User 160859

A Solution for eBay and Its Frustrated Seller Community

I think you got it backwards--the sellers are the folks who made Ebay what it is, not the other way around.

The sellers are Ebay's customers, and the buyers are the seller's customers. Ebay does not seem to get that and they treat their sellers like chattel and micro-manage them as if the sellers are Ebay's employees. Buyers are saints in Ebayland and sellers, in Ebay's own words are "noise".

Interesting that he mentions the PayPal and Shopping.com acquisitions. Do you think they did this for the seller? No, they did this to increase their own profits. They will only take PayPal and will not allow other payment systems on their site (i.e. Google's payment system, saying that it is unstable and has not been proven) to maintain their monopoly.

There is something down right dishonest about a company who will send out a press release reporting a listing fee decrease and not mention an increase in final sale price of an item. A company who will allow a VERO member to shut down any "suspect" auction with out an ounce of proof. (Guilty but not a chance to proven innocent.) And a company who intentionally pulls public postings from their discussion boards (you can't say anything negative about the all powerful Feebay) and when confronted by the press claims it to be an error or glitch.

Yes Men have existed since the dawn of mankind and apparently the writer is either the King of the Yes Men or has absolutely no back bone and will let any body stick it to him and beg for more. Enjoy your fees Mr. Yes Man!!!