STORE OWNERS BOYCOTT EBAY IN PROTEST

[cranky_hippie]

Too damned many cheerleaders, innocents & suckers for it to work on the US site from the looks of it.  >

[sliique]

[quote author=cranky_hippie link=topic=4457.msg20858#msg20858 date=1155668743]
Too damned many cheerleaders, innocents & suckers for it to work on the US site from the looks of it.  >
[/quote]

MY sentiments exactly!

Still, I'm closed.  Grandson school is trying my patience.

[stardust]

http://www.powersellersunite.com/auctionsitewatch.php

Up 426,577 as we speak.

[iron_chick]

Who is lifeboats4sale?? 

[maggie777]

[quote author=stardust link=topic=4457.msg20861#msg20861 date=1155674061]
http://www.powersellersunite.com/auctionsitewatch.php

Up 426,577 as we speak.
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Is their chart accurate?  They have 2 numbers for Online Auction on the list. The first 2.3 mill number is BS.  Online has a banner ad at the top of the list  :

[stardust]

Now they say DOWN -156846 as we speak...  8)
http://www.powersellersunite.com/auctionsitewatch.php
I have no clue as to their accuracy. 

Ebay is apparently blocking MedVed.  No stats for today -- since 2am

Edit: Now it says UP +825285.  What is this?  Typical doublespeak?  >

[iron_chick]

re OLA - apparently the top number, with the overinflated counts, is for total ITEMS listed, not listings.  The bottom number, way down the list, is for listings.

So, say on OLA if someone lists an eBook with 10000 available, that counts as 10000 for the top number and only one for the bottom.

[mandy]

More press coverage of striking eBay UK sellers:

From the BBC:

Unhappy eBay traders boycott site

Unhappy professional eBay traders have staged a boycott of the online auction site to protest at a rise in fees and a drop in the visibility of their items.

Ebay said about 100 UK traders were involved, although participants said more than 300 took part in the action.

The boycotting traders are all members of eBay's "shop sellers" subscription service, which allows them to run online stores linked to the website.

full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4795761.stm

Ebay traders strike

Hundreds stage boycott over fees hike

full article: http://www.which.co.uk/reports_and_campa..._92269.jsp

EBAY FEE HIKE SEES REVOLT BID

EBAY faces a revolt from thousands of traders who claim the auction website is "killing them off".

More than 500 sellers in the UK staged a one-day boycott yesterday over a huge hike in fees.

And nearly 30,000 in the US, Australia and Europe have signed a petition...

full article: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/tm_objectid=17569242&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=ebay-fee-hike-sees-revolt-bid--name_page.html

Traders in eBay boycott

DISGRUNTLED eBay traders today staged a boycott of the auction site in protest at fee hikes.

More than 450 users signed an online petition to complain about changes to the website’s deal for "shop sellers".

Around 100 UK traders took part in the boycott, the website said...

full article: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006370654,00.html

[mandy]

The US gets a mention:

UK and US eBay sellers take action over price hikes

Around 100 of eBay's "Shop" sellers went out on strike yesterday in protest at the company's decision to raise the amount it charges to sell items on its site. More than 500 have signed a petition in protest.

full article: http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/08...y_sellers/

[regic]

Auctionbytes:

eBay Strike in UK Makes Headlines, US Sellers Bothered over eBay Promo

Tuesday was not an easy day for eBay as international fallout over its Stores policies continued.

In North America, sellers are upset with eBay's latest promotion and how it may effect the fees they pay for Store listings. The 2-day "Store-to-Core" promotion allows sellers to move listings from their Stores to the core (non-Stores) platform for 10 cents, a significant bargain over regular core listing fees

But sellers say that 7-day core listings would expire after the new higher Store fees go into effect. While sellers who leave listings in Stores can relist them for 30 days at the current 2-cents per listing fee, those who move listings to core and then move unsold items back to Stores on or after August 22 will pay the higher Store listing fees...

full article: http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m08/i16/s01