Ebay Boycott Feb 18th-25th

[Shropt]

I want to pass this information on to the members here.

People are trying to organize a boycott of eBay for the week of February 18th through the 25th. This means no buying, selling, or searching.

Why?

Ebay is planning on increasing fees across the board and destroying the current feedback system for sellers.

Paypal is also planning changes that will allow them to hold on to your money, interest free, for 21 days.

Don't like these changes? What can you do?

First watch this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23TomS5--nQ

Then read the discussion on the official ebay boards to see what you can do including cancelling your paypal account and getting helpful phone numbers and email addresses.

https://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=1000636290&start=2240

Lets see what we can do.

 

[Jen]

Count me in.

 

[Darth Caedus]

you ebay

 

[Voorhees27]

Done!

 

[Darklord Dave]

Interesting interview with the new CEO -
https://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y208/m02/abu0208/s04

The auctionbytes reporter asked some good questions, Donahoe got defensive, but it does seem like it's going to be hell for sellers now.

I'm in for the boycott.

 

[Voorhees27]

Interesting interview with the new CEO -
https://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y208/m02/abu0208/s04

The auctionbytes reporter asked some good questions, Donahoe got defensive, but it does seem like it's going to be hell for sellers now.

I'm in for the boycott.

I look at it this way, Toys2.net carries almost anything I want to buy these days and bidders on Ebay bid way too high anyway! I will not miss Ebay believe me.

Selling is a whole other story, it seems like they end up taking like 10% of every frigin thing you sell! I hate companies like Ebay, convenient? Yes but at what cost?

 

[Vader AL]

the possible paypal changes are what i have the biggest problem with and they better think twice about changing it the way it has been mentioned. ebay has very little overhead and these moves appear to be a way of squeezing out more profit...greed. i strongly believe in a free market system but i hope they find if they try to sqeeze too much out it hurts their bottom-line. i hope this causes the other selling houses to grow and increase competition in the market. i guess we'll see how it all pans out.

 

[urbanfreddy]

i'm in

 

[bwayne]

Count me in.

 

[dr2red]

Me too, no buying or selling!

 

[Rogue Trooper]

Sure i can live with out ebay for a week, im in. Does it mean no visiting the site aswell?

 

[Alice Adrenochrome]

Ebay sux. I'm in.

 

[gdb]

Being a monopoly has gone to eBay's head. They need some competition.

 

[TOE]

i haven't bought anything from ebay for months, so sure I'm in.

 

[Darth Madden]

I'm in as well... they have gotten way out of controll.

 

[pjam]

eBay sux big time.

They are trying to pawn off reduced listing fees as a sham to increase fees.

And the feedback and paypal proposals are insane. This is what happens when a monopoly with little to NO competition calls the shots.

The previous Sellers fees averaged about 6% of sale price in the past for me, this bumps it up 50% to nearly 9%.

and to pull this crap with a recession looming is mindless greed.

ebay will LOSE business with these tactics, mark my words...

Google, please help us!

 

[automaton]

totally agree.

Being a monopoly has gone to eBay's head. They need some competition.

 

[El Roranous]

I'm so in but Google needs to step up to the plate and take ebay down. We need some healthy competition and fast. And If Paypal tries to hold my money for 21 days then I am 100% done with them too!

 

[p!tu]

Count me in!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate monopolys!!!!!

 

[Shai]

paypal sux........