BERLIN, Germany (AP) — Police in southern Germany say they have removed a seven-month-old boy from his parents after they tried to sell him for one euro (US$1.57) over eBay.

Krumbach police spokesman Peter Hieber said baby Merlin has been put in care of youth services in the southwestern Allgaeu region and was doing well on Saturday.

Authorities have launched an investigation into possible child trafficking against the parents.

Hieber said the mother told police she had only intended the Internet ad as a joke. No offers were made for the child in the two hours and 30 minutes the ad was posted. Ebay deleted the posting afterward.

Several people who saw the ad alerted the police.
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Shawn - Wow, I just made a post the other day about some of my auctions getting pulled down, but this was a bit over the top. I hope they do realize it was a joke. It was a very stupid joke, but still a joke. I mean how dumb can they really be. I don’t think anyone in their right mind would think they could really sell their baby on eBay. There is obviously way to much evidence left behind. And geez, could you imagine the negative feedback you would get if the baby was colic?

For a few months I was able to sell digital items on eBay. For the most part they were all eBooks. I actually was doing pretty good for a while, until April 1st, 2008. Apparently, eBay decided they were no longer going to allow the listing of digital items. This threw a wrench in the works for a lot of people.

I started browsing around eBay to see what other people were dong and noticed that people were relisting their digital items with a disclaimer that it was available via CD format as well. I thought to myself, well, it must be working, so I threw up some more auctions and made the same disclaimer only to get another warning from eBay that I can’t list these items any more. I also found out from the few that sold before I got shutdown again, that they no longer automatically send the download link to the buyer. I guess that makes since if they are no longer allowing digital listings, why would they. I was OK with manually sending out the links, if I could only find a way to keep my auctions up.

I’m not sure how other people are getting away with it since my listings are just about the same as theirs. They said I can use a “Classified Ad” but there is no bidding or feedback for those types of listings. It’s just informational with no way to bid for the item. And I believe it costs around $10 to list it compared to the $.25 I was spending before.

I’d love to continue listing my items on eBay if some one could point out the loop hole that I may be missing. I’d love to hear any feedback on how this is possible. Thanks!

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