‘Who Do You Think You Are Bidding, Mr eBay?
‘Who Do You Think You Are Bidding, Mr eBay?’
Auction site eBay has backed down after banning the sale of a rare Dad’s Army board game for promoting “hatred” and “racial intolerance”.
The game, originally released in the mid-70s at the height of the much-loved TV series’ popularity, was deemed “offensive” because it contains a picture of a swastika.
Just like the opening title sequence of the show, the board game box depicts arrows bearing swastikas and Union Jack flags moving across a map of Europe.
Seller Dave Davidson, who bought the game at a car boot sale, was amazed when eBay removed his item from the site.
He told the Worcester News: “I want to expose eBay for what they are – a laughing stock.
“They allow coins and stamps with swastikas and there are hundreds of novels which are war stories that have them.
“It’s ridiculous that they can’t use any common sense. Dad’s Army is the most harmless TV programme in the world.
“There’s no swearing in it or anything.”
Mr Davidson, from Droitwich, Worcs, discovered his item had been removed from the site last Saturday when he received an e-mail from eBay.
He told the paper it explained that his listing breached the company’s offensive material policy.
It said: “We don’t allow sellers on eBay to list items that promote violence, hatred, racial or religious intolerance, or items from organisations that promote these views.
“We don’t allow items or memorabilia associated with the Nazi Party.”
However, the site has now said it will allow him to sell the game but Mr Davidson has decided to hang on to it.
“It’s very kind of them to change their minds but I don’t want to sell it now.
“I think I’ll keep it as a souvenir to political correctness gone mad.”
Screened between 1968 and 1977, Dad’s Army related the adventures of a hapless Home Guard unit during the Second World War.
It spawned catchphrases including “Don’t panic”, “They don’t like it up ‘em”, “You stupid boy” and, from the theme tune, “Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Hitler?”
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