Have you recently bought a new Blu-ray movie?
If so, there has probably been a code included, called “Ultraviolet Code”, that allows you to save a digital copy of the movie on your computer.
Have you ever thought to sell that ultraviolet code? If you thought about putting it on eBay, I caution you!
Why?
eBay might consider selling ultraviolet codes as copyright infringement, take the listing down, and slap a policy violation on your account. I said “might” because it’s not always the case.
I haven’t tried it myself but I know some sellers tried to sell ultraviolet codes on eBay and got a bad taste in their mouths.
The funny thing is that eBay allows some sellers to sell ultraviolet codes but takes down some other sellers’ listings and reward them a policy violation. You know, the typical selective policy enforcement going on by eBay.
However, if you really want to sell the code, maybe this tip helps you out:
experiment selling it as a bonus to another item (maybe a low-value item you really don’t care about). In that case, I recommend you put only the word “Bonus” in the title, maybe twice. Don’t mention ultraviolet code in the title.
Like I said, I haven’t tried selling ultraviolet codes on eBay so this is only a tip that may or may not work.
If you want to read more about Blu-ray and get good information and knowledge, there’s an excellent book by Jim Taylor, et. al which is a good read about this subject. You can get the book here.
If you have any experience or thought about this type of interesting eBay behavior, please do share.
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Family Video is selling the codes for $1.50 to $3.00
That’s an independent website. If you sell ultraviolet codes on eBay, it could go sour or smooth (depending on eBay mood at that time!!). Thanks for visiting.
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I just recently listed a few ultraviolet codes on ebay that came with the blu-rays I purchased. I have no use for the uv codes so I was hoping to make a few bucks off of them instead of throwing them away. However, ebay didn’t agree with that and they removed my auctions and threatened to suspend/terminate my account. WTF?! I BOUGHT the movie with my money, I paid for the bundle, if I decided I didn’t want something or ALL of it I should be able to sell it! This is unjust!
hey you know you can go to listia on face book and sell them on a free auction site where you can earn points and bid on other ultraviolet codes or pretty much any item you could think off i havent heard anything wrong with that because in reality you trading them for points to trade the points for somthing you want at least its better than throwing them away
Wish you arrived at this page earlier!
If you did, you would have known listing those codes were a risk. Like I said above, eBay frowns upon listing blu-ray ultraviolet codes. I do share tips and tricks like this for eBay and other marketplaces so be sure to sign up for my updates. Thanks for visiting.
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