eBay list of prohibited and restricted items

For more information; visit eBay
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/items-ov.html#prohibited

This information below was taken from eBay on May 2012; please review current requirements on eBay, before listing your item, make sure it's allowed on eBay and find out if there are specific rules and conditions on how it should be listed. See the list of prohibited and restricted items below and click the product category for information about the policy. Sellers also need to make sure that the sale of their item complies with all laws.

Make sure your listing follows these guidelines. If it doesn't, it may be removed, and you may be subject to a range of other actions, including restrictions of your buying and selling privileges and suspension of your account.

Prohibited and restricted items

• Adult Only category

• alcohol

• animals and wildlife products – examples include live animals, mounted specimens, and ivory 

• art  

• artifacts, grave-related items, and Native American arts and crafts

• catalytic converters and test pipes

• cell phone (wireless) service contracts

• charity and fundraising

• clothing, used

• contracts

• cosmetics, used

• counterfeit currency and stamps

• credit cards

• currency, selling

• describing drugs and drug-like substances

• drugs and drug paraphernalia

• electronics equipment – examples include cable TV de-scramblers, radar scanners, and traffic signal control devices

• electronic surveillance equipment – examples include wiretapping devices and telephone bugging devices

• embargoed goods and prohibited countries – examples include items from Cuba

• event tickets

• firearms, weapons, and knives – examples include pepper spray, replicas, and stun guns (see also military items)

• food and healthcare items

• gift cards

• government documents, IDs, and licenses

• government, transit, and shipping-related items – examples include airplane operations manuals, subway employee uniforms, and U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mailbags

• hazardous materials – examples include batteries, fireworks, and refrigerants

• human remains and body parts

• importation of goods into the US – examples include CDs that were intended only for distribution in a certain country

• international trading

• items encouraging illegal activity – examples include an eBook describing how to create methamphetamine

• lockpicking devices

• lottery tickets

• mailing lists and personal information

• manufacturers' coupons

• medical devices – examples include contact lenses, pacemakers, and surgical instruments 

• military items (see also firearms, weapons, and knives)                          

• multi-level marketing, pyramid, and matrix programs

• offensive material – examples include ethnically or racially offensive material and Nazi memorabilia 

• pesticides

• plants and seeds                           

• police-related items

• political memorabilia (reproduction)

• postage meters

• prescription drugs

• prohibited services

• real estate

• recalled items

• slot machines

• stamps

• stocks and other securities

• stolen property and property with removed serial numbers

• surveillance equipment

• tobacco

• travel

• weeds (see plants and seeds)