It's important to check whether items can be sold on eBay before they are listed.
What is the policy?
Any medical device that requires a prescription can't be sold on eBay, including:
- Bone growth stimulators and invasive bone drilling and expansion tools, including osseodensification bur kits
- Contact lenses (including "zero powered" or cosmetic lenses)
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machines (CPAP), along with masks, humidifiers, heated water chambers, and heated tubing
- Diagnostic X-ray systems
- Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) units, and any accessories that require a prescription
- Flow generators
- Glucose monitors that require a prescription
- Hearing aids that require a prescription
- Implantable devices, such as pacemakers, heart valves, vascular grafts, ventricular bypass devices, and implantable infusion pumps
- Nebulizers and their accessories
- Oxygen concentrators, compressors, or conservers, and any accessories that require a prescription
- Pulse oximeters that require a prescription
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulators (TENS), and any accessories that require a prescription
Covid tests cannot be sold on eBay, even if they are over-the-counter.
The following medical equipment and related products, which can be abused for unlawful purposes, are not permitted:
- Items or devices that could be abused to facilitate the manufacture of illegal drugs or pharmaceutical products
- Needles, with or without a disposable syringe
Listings for items that can be sold must follow these guidelines:
- Original labels on medical devices must include uses, directions, and warnings in English
- Listings must state in the item description if the device has been opened or used:
- Used items must be properly cleaned
- Used items must not be altered in any way that changes the performance or safety specifications of the device
- The item description should clearly state the product expiration date
- Items must reach the buyer before the expiration date
The following items can be sold:
- Over-the-counter (OTC) medical devices
- Vintage or collectible medical devices, but listings must state that these are not intended for use
- New disposable syringes can be listed, but needles cannot be included
Activity on eBay is required to follow this policy, the eBay User Agreement and all applicable laws, as well as respect the rights of third parties. If it doesn’t, eBay may take action consistent with applicable laws and the eBay User Agreement, and may even be legally required to do so. Such actions may include, as an example only: Removing the listing or other content, issuing a warning, restricting activity or account suspension.
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Why does eBay have this policy?
This policy helps to protect the safety of our members while ensuring that important government regulations are followed.