Recently some concern has been expressed about the sale of pharmaceutical and related products through eBay. Until recently the GOC claim that there were more than 200 contact lenses offered for sale on eBay. Also, recently a man from Milton Keynes was found guilty of using eBay to sell Kamagra, a generic version of Viagra, which is not licensed for sale in the UK.

When they were made aware of the problem eBay removed the contact lens listings from the site. eBay say that it is not possible to monitor the millions of items that are put up for sale. Because of pending legal action eBay will not comment on this case. However, history has shown that when they are made aware of problems eBay tend to act quickly and decisively and I suspect that contact lenses will soon appear on the list of prohibited products.