Ebay and train tickets

[Mr E]

Not wanting to waste a return ticket that I ended up using, I stuck it on ebay. Hell, someone might use it, right?

Wrong.


[quote=Ebay]**PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT EMAIL REGARDING YOUR LISTING(S)**

We appreciate that you chose eBay to list the following listing(s):

6563316885 - Rail Ticket - Great Chesterford to Swindon


However, your listing(s) breaches eBay's Travel policy and has been removed. In accordance with our User Agreement, items prohibited by law or by eBay policy are not allowed on eBay. We have credited all associated fees to your account and notified eBay users associated with the transaction that it has been cancelled.



eBay has special rules limiting who can sell travel-related items on eBay, and what can be sold.The sale of all train tickets (including Eurostar tickets) by unauthorised persons is not permitted under the railway byelaws, made under Section 129 of the Railways Act 1993. Therefore, unless you are an authorised seller as described below, you may not list train tickets on eBay.

An authorised person means someone acting in the course of his or her duties who is an employee or agent of the relevant train operator, or any other person authorised by the train operator or a person operating any railway assets.

Any person who is authorised as described above must make it clear in the listing that he or she is authorised to sell train tickets. [/quote]

I've just read section 129.
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1993/Ukpga_19930043_en_4.htm#mdiv129

Exciting it is not. I also failed to spot the "Once purchased you cannot resell a ticket should you choose not to use it"

Anybody know anything about this area? I'm bemused...

[Uriel]

Yeah, a friend had similar problems. Don't think there is much that can be done about it.

[Andy M]

Have you considered selling an envelope which may () contain the said train tickets?

AFAIK eBay has no policy against selling envelopes - they didn't a couple of years ago when I sold one which contained tickets to the UEFA Cup Final.

[john75]

Airlines are fussy now about ticket transfers as well.

[simpo two]

My airline ticket is strictly non-transferable. Daft but true.

I did however manager to sell a part-used book of Humber Bridge tickets on eBay but they are not personal.

[Mr E]

Andy M said:

Have you considered selling an envelope which may () contain the said train tickets?

Good thinking batman......