Military: Discussions

i racently had a buddy show me a pair he got on ebay, they were dated 68 and were panama tread, spike protective and all. the thing that threw me off was that it didnt have a stitch on the heal like every other pair ive seen have. did some contractors not put in this stitch, or did it stop after a certain year?

Hi All,
I'm a 51 year young British veteran and just joined this group, i have been buying and selling on eBay since 2001 on and off and since I got laid off have become a lot more active in selling.
I was stationed in Germany back in the 1970's and for all those WW2 military buffs I have a lot of stories of the treasures that I saw back then and that I wish I had now.
Just wanted to say a big Hi to all and thanks for having me.

I don't know if anyone else knows, I just found out myself, that Daryl "Shifty" Powers of the 101st Airborne, who fought during World War 2 and was a pivotal character in "Band of Brothers" passed away on the 17th of June. He will be missed. Thank you Shifty for everything you and your fellow GI's did for us and to all of our Vets for what they do every day to keep this Country FREE

Just wanted you to know that I am selling refrigerator magnets of a flag and poem, with the words "God Bless Our Troops". For every magnet purchased, I will donated $3 towards buying items for our troops oversears.

It is listing 29033105583 or look under 'Support Our Troops'

Just to let you know that I've written a book called 1navywoman. It describes my horrible childhood in Louisiana, the nightmare teen years in foster care, and the life I built after joining the Navy. I will post it here when it is published. I hope it's a best seller, especially among the branches of the military.
I will offer it for sale on both of my web sites which are deniseboulet.com and flojims.webs.com. Thank you!

This is a mirror of my personal blog, statred 5/25/2009. I have added it to the Military Neighborhood, as I feel this impacts us all.

Opening Topic Discussion on eBay and the Sale of U.S. Medals

In 2005, the US Congress passed the Stolen Valor Act. The purpose of the law was to clarify the penalties for wrongfully claiming entitlement to higher US valor decorations. The law also, but unfortunately, was very ambigious about the sale (the intent was to make illegal the intentional sale of medals to enable fradulant acts) of the Medals of Honor (Army, Air Force, and Navy/Marines), the Distinguished Service Cross (Army), Air Force Cross (Air Force), the Navy Cross (Navy/Marines), and the Purple Heart (all Armed Forces Branch) (I will refer to these medals hereafter as the DSC, AFC, NC, and PHM). Since I posted this blog, it now appears that I must announce, with deep regret, the passing of the Silver Star Medal from eBay's rolls. It appears it became illegal to sell the Silver Star Medal on eBay-USA sometime around May 25th, 2009. It now appears likely to me that eBay will eventually be banning the sale of ALL United States Medals in order to "protect the eBay community".

With the promogulation of the SVA, eBay has chosen to immediately ban the sale of those medals on their site. This ban has continued, even though clarification has been sent out that the legitimate sale of all medals, save for the Medals of Honor, ARE legal within the United States. As a matter of fact, from time-to-time, you will see in the 'Sponsors' at the bottom of some eBay webpages direct links to sites that ARE selling the DSC, AFC, NC, and the PHM! Other web auction sites, such as OnlineAuction are also openly allowing the sale of the DSC, AFC, NC, and PHM.

I believe its time for eBay to end its self-imposed ban on the sales of these medals. Not only are they hurting the collector's access to these medals by not offering the services of the nation's largest internet auction site to locate medals they desire to obtain. eBay is also hurting the owners of these decorations who wish to legitimately dispose of those medals for cash, as the inability to use the widest exposure market available also means that they will be limited in the the price they will obtain for their medals whan they sell them.

Of course, you may feel that the 'protection' to the service personnel's honor eBay is providing by not allowing the sale of the DSC, AFC, NC, and PHM outweigh the collector's right to purchase those medals. That the prevention of false claims of honor predominates the free market. And it is truly sure, that someone will abuse these medals in the future for their own advancement, but if such is their goal, why would a person intent of fraud spent $150.00+ for a WWII DSC whan a currently manufactured one is available for as little as $35.00?

What's your opinion?

HELLO EBAYERS! WE WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE YOU ALL TO CHECK OUT OUR NEW STORE! WE HAVE SPIDER-MAN, INCREDIBLE HULK, X-MEN, STAR TREK, GRAPHIC NOVELS/TPB'S, ACTION FIGURES, ART BOOKS, WESTERNS, WAR COMICS, FANTASTIC FOUR, ALTERNATIVE PUBLICATIONS, AND SO MUCH MORE LISTED NOW, WITH MANY MORE GREAT TREASURES TO COME! WE ARE SORTING THROUGH OVER 50,000 COMICS, AND OTHER COLLECTIBLES FOR YOUR PLEASURE. GREAT MERCHANDISE, LOW PRICES, FAST & SAFE DELIVERY! WE STRIVE FOR 100% CUSTOMER SATISFACTION, OFFERING AUCTION STYLE LISTINGS, BIN, & BEST OFFER OPTIONS! SEND US YOUR BEST OFFER FOR CONSIDERATION! WE ACCEPT ALL FAIR PRICES! ALSO, PLEASE MARK US IN YOUR FAVORITE SELLERS TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE NEW LISTINGS WHICH WE ADD ALMOST DAILY!
BELOW IS OUR STORE URL.

http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Comanche-Comics-and-Collectibles

OR YOU CAN FIND US AT artiengwen2008, which is our Ebay I.D.
THANKS FOR READING, AND AS ALWAYS, HAPPY SHOPPING!
SINCERELY,
ARTIE & GWEN
artiengwen2008
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Comanche-Comics-and-Collectibles