Has anyone thought about items being posted interstate?
Hi,
I buy and sell on eBay and was wondering whether any thought has been given to horse related items being bought and sold on eBay and being posted from NSW and Qld to other states. If this virus can be spread on items of clothing etc., and there is a ban on horse-related items being transferred to other states, shouldn't this include items posted in the mail? Should eBay ban listings for horse-related items? Even if the item hasn't been in contact with a horse, the owner/handler of the item might possibly have been and therefore is possibly sending an item that may be infected with the virus? There are hundreds of horse items on eBay.
Liz Hudson
posted by Horse Deals at
8:10 am
3 Comments:
they have banned ebay is taking all second hand gear off ebay australia post will not accept any second hand leather or horse goods in the mail system
Hi, I sent an email to the vic dpi about 14 days ago bringing up the same subject of ebay. I am an avid buyer & sometime seller on ebay & at present would not purchase anything even if it were brand new. At this point I have had no reply.
concerned victorian.
J McLeod
As an equestrain business who does mail interstate - let me calm your concerns. All our products are sealed in plastic to begin with, , we operate from an EI free area, but as a precaution treat our warehouse as a quaratine area and only have staff who dont own horses working in the warehouse. In reality its no different to buy anything else online and having it mailed to you.
EI can only survive on fabric for 12hrs and upto 24hrs on Porcilin or stainless steel surfaces. All new equestrain products come in sealed plastic bags. Shipping interstate takes at least 48hrs - so even if a horse sneezed on a rug - (not that it would!!!) its next to Zero anything would still be alive when the parcel arrived.
When I talked to a DPI rep about this, they had been asked this question and determined the risk was extremely low - he explained this was so far down the list of possible transmition methods. You would have to ban movement of just about everything buy post that it just cant be taken seriously. More concern is spread by vehicles simply driving thru an effected area.
Unfotunatly people think because its a horse item, It must some be be contaminated to begin with.
Regards Robin
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