I think she's pissed

[BellisimaJ.]

Great post---I LOVE it!!!

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Bravo Anne!

Your Blog gets across exactly what many eBay members world-wide are thinking right now.

FUCK eBay for failing to maintain a safe trading environment. This site is rife with fraudulent listings, counterfeit items, fee avoiding shipping gougers and scam artists, and eBay does nothing to clean up the mess. You can report listings until your fingers bleed, but the chances of eBay's so-called Trust & Safety department actually pulling the listings or booting the offending users is about -0-. Why? Because eBay profits from all the scams on this site in the form of listing fees and FVF's. Buyer confidence is at an all time low and less and less people are shopping here (all one has to do is browse the forums to see this) as a direct result of eBay's inaction. Less buyers = less $$ for both sellers AND eBay. If management could pull their heads out of each other's asses for a second they'd see this.

FUCK eBay for allowing China and other select markets to literally flood this site with cheaply made knockoff crap with overinflated shipping & handling charges. The real kicker is that these "special" sellers get to list their junk absolutely FREE OF CHARGE. Yep, that's right FREE. The rest of us have the privilege of subsidizing this activity with our fees.

FUCK eBay for providing a broken search engine that constantly hides items from buyers. One minute the search engine will show 200 items for a seller, and upon refreshing the page might only show 5. There are also many instances where an item will not show up in a search AT ALL for up to 24 hours after it has been listed. Sellers PAY TO HAVE THEIR ITEMS SEEN by buyers. Sellers are not getting what they pay for if eBay's crappy software is not capable of showing ALL listings at all times. How much money are sellers losing because not all of their listings are being displayed to prospective bidders/buyers? eBay doesn't care, they get their money either way.

FUCK eBay for constantly making "enhancements" to and "tweaking" of perfectly working software while ignoring the problem areas. The entire development team should be shitcanned because every time they change something the only thing they succeed in doing is introducing more bugs into the system. There's a reason why the "This page is nor responding" page ranks in the top 10 for page views. There's plenty of functions that could use fixing on this site, but IF IT ISN'T BROKEN DON'T MESS WITH IT YOU FUCKING DOUCHEBAGS!

FUCK eBay for providing some of the crappiest customer service I've ever run across. Yeah, they do offer phone support for higher level Power Sellers, and it's not too bad (at least some of the PS reps are competent and know what they are talking about), however for the average user there is nothing but the clueless idiots working Live Help who cannot even give consistent answers to questions and worthless automated email responses.

FUCK eBay for wasting money on ventures that are bound to fail. Skype is the perfect example, but not the only one. Skype doesn't even come close to competing with other services now available in the US and Europe. eBay was really banking on China to make Skype profitable, but instead the Chinese reverse engineered the technology and are offering their own Skype clone. Poetic justice at its finest, IMO. So now how is eBay going to make a profit with Skype? Why, by selling its users' personal info to telemarketers and advertisers of course. Great! Makes me want to sign right up.

FUCK eBay for pushing sellers to open stores and then purposely hiding the listings from buyers. If a buyer cannot find your store items they will not sell, and running core listings to drive traffic to your store only does so much. When they were included in the general search sales increased dramatically for many sellers. Personally, I had a 300% increase the first month and a 500% increase the second (and considering my average monthly sales before SIS were in excess of $90,000/mo that is saying something). Even my core listings did better during this period. But then in management's infinate wisdom, they decided to remove store items from search and sales plummeted to a level lower than before SIS. eBay's reason for yanking store items out of the general search? "Buyers were getting confused." BULLSHIT! The real reason behind the decision was that eBay was not making as much $$ per sale as they do on "core" listings and they couldn't stand it.

And finally, FUCK eBay TWICE without lubrication...

...for having the audacity to try charging even more for all this "great" fucking service. They claim that stores were upsetting the "balance" of eBay because they were filled with slow-moving or non-selling junk. BULLSHIT! Besides the fact that some items like certain collectables sell slower because the right buyer has to come along and buy it, store items sell slower than "core" listings because THEY ARE HIDDEN FROM BUYERS YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES. If buyers could actually see the store items when they browse the eBay listings, the items would sell faster. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out and eBay proved it themselves when store inventory was included in the search.

They said that store inventory was using up too much server space and the fees collected didn't cover the cost. BULLSHIT! I had an Anchor store prior to the announcement. That's $500/mo. PLUS listing fees for the 6000+ items I kept in stock. You could lease at least TWO dedicated web servers with 400 Gig of storage each for the subscription fee alone. Even at the featured store level that $50/mo subscription can buy at least 20 Gig of server space anywhere on the net. And they're trying to say that the fees didn't cover the expense? How many stores do you think they had per server?

But that isn't even the real reason for the fee hike. GREED is. Plain and simple. eBay depends on sellers having to list, and relist, and relist again in core before an item finally sells. THAT is eBay's bread and butter. It just kills them that many sellers have realized that for the most part core is dead because of a market shift and eBay's incompetence and that sellers have figured out how to sell more items while reducing monthly fees by selling in store format. They also couldn't stand the fact that "core" listing numbers had gone stagnant. Investors frown on that. By raising store fees eBay is trying to "reset the balance" of their own books, nothing else. The fee hike notice was a load of crap and eBay management thought that everyone would be stupid enough to buy into their bullshit, and SOME obviously did.


This is my posting ID. I've been an eBay buyer since December of 1995 and have made more than 6,000 purchases in that time. I started my selling ID in February of 2005 and have maintained Platinum PS level since June of that same year (although that'll be gone probably at the end of this month). After over 22,000 positive sales transactions, I'm done with eBay. I don't like what eBay has become through the years and I don't need it any more as my website sales have far exceeded my average eBay sales volume. My sales in other venues also continues to grow. I was paying an average of $6,000/mo in fees before the hike, but I refuse to pay them $12,000+/mo (if I maintained the status quo selling-wise) in exchange for less service. I figure the $6,000 in fees I was giving to eBay every month prior to the fee hike will buy a lot of advertising and adwords ELSEWHERE.

As of today (just moments ago) I have closed my eBay store and sent an email notification to every one of my past buyers letting them know where I can now be found (although the majority of them already regularly buy on my site anyways). I'm just glad that during the entire time I was selling here I was pushing my own web site and other venues in every email, on every packing slip, on the business cards I sent with my packages, and on the print catalog I included with the items I shipped.

I feel for those who limited themselves to selling only on eBay, as it will be much harder for them to transition into other venues. BUT IT CAN BE DONE! Contrary to what they would have you believe, eBay is NOT the be all and end all of ecommerce! Explore and expand! If one positive thing comes out of this fee hike mess it will be that eBay has taught sellers that it is not a wise business decision to keep all their eggs in one basket. I honestly feel that many of the sellers involved in the discussions on the stores board and this blog will come out better in the end. And I sincerely hope that they grow their businesses in ways that they had not imagined possible before eBay slapped them in the face.

/rant

I feel better now. :-) 

Bolding and the smiley are mine.

[BellisimaJ.]

[quote author=Jen link=topic=5180.msg23641#msg23641 date=1158581917]
A search for that particular phrase brings up a number of frusrtrated eBayers:
Google Search for boink You eBay

Including an eBay blog that has been up since July!!! 


[/quote]

ROFL

[cranky_hippie]

I can hardly believe it but TommyTerrific, the Ebay cheerleader and Voices member, actually seemed to find Annie's blog funny rather than offensive. Is there a real man underneath that cheerleading skirt after all?  :twistedevil:

[BellisimaJ.]

I can hardly believe it but TommyTerrific, the Ebay cheerleader and Voices member, actually seemed to find Annie's blog funny rather than offensive. Is there a real man underneath that cheerleading skirt after all?

Hell no! 3 people post on his id. One of them seems to be more male than the other two. 

[BellisimaJ.]

Cranky, my favorite part:

And finally, FUCK eBay TWICE without lubrication...

...for having the audacity to try charging even more for all this "great" fucking service. They claim that stores were upsetting the "balance" of eBay because they were filled with slow-moving or non-selling junk. BULLSHIT! Besides the fact that some items like certain collectables sell slower because the right buyer has to come along and buy it, store items sell slower than "core" listings because THEY ARE HIDDEN FROM BUYERS YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES. If buyers could actually see the store items when they browse the eBay listings, the items would sell faster. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out and eBay proved it themselves when store inventory was included in the search.

[cranky_hippie]

Going out with a bang, too, Belle? 

I probably should check my mailbox for slaps but somehow I just don't care.

:nbiteme: Ebay.

[BellisimaJ.]

[quote author=cranky_hippie link=topic=5180.msg23648#msg23648 date=1158583998]
Going out with a bang, too, Belle? 

I probably should check my mailbox for slaps but somehow I just don't care.

:nbiteme: Ebay.
[/quote]

I feel fairly sure today is my lucky day, Cranky. A NARU for me, lol.
And guess what? I care not at all. 

Fuck ebay!!

Fuck you too, brainless. Dickless chicken, deleting your post.

[BellisimaJ.]

Interesting post. 

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Sorry to see you so mad Annie, EBAY is clueless as you know.

No investor should be surprised at the failed work-product cranked out yesterday by one of the most arrogant and incompetent executives in the history of American capitalism. If eBay is to survive and prosper, Cobb and his broom-transported cohort must be removed from the corporation.

The pair are doing nothing other than setting investors up for further huge losses. They have no idea how to say ''no'' to institutional investors and analysts; they simply move forward, blindly chasing pennies to meet quarterly-demands, at the expense of future dollars.

Unable to stem the flood of fraud on eBay, the minions have now instituted a “fraud-profiling algorithm.” This new failed tactic has resulted in nothing other than closing down the eBay listings and stores of thousands of completely honest sellers, while scamsters continue to thrive. Sellers who normally list items under $100.00, are now being “profile-identified” as fraudsters if they suddenly begin to list “substantially more expensive” items. Once these innocent and honest sellers are swept into the suspect net, it is virtually impossible for them to vindicate themselves. eBay cannot catch criminals, thus, in order to “prove” that they are “doing something” about fraud, the dimwitted Meg and Bill are now closing down legitimate sellers and branding their victims as “potential” scamsters. The “catch figures” will soon soar into the multi-thousands and M&B will wave the bodies of these innocents as evidence that eBay is “cracking down on crime.” Meanwhile, real consumer-fraud will continue to increase and prevail on eBay.

Investors will soon be hit with scores of lawsuits filed by business owners whose eBay enterprises have been closed down by the corporation’s Keystone Cops. Some of those lawsuits will be tried and won or settled; all at the expense of shareholders.

...The FTC is now receiving consumer-complaints that will likely ultimately result in the largest punitive findings in the history of online-commerce, against eBay. Bill and Meg’s branding of honest sellers as criminals is not going to be viewed kindly by Federal investigators; it will be seen as a mere smokescreen designed to obfuscate the truth about what has now become little more than a Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization. Under current leadership, eBay can only “make its numbers” if the criminals are allowed to work their “listing magic” on the site. Meg and Bill need the money derived from crime to satisfy the institutional investors, who have made it clear that missed-numbers will result in the massive dumping of shares.

eBay has continued and stepped-up its longstanding policy of retaliating against dissident sellers on the site. People who post negative comments on eBay forums – even under “posting Ids” - are being targeted for elimination from the site. Soon, the mainstream media will be reporting this outrage, and the nitwits at “Trust & Safety” who have “just followed orders” will be forced to explain exactly who gave those orders. The T&S employees should remember that they are acting as agents of eBay, and that when the lawsuits begin to flood the plains, those employees will not be immune from the consequences. Will Meg and Bill defend those employees, or will they cut them loose and claim the employees were “over-zealous renegades?” Honest employees being told to do things that they know are wrong, should begin documenting their receipt of “instructions.”

Cleanupebay dot com has now allegedly privately-compiled massive files of horror stories about the activities of what appears to have become a totally corrupted enterprise. Disgruntled former employees and current honest employees are now telling their stories; many more will likely step forward as time passes. When the “truth” is made public, we will probably all have a new buying opportunity.

Investors ARE watching the frantic antics of the failed leaders at EBAY. We are still nonplused, and we continue to hope that Meg and Bill will either resign or be removed. We believe that they are solely responsible for all of the troubles that EBAY is facing today. Further, we think that they are well on their way to destroying the entire enterprise.

We continue to encourage current and former employees to come forward, and some are talking to us. We have no smoking guns, but we continue to build our cumulative case in support of our position.

We fully support legitimate complaints being filed with government regulators regarding the alleged unfair-business practices of EBAY.

We are now concerned that there may appear to be some merit to the longstanding complaints by EBAY customers that the company's servers are intentionally being manipulated for the purpose of wrongfully putting some USA sellers at a disadvantage. Currently, we have only anecdotal evidence on this issue, but our concern is mounting because we fear that it is only a matter of time before EBAY may face privately brought and maintained civil RICO actions regarding this matter.

We also believe that the company's technical-infrastructure has been allowed to deteriorate to the point that malice may not be the culprit in the "server issues."

We regret that anything we may have done or said has caused EBAY sellers to become victims of wrongful/illegal persecution by the company. We now have dozens of reports of proper listings being cancelled and legitimate businesses being closed down as EBAY retaliates against dissident store owners. We believe it is unwise for sellers to jeopardize their EBAY presence by engaging in too much "truth-telling" on the EBAY forums.

You should all realize that most of the recent actions by "Trust & Safety" have little to do with retaliation against forum posters. The corrupt regime cannot afford to close down real criminal enterprises on the site, thus,

TO BE CONTINUED

Edited to add bolding.


Edited to add continuation:

And lastly...

We grow more furious by the day as we learn more details of how our equity has been diluted by stock-option "bribes" to loyalists of Meg and Bill, and by the outrageous perks being doled out to "executives."

While we cannot support boycotts against our own interests, we fully understand the frustration that has spawned them. As the mainstream media begins to take notice of the turmoil. we hope that those who have caused the problems - Meg, Bill, and BOD members lacking moral courage - will be exposed. "Peace" under the current regime is not an option for us, and we understand why the same is true for EBAY's customers.

I am still 


Edited to preserve, from the same blog, consecutive posts:


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ifeboats4sale ( 13 [Feedback score is 10 to 49] )
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Belize, You are mistaken about one thing. Merchants ARE NOT wasting time and effort Elsewhere. Sales are being made every day. There may not be a viable AUCTION venue to compete with eBay but there are many sites with fixed prices which are doing well, including the merchants own website. eBay is most definitely not the only game in town anymore for those willing to work at making it Elsewhere. The eBay investors need to look at that and make their plans accordingly.
Sep-18-06 06:42:01 PDT Report this comment

belize! ( 0 )
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Noted.
Sep-18-06 06:43:17 PDT Report this comment

bellisima507 ( 21 [Feedback score is 10 to 49] )
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Many former ebayers now make a full-time living from their own site/sites. Many will never return to ebay.
Sep-18-06 06:45:49 PDT Delete | Report this comment

belize! ( 0 )
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That may be the case. Our primary concern is as investors of a publicly held corporation.
Sep-18-06 06:54:38 PDT Report this comment

bellisima507 ( 21 [Feedback score is 10 to 49] )
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We understand and we applaud you for taking action.
Sep-18-06 07:03:09 PDT Delete | Report this comment

bellisima507 ( 21 [Feedback score is 10 to 49] )
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Belize,

Investors should also be concerned that LiveWorld, under contract to eBay, is operating on the very fringes of the law, if not actually illegally. They stalk ebay posters off-ebay as well as on. This is begging for Federal investigation.
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belize! ( 0 )
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One last note, we feel using profanity or patently vulgar language to make one's point in a public area is highly inappropriate, be it this blog or her original posts last night on the Stores Discussion Board. I have observed that such language is not tolerated at TT or Ina's Auctionbytes Forum with good reason. Whether we like to admit it or not, minor children DO read blogs and discussion boards and should not be subject to an adults anger is such a fashion.

The chances of convincing a corporation to modify policies by cursing at its leaders are about the same as your chances of one winning the Powerball Lottery. Nearly ZERO.
Sep-18-06 07:15:25 PDT Report this comment

bellisima507 ( 21 [Feedback score is 10 to 49] )
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While I agree with you in ordinary circumstances, I think that you need to understand the level of frustration that sellers have arrived at. They have little hope of modifying eBay's behavior whether they do or do not temper their language. Indeed, most normally do.
People are desparate, Belize. They rely on eBay for an income and eBay has pulled the rug out from under them.
Profanity is the least of the problems here.
Sep-18-06 07:22:57 PDT Delete | Report this comment

lifeboats4sale ( 13 [Feedback score is 10 to 49] )
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"The chances of convincing a corporation to modify policies by cursing at its leaders are about the same as your chances of one winning the Powerball Lottery."

This may be true but that was not the intent of the original post anyway.

And minor children have no business even being ON eBay let alone on a discussion board or blog. I'm sure they would be exposed to much worse if their parents allow them to go places on the internet where children are specifically barred.
Sep-18-06 07:29:58 PDT Report this comment

bellisima507 ( 21 [Feedback score is 10 to 49] )
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http://www.hula-mermaid.com/

The post by Belize is a copy/paste from hula-mermaid's website. Look at Sept 6.


Someone is playing with us. Probably LW.
Sep-18-06 07:55:54 PDT Delete | Report this comment

[BellisimaJ.]

It was a statement from ebay investors(possibly a Pesa member involved?), imo. Let's hope they also send it out as a press release.

As I and others have said, the investors do not like all the turmoil---bad for business. They will remove Meg and company soon.

[BellisimaJ.]

lifeboats4sale ( 13 [Feedback score is 10 to 49] )
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My, my. Member, why did you delete your post? You know, the one where you said that you reported?