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  • Faust
    kitsch killer
    • Sep 2006
    • 37852

    Boycott Ebay This Week



    Posting this at my friend's request.



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    (FORTUNE Small Business) -- Activists opposed to eBay's (EBAY, Fortune 500) upcoming fee and policy changes
    are readying for a weeklong site boycott starting on Monday, with
    buyers and sellers waiting to see if this strike will succeed where
    past protests have failed.



    The boycott, planned to run Feb. 18 -
    25, is scheduled to overlap eBay's Feb. 20 rollout of significant
    changes announced last month.



    Sellers say eBay's new policies are
    likely to cost them more money, but what's really inspired an
    outpouring of wrath is an adjustment to eBay's feedback system: sellers
    will no longer be able to leave negative commentary about their buyers.
    Critics say that will leave sellers vulnerable to negligent bidders and
    scammers.



    "You get bad buyers as often as you get bad sellers,"
    said M. Owens, a Severn, Md.-based seller of high-end dolls that
    typical go for several hundred dollars each. On such an expensive
    transaction, having a buyer cause trouble - by, for example, disputing
    the transaction and requesting a credit-card chargeback after they've
    already received their merchandise - can be financially devastating,
    she said.



    Owens, who plans to participate in the boycott and
    avoid buying or selling on eBay next week, is also worried about the
    impact of a change to eBay's "best match" search algorithm, one of the
    least-publicized aspects of the upcoming changes. That search method,
    which will become eBay's default next month, favors sellers with high
    and detailed customer-satisfaction ratings. Low-volume sellers, like
    Owens, say this puts them at a disadvantage by burying their listings.



    EBay spokesman Usher Lieberman said the company is taking a wait-and-see approach to the boycott talk



    "At
    this point it's still premature for us to speculate," Lieberman said.
    "We're empathetic with our sellers and understand that they're
    concerned, and that some of them object to some of the changes we're
    implementing. On the other hand, we think we have very good reasons for
    what we're doing."



    Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

    StyleZeitgeist Magazine
  • xcoldricex
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2006
    • 1347

    #2
    Re: Boycott Ebay This Week



    haha i've been boycotting ebay for over a year now. fuck ebay.





    i like how they sent out that email saying gallery pictures are free and they cut insertion fees!



    scroll down a bunch and you see they raised the final value fees SIGNIFICANTLY.

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    • tims
      Member
      • Jan 2008
      • 30

      #3
      Re: Boycott Ebay This Week

      I won't be listing anything on ebay, but let's just hope no one lists anything I just have to buy this week :)

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      • DHC
        Senior Member
        • Jul 2007
        • 2155

        #4
        Re: Boycott Ebay This Week

        [quote user="xcoldricex"]

        fuck ebay.



        [/quote]



        WORD!

        Originally posted by Faust
        fuck you, i don't have an attitude problem.

        Sartorialoft

        "She is very ninja, no?" ~Peter Jevnikar

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        • mortalveneer
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2008
          • 993

          #5
          Re: Boycott Ebay This Week



          Something to sell to intelligent classy consumers: SZ Classifieds



          Something to sell to moderately intelligent younger consumers: SuFu Supermarket



          Something to sell that's overvalued by much of the foolish populace: Ebay





          This is why I continue to sell on ebay, even if my frustration with them seems to mount annually...





          Anyone notice how they automatically put your return policy as accepting any kind of returns within seven days? I listed a few auctions before I saw that last week...

          I am not who you think I am

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          • Faust
            kitsch killer
            • Sep 2006
            • 37852

            #6
            Re: Boycott Ebay This Week

            /\ yes.
            Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

            StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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            • Chinorlz
              Senior Member
              • Sep 2006
              • 6422

              #7
              Re: Boycott Ebay This Week



              Ugh. why do they have to keep raising shit? I mean honestly. Low low low overhead/operating costs... no need to advertise... they're just getting greedy now. Shit was fine before.




              Fuckers!

              www.AlbertHuangMD.com - Digital Portfolio Of Projects & Designs

              Merz (5/22/09):"i'm a firm believer that the ultimate prevailing logic in design is 'does shit look sick as fuck' "

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              • xcoldricex
                Senior Member
                • Sep 2006
                • 1347

                #8
                Re: Boycott Ebay This Week

                that and they own paypal for added rape-age.

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                • Faust
                  kitsch killer
                  • Sep 2006
                  • 37852

                  #9
                  Re: Boycott Ebay This Week

                  I hope Google takes care of them. Something must be in the works.
                  Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

                  StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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                  • DHC
                    Senior Member
                    • Jul 2007
                    • 2155

                    #10
                    Re: Boycott Ebay This Week

                    /\ That would be choice! I'd like to see google take those muggs out and damnit google can do it if any entity can!
                    Originally posted by Faust
                    fuck you, i don't have an attitude problem.

                    Sartorialoft

                    "She is very ninja, no?" ~Peter Jevnikar

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                    • philip nod
                      Senior Member
                      • Aug 2007
                      • 5903

                      #11
                      Re: Boycott Ebay This Week

                      yeah, the entity known affectionately as SZ, can take dem shits out
                      One wonders where it will end, when everything has become gay.

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                      • jay
                        Member
                        • Mar 2008
                        • 52

                        #12
                        Re: Boycott Ebay This Week

                        I am sorry but eBay and the devil PayPal are just flat out GREED. I have countless friends that have been screwed by both. Personally, I would rather not sell an item than to give eBay my money.

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                        • Yan
                          Senior Member
                          • Mar 2008
                          • 386

                          #13
                          Re: Boycott Ebay This Week



                          Yeah boycott ebay unless





                          You make money that way. Many sz members selling I see



                          There something you really like on there.



                          They send you a discount coupon.



                          You want to fund a faceless dot com business that screws nearly 10% from its customers

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