[Doc Juansinn]

Anyone ever come across something like this before? It's an eBay auction for a book detailing military awards of Germany 1933-1945. Here's what I get when I try to view the page;
"Unfortunately, access to this particular category or item has been blocked due to legal restrictions in your home country. Based on our discussions with concerned government agencies and eBay community members, we have taken these steps to reduce the chance of inappropriate items being displayed. Regrettably, in some cases this policy may prevent users from accessing items that do not violate the law. At this time, we are working on less restrictive alternatives. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause you, and we hope you may find other items of interest on eBay."

The book itself was published and sold in the U.S. so I'm having a hard time believing this "legal restrictions in your home country" crap.

Who can view it and in what country are you located? Are just us Yankees excluded?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

Edit: Damn I'm slow today. I forgot the link. Sorry 'bout that.

[Xeo]

a link would be nice. or an isbn.

[MARINEOSX]

I doubt that anyone will be able to, but post a link so we can take a look.

[Doc Juansinn]

Originally posted bu Xeo:
a link would be nice.

Indeed! Sorry about that.

I've added it to my original post, and again here for the ones who immediately scroll down without reading through the first post.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

[ManOfSteal]

I can view it...

United States of Whatever.

[MARINEOSX]

I can't see it.

[d4nth3m4n]

all of zee germans have already gone to bed

[Xeo]

I can't view it either. And I'm in the U.S.

[ManOfSteal]

Wow, I'm special I suppose then...hmm, does it have to do anything with # of feedback possibly? Just guessing.

[PurpleGiant]

Can't view it here in Aus, 88 feedback.

[Doc Juansinn]

Originally posted by manofsteal:
Wow, I'm special I suppose then...

Oh yeah? Pull the other one. Are you serious? Would you mind posting a low-res screengrab of the part of the listing showing the title and seller info? I don't even know where the seller is located.

[effgee]

Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
all of zee germans have already gone to bed

nope.

link works fine from krautland.

[d4nth3m4n]

mind taking a screenshot of this thing? i'm pretty curious now.

[rjenkinson]

works fine from canada.

-r.

[ManOfSteal]

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[Doc Juansinn]

Thanks for the image, manofsteal.

That is the first edition of that book and the full title is "For F�hrer and Fatherland: Military Awards of the Third Reich". It appears the the seller has deliberately omitted any words that might be flagged by eBay's Gesta... er, censoring system. In any event, it's still blocked for many of those in the U.S.

It's strange as just a few weeks ago an auction for the same book was visible and went through to completion. Do you think eBay has an army of snitches looking for and reporting this type of material?

By the way, it's a great book for anyone seriously interested in military awards. Scale photos and documentation on everything. I wanted to get a second copy to give to someone as a gift.

[Xeo]

Originally posted by Dr. Wahnsinn:
By the way, it's a great book for anyone seriously interested in military awards.

Can't say that that particular subject has ever crossed my mind, but hey, whatever floats your boat.

[sideus]

I can view it.

[storer]

I can see it in australia

[Disgruntled Head of C-3PO]

Censorship it totally retarded. I mean it is a book with nothing graphic.

I can see it fine in Canada.

[Spliffdaddy]

Viewable here in the old south.

[sideus]

Holy crap. I can view it at work, but not at home. That's crazy.

[MilkmanDan]

I can't view it in Japan! Curse you Japan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[D'Espice]

Can't view it, Southern Germany

[ManOfSteal]

Originally posted by manofsteal:
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Keep working hard.

[d4nth3m4n]

tooki, i don't know what your deal is with this, but PLEASE at least just take off the image tags instead of your standard drivel about how inline images shouldn't be too big. at least having a link there still serves a purpose. i mean, yeah, it's stellar that you're on this crusade, but what's the point in not preserving the link to the image? often they are quite relevant to the thread at hand.

i know i, for one, wanted to take another look at that thing.

[ManOfSteal]

Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
i know i, for one, wanted to take another look at that thing.

Here.

[Sherwin]

Can see it here in the bit of the U.E.S.R. that used to be England.

[Doc Juansinn]

Originally posted by sideus:
Holy crap. I can view it at work, but not at home. That's crazy.

I'm beginning to think it's more that some IP ranges are blocked rather than whole countries, which is even more idiotic. I can only imagine that some people complained to eBay and this caused eBay to simply block certain content from an entire IP range.

For anyone who wants to view such an auction in the future, try a web-based proxy server. I tried this early this morning and it worked.

Thanks to all who reported their results. It was interesting.

[agentz]

I can't see it

[sandsl]

Can see it. Lucky I don't live in censorship-gone-mad country like America

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally posted by effgee:
nope.

link works fine from krautland.

No, it doesn't.

[badidea]

Originally posted by D'Espice:
Can't view it, Southern Germany

Can't view it, Northern Germany

[sideus]

Originally posted by Dr. Wahnsinn:
I'm beginning to think it's more that some IP ranges are blocked rather than whole countries, which is even more idiotic. I can only imagine that some people complained to eBay and this caused eBay to simply block certain content from an entire IP range.

For anyone who wants to view such an auction in the future, try a web-based proxy server. I tried this early this morning and it worked.

Thanks to all who reported their results. It was interesting.

It has to be based on IP ranges. Doesn't make sense I can view it at work, but not at home.

[effgee]

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
No, it doesn't.

Well, maybe not in your (other) part(s) of Krautland - it most certainly does work in mine.

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You're welcome to stop by my house and see for yourself whether or not I'm using a proxy to access the page (I'm not).

[jbartone]

I can see it.

Melbourne, Australia, Optusnet Cable.

Will the fact that bidding has ended turn off the filters?

[badidea]

Originally posted by effgee:
Well, maybe not in your (other) part(s) of Krautland - it most certainly does work in mine.

Maybe you should have written "link works fine from sp�tzleland" then!?

[effgee]

Originally posted by badidea:
Maybe you should have written "link works fine from sp�tzleland" then!?

Oooooh ... that is so rude! Frechheit! Take that back ... now! If I were in "Schwoaba-L�ndle" I'd surely know - we folks north of the "Sp�tzli-Faction" take these things very seriously (I would think phoenixboy knows what I'm talking about)!




After all, that would be like some dude calling you a "Torfstecher" simply because you live north of Frankfurt ("Main", not "Oder")

[badidea]

Originally posted by effgee:
Oooooh ... that is so rude! Frechheit! Take that back ... now! If I were in "Schwoaba-L�ndle" I'd surely know - we folks north of the "Sp�tzli-Faction" take these things very seriously (I would think phoenixboy knows what I'm talking about)!

You not from Stuttgart? Hob I di verwechselt? Well, I am sorry then!

[effgee]

Originally posted by badidea:
You not from Stuttgart? Hob I di verwechselt? Well, I am sorry then!

Yes, you had me mixed up there. No apologies necessary, though - I was (mostly) kidding. (Who in the world would want to be called a "Schwabe", anyway?)

[D'Espice]

Originally posted by effgee:
After all, that would be like some dude calling you a "Torfstecher" simply because you live north of Frankfurt ("Main", not "Oder")

Hold the phone dude... I live in Munich and what the heck is north of Frankfurt? I thought civilization just stops there, other than that there's just wasteland and uncivilized territory (much like we Americans think Canada is like )
Anyhow, as far as I'm concerned, Bavaria hence civilization ends at the "Wei�wurscht�quator" which for us Bavarians is the Danube. Regensburg is our last outpost, that's pretty much it

Btw, is it obvious that I've been living in Munich too long? ALL HAIL THE BAVARIAN EMPEROR!

[badidea]

Originally posted by effgee:
Yes, you had me mixed up there. No apologies necessary, though - I was (mostly) kidding. (Who in the world would want to be called a "Schwabe", anyway?)

Yeah, I think I mixed effgee and entrox if I am not mistaken again! And be careful what you say!! Though I am living in Hamburg, I am originally a Schwoabas�ckl - the Bavarian version though!

[badidea]

Originally posted by badidea:
Can't view it, Northern Germany

Ok, that should read "Can't view it at work" because I can view it at home!

[D'Espice]

Originally posted by badidea:
Ok, that should read "Can't view it at work" because I can view it at home!

HAHAHA!!! OMG same here *g* I cannot view it at home but it works just fine at work

[wang_himself]

Originally posted by manofsteal:
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Dude you are too picky, while you are on a graphic hater binge go kick TG or Wizards of the Coast asses for their massive 800KB graphic frontpage website...

[MacMan4000]

I can see it here in the redneck capital of the world, Kentucky.

Click me for screenshot
(image edited only to blur my dsktop icons, they contain peoples names who wish not to be known)

[TheJoshu]

I'm about 45 minutes north of where the item is being sold, but I can't view the page. Tunneled into the PC at work in Manhattan, and I can view it from there.

[JoeCo]

Hi everyone,

I came across this forum searching for a solution to the problem some of you have been having, namely some eBay items showing as "invalid" due to "restrictions in your country".

As far as I can see, the problem lies with Safari, not with your location or IP address. (Try it out, folks!) Pages which are "invalid" in Safari load fine in IE, Mozilla and Firefox on my Mac. (I'm using 10.3.8, Safari 1.2.4).

So, has anyone a solution yet, other than the ungainly switching of browsers whenever the problem occurs?

Joe.

[badidea]

Originally Posted by JoeCo

So, has anyone a solution yet, other than the ungainly switching of browsers whenever the problem occurs?

Joe.

Link me an example and I could try to see if it helps to switch the user agent under the debug menu in safari (you can activate that with TinkerTool)!

[badidea]

Originally Posted by JoeCo

As far as I can see, the problem lies with Safari, not with your location or IP address. (Try it out, folks!) Pages which are "invalid" in Safari load fine in IE, Mozilla and Firefox on my Mac. (I'm using 10.3.8, Safari 1.2.4).

by the way, that can't be right...

Originally Posted by badidea

Ok, that should read "Can't view it at work" because I can view it at home!

...at work I have IE on Windows and at home safari on OS 10.3.9