Hello
I bid on 2 items from this seller on Saturday and according to the site the bids were successful - however they aren't present on the bidding list - I can't find a reason why these bids failed so is there any reason they were not placed please?

Hello Lynn,
Thank you for your question about these two snipes. eBay returned two messages to us. The first was "Success," which is obviously not correct.
The second message was the following:
Dear Buyer
To prevent the circumvention of the eBay.co.uk and eBay.ie Weapon and Knives policy, it is not possible for you to bid on, or buy this item.
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/weapons.html
Thank you for your understanding.
eBay Trust & Safety
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We hope we have resolved this to your satisfaction. Please advise if we can help with anything else.

Thank you for getting back to me - the reason is ridiculous, they are dinner knives - cutlery - certainly not weapons of any kind - it's time to employ common sense in listings concerning cutlery.
Regards
Lynn

Agreed. We've been dealing with this "ruling" for over a decade and still don't see much sense in it. Thanks for your understanding.