The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease

I never heard back from either of my complaints to eBay about them allowing auctioning of the Eucharist but when MamaT threatened to close her account (I don't have one), this is part of the email she received.

We understand that the listing of the Eucharist was highly upsetting to Catholic members of the eBay community and Catholics globally. Once this completed sale was brought to our attention, we consulted with a number of our users, including members of the Catholic Church, concerning what course we should take in the future should a similar listing appear on our site. We also consulted with members of other religions about items that might also be highly sacred and inappropriate for sale. As a result of this dialogue, we have concluded that sales ofthe Eucharist, and similar highly sacred items, are not appropriate on eBay. We have, therefore, broadened our policies and will remove those types of listings should they appear on the site in the future.

If you'd like to thank eBay for responding to Catholics' concern over this issue, here's an email address: rswebhelp@ebay.com. It never hurts to be polite you know.