08-09-2005, 04:46 PM
Ebay finally makes a statement on the widely discussed "Ethical Tool". This is the thread from the Stores Board: http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=1000039237&tstart=0&mod=1123605363102
Quote:Ebay finally makes a statement on the widely discussed "Ethical Tool". This is the thread from the Stores Board: http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?t...1000039237&tstart=0&mod=1123605363102
Quote:the one main paradigm that has always existed on eBay is the "level platform" for all sellers.
Quote:And I know that some will say eBay allows keyword spamming by PowerSellers and not by others... (I don't completely agree,
Quote:People will say that eBay doesn't care about the users. I disagree. eBay does care.
Quote:Of everyone at eBay, I think that the Community Team, at least at the top, understands eBay as well as anyone there. Claire, the head pink, she ROCKS! ...
...It's also a testament to the fact that eBay does read and heed it's boards.
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Threads were pulled for days for discussing the tool.
posts from this thread disappeared this afternoon. <--I said this
"If you really hate eBay so much, why are you here?" <--PESA member said this to another seller
Congrats, you just earned a spot with this remark as another PESA member I
will be urging people to avoid buying from. <--I said this to the PESA member in response to the comments he made to the other seller...and uh, eBay called it "hate speech" :
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