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    • Thu Oct 2nd 11:17 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      3 Theories on Why Fewer eBay Listings Are Showing Up on Google
      Love all the Donahoe impersonators!

      Sadly, the problem is eBay believes that carp. Donahoe has single-handedly destroyed eBay (well, Meg wasn't doing much to help it either) with his arrogance and shortsightedness.

      I have been boycotting since May 1, both as buyer and seller (I was only an occasional seller, but had been an avid buyer). Recently I needed something I normally would have bought on eBay. I found what I wanted on eBay, noted the store name, Googled it, went to the seller's website, and bought the item THERE for the same price.

      eBay has made their bed. Now they can lie in it.

      Donahoe should be fired.
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    • Thu Jun 26th 14:04 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      New Selling Form Sinks eBay Sellers
      Sure makes me glad I'm boycotting.

      Donahoe should be fired. NOW. Before it gets worse.
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    • Wed May 14th 21:45 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      eBay: Expecting Downside as Piper Eliminates 'Top Pick' Status
      All I have to say is, "Well, DUH, what did they think would happen when they insulted their own customers?"

      I'm only a casual seller, of the "flea market" variety they are trying to push off the site, but I WAS an avid buyer on eBay, thousands of dollars a year including everything from used books to new computers.

      I am boycotting. When I needed toner for my printer, instead of searching on eBay, I found what I needed on ioffer and bought it there and paid with Google checkout instead of Paypal.

      I've made several purchases on the "other" sites since JAnuary 29, and exactly TWO on eBay (and one was on an improperly listed charity auction I knew would get pulled, so the seller got paid by me and eBay should be refunding the final value and listing fees).

      Yes, sellers are buyers, and sometimes buyers are sellers, so it doesn't make sense to insult and alienate ANY of the userbase.

      Do they think we're stupid?

      BOYCOTT VICTORIOUSLY . . . because they STILL don't get IT.
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    • Wed Mar 26th 12:20 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Who Wins in eBay's New Shipping Cost Requirements?
      jaypee, the simple solution to the China Syndrome is to ASK the seller the shipping cost BEFORE you bid.

      If you don't like the answer, or don't get an answer, don't bid.

      There is no reason to penalize ALL sellers because some people don't understand how things work here.

      The China syndrome problem could be avoided very simply by allowing a buyer to back out after the sale (and block feedback on both sides) if the seller does not state the shipping cost, does not state enough information for the buyer to calculate it himself (item weight, size, and where it's coming from and by what method), or if the seller charges more than was stated or finds there was an error.

      That would have solved the whole shipping issue without screwing either buyer or seller.

      As usual, eBay does not think things through. But they never do.


      BOYCOTT VICTORIOUSLY . . . May 1 and beyond.....
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    • Sun Mar 23rd 22:30 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Learning Your Way Around eBay's New Seller Dashboard
      I find this as disgusting in its details as I did when it was just a vague concept.

      eBay does not have the moral RIGHT to charge people MORE for LESS service. It's especially heinous to charge only SOME people MORE for RADICALLY less service.

      What eBay deserves is for every seller to take their business elsewhere. This is a horrible way for anyone to pretend to run a company. Donahoe should be fired for destroying this company.

      The "bell curve" analogy is a bunch of BS because all it takes is ONE vindictive buyer to DESTROY any small seller, and once in the disadvantaged group, it will be impossible to ever climb out of it.

      eBay should just save everyone a lot of time and money and just boot off everyone who isn't a Powerseller.

      Their community values have become a mockery:

      The eBay Community is guided by the following five fundamental values:

      * We believe people are basically good -- but we prefer to act as if all sellers are untrustworthy and vengeful. But we say stuff like that because it makes it us sound understanding and wise, even though we don't believe it ourselves. We really think you are noisy fleas and we wish you would leave.

      * We believe everyone has something to contribute -- and the more YOU contribute, the richer WE get. So we're going to make sure you give till it hurts.

      * We believe that an honest, open environment can bring out the best in people -- but a closed, deceitful environment makes it easier for us to control people. So we will hide bidder ID's and force sellers to only leave happy positives for their buyers. It might bring out the worst in some people, but we will get bragging rights for making this a nicer place for deadbeats and chargeback scammers, as well as shill-bidding sellers.

      * We recognize and respect everyone as a unique individual --
      which is why you all have a unique ID. Oh, and that respect thing? Well, we're just kidding about that to make you feel special. We know you're just a bunch of bleating sheep that will make a racket for awhile but will fall back in line and trot back into the corral because you're afraid to go anywhere else.

      * We encourage you to treat others the way you want to be
      treated -- well, we want sellers to treat buyers that way. Buyers can be as nasty as they like now. We, on the other hand, will treat YOU anyway we want, because we are eBay and you are stuck with us because we say so.

      eBay is firmly committed to these principles. And we believe that community members should also honor them-whether buying, selling, or chatting with eBay friends. -- But since we, the managers of eBay are not "community members" we reserve the right to treat our customers like scum that should be scraped off our shoes because, hey, we're in charge here and if you don't like it you can just leave.


      So I think I will . . . .

      BOYCOTT VICTORIOUSLY . . . until they get IT.
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    • Thu Mar 13th 19:40 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Is Donahoe Trying to Destroy eBay?
      Nice to see someone gets IT.

      Too bad Dumbahoe and Whitless don't.

      eBay thinks if it repeats often enough "the boycott had no effect" that it will become true. In the meantime it manipulates item counts to try to prevent anyone from quantifying the loss of listings and sales caused by the boycott.

      In the meantime, I have been enjoying the FUN of buying on eCrater, ioffer, onlineauctions, and the other GREAT upcoming selling sites. It used to be fun to buy stuff on eBay, but not any more. The place is too crowded with cheap crap from China (thanks, Meg), fakes and counterfeits (thanks again for refusing to implement user ID verification), and other scams. But, instead of tossing out THOSE sellers, eBay decides to punish all the mom and pops selling stuff out of their garages trying to support their families during these tough economic times.

      Yeah, that makes sense.

      But it's refreshing to read an article like this, written by someone who truly GETS IT.


      BOYCOTT VICTORIOUSLY . . . until they get IT.
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    • Mon Mar 3rd 21:27 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      What Ever Happened to eBay's _____?
      Why are you people so rude?

      And . . . does anyone really think it's going to take 10 years for eBay to finish destroying itself?



      BOYCOTT VICTORIOUSLY .... until they get IT.
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    • Sun Mar 2nd 12:28 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      eBay Bares Its Ugly New Face
      eBay is sooooo "busted" over the inflation of listing counts. We don't even know how many bogus auctions there were, because eBay started pulling them down almost as soon as they were noted in chat threads, but overnight the listing count dropped 400,000 -- at a time of day that most auctions would not be expiring of their own accord.

      Donahoe has LIED to the public, to the eBay membership, to stockholders, and likely the SEC will be next.

      THIS is the man they chose to succeed Meg? Meg was bad enough; she built a company of hugely expensive mistakes (Skype), a company that has virtually NO customer service, a place where scammers have free rein because eBay refuses to implement any kind of user verification, she opened eBay to Chinese merchants peddling counterfeit junk with astronomically high shipping charges (shipping charges not being refundable, the buyer is basically screwed when they realize this "rare" artifact is a factory-produced fake). She alienated the only truly effective customer service eBay had (the volunteers who spend countless hours helping other member in the Answer Center) by implementing insulting and ineffective rating boxes and refused to hear reason when it was PROVEN that the boxes would harm users by sorting incorrect answers to the top of searches.

      SHE was bad enough . . . SHE alienated many members due to her lack of caring for the eBay community . . . and now we have THIS? Instead of mending the fences SHE damaged, HE decides to just rip down the fences and chase the "noisy" herd from the pasture altogether?

      Well, guess what . . . the herd is stampeding to where the grass is clearly greener, and so are the profits we get to keep.

      This isn't a boycott. It's a walkout.

      No wonder eBay is full of crooks and scammers . . . birds of a feather, you know.......

      Well, guess what, eBay? IT has left the building.


      BOYCOTT VICTORIOUSLY . . . until they get IT.
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