and services among people with needs and means. Why should ebay stop charity tickets from being sold?

And who are they to judge what is ‘good’ and what is ‘immoral’? If there is a rule or a law written down to stop something from being sold, ebay can refer to it, but there is nothing illegal about selling charity tickets and ebay is unnecessarily being blamed.

Note: I am a stockholder of ebay and have written this in no connection to my stock holdings. It is just a matter of discussion.