From cafemom, but directly affects my mom (as a seller)

[carve_me_a_rose]

EBAY BOYCOTT

FEBURARY 18th - 25th

Please join us during this week by boycotting Ebay. No selling or buying .  All members of Ebay are trying to send them a message by affecting their bottom line. Do not even open any Ebay PAGE as this counts towards Ebay traffic!

We are mad as hell and want Ebay to know it.

The new changes in fees are unfair to

Comments

[denisbaldwin]

They're doing away with bad feedback?

[carve_me_a_rose]

Only for the buyers. Sellers can still receive negative feedback, they just cant give it. Which is crazy, because what if they get scammed? Ebay told my mom that they couldnt help her when she just got scammed by a buyer, so its not like they are instituting some kind of better policy in its place. Also, they are raising the listing and selling fees, which will hurt the part time sellers like my mom who arent running a big business on there.

[denisbaldwin]

That's really gay. I worked hard for my 1000+ feedbacks, as both a buyer and a seller, over the last 10 years. It's complete bullshit for them to do that, as it makes me out to be just another schmuck while scammers don't get clipped for abusing the system.

[carve_me_a_rose]

I agree with you. It's really going to be a big headache, and its not fair to the honest buyers or sellers out there. Plus what ebay fails to see apparently, is that the revenue they get is from the SELLERS, not the buyers, so they are really pissing off the wrong people. It seems a bad business move all around. My mom also told me that CNN mentioned the ebay boycott this morning.

[greeneggzandsam]

i have never used ebay actually,
if i feel like browsing,
i am glued to etsy.com instead for hours

[carve_me_a_rose]

Im madly in love with etsy too!