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Sellers on eBay may need a license

Brenda J. Grolle loves to pick up used books at library sales for a buck and sell them on eBay for $4.

Unless a state law that goes into effect May 2 is changed, the Elyria woman could be fined up to $1,000 and jailed for a maximum of 90 days for selling items over the Internet without an auctioneer's license.

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Davis, aide to Sen. Tom Roberts, a Dayton Democrat, said eBay was never intended to be part of the legislation.

"It is a complete, unintended consequence," he said.

Sometimes, I'm just so proud to be an Ohioan...