eBay Seller Boycott Begins Monday
Millions of coins are sold and bought on eBay each year. And while eBay has proven to be a valuable medium for many, some feel it has lost touch with those who made it a giant.
eBay announced on Jan. 29 that it would restructure fees, change the buyer and seller grading system, change site searching, and create discounts for their best sellers.
Frustrated eBay members would say the devil was in the details.
- Up front fees reduced for auction listings
- Photo fees for an item no longer charged
- Increased back-end commission fees after a sale takes place
- Top sellers gain greater visibility
- Sellers no longer able to leave negative feedback for buyers
The changes and burdens are weighted heavily on seller shoulders. While the fee adjustments are not trivial, perhaps the most contentious item is the inability for sellers to grade buyers, regardless of the situation.
Reputation is everything and many sellers believe negative and unjustified buyer comments can go unchallenged with the new system.
Unhappy with the changes launching Feb. 20, angered eBay sellers plan a week long boycott from Feb. 18 - 25. (Watch YouTube video detailing strike.)
For policy changes intended to increase eBay’s dominance, reactions thus far would seem to indicate that minimally, eBay has missed in communicating their intent and gauging the pulse and reactions of their members.
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February 17th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Make eBay more buyer friendly and seller friendly! Not to middleperson! eBay must give good service to those who sell and buy items not who handle transactions. Until sellers and buyers can sell and buy at reasonable price the boycott (strike) will continue.
November 3rd, 2008 at 5:19 pm
I used to sell and! buy on ebay, I finally stopped both, due to the astronomical costs that the site charged, also because of the new rules that all but force a seller or buyer to use paypal,I have bought slabbed coins on the site and later tried to resell them on the same site, the coins were taken off and I would be told that they were conterfeit, if they were, then ebay has a lot of explaining to do if you ask me,I beleive that if the site can sell coins like this to a buyer then that buyer should have the right to resell them on their site as long as they are the same coins that were originaly purchased on ebays site. I think that there should be a federal investigation of the site, they are running a monopoly to my way of thinking , one should not have to use their paypal ripoff, in order to buy or sell on the site .. If so something is drastictly wrong!