eBay (EBAY) sellers' strike plays into the hands of smaller competitors

I am a powerseller for 3 years and the last year when they first came out with the DSR's I was very opposed to it, I fill out ebays questionnaires thinking I have a say, lol..what a joke, I got over it, but I believe it was a mistake then and even more so now,
the DSR's are put completely on sellers, and just the statements they stand for bugged me, put the item description on me, put the sellers communication on me, but shipping time I was never TOTALLY responsible for that! thats part of the postal units RESPONSIBILITY, the price for shipping, again part of the postal responsibility heck that's going to increase again in April, buyers don't know this, so they will go ahead and leave low dsrs, most dsrs are already lacking in shipping time and shipping fees, so Its not even fair to build anything on top of that, So to make it short, they are ADDING insult to injury, Now ebays feedback system has almost ALL to do with the Dsrs and nothing to do with positive feedback, ( as far as rewards) totally unfair practices, they tried to fix something that wasnt broke, and just making it unworkable, they should have been more concerned with the scammers, and the repeated reported listings, I sent them of honk kong, Thailand and other people calling fake gold real gold, scamming 1,000;s everyday!
I am also a trading assistant, thats going to kill that business as well, as its not worth my time to list, and I am not greedy and haven't increased my fees to my clients, as its their item, but I cant handle postal fee increases, paypal increases, ebay increases, and still keep everything up to make it work, I closed my store, and have been looking into other options, as I also want to ween myself off of ebay, its been "home for many of us, as we have all met GREAT people, and grew as beings, but now, this is like others have said a giant wal-mart, and no longer fun, so I think thats part of any reason sticks with the ebay sight, even lightly for now. When I see other posters say they started with ebay, and seen ebay loose their way that made them great, I see it too, His wife, has the emotions he said mr. Pierre (ebay owner) and he had the intellectual side, She must be hating this, I know I do. Google please open up a site for us:) So our buyers can find us:)

all good things come to an end at some point in time. and it's time for ebay to go down. this past year i've spent a small fortune on ebay buying and selling. with paypal and ebay fees i think i just about gave everything away free. i've been a powerseller for 9 years and the fee increases steadily forced me out.

nobody cares about the little guys and not many people will see the outrage on these message boards. we need OPRAH - BILLY-O - FOX NEWS, MSNBC TO DO MAJOR STORIES ON THE EXTORTIONISTS THAT ARE EBAY AND PAYPAL CARTEL. instead of posting here send them emails!!!

stockholders sell sell sell the only way ebay is ever going from here on out is down i guarantee it!!

something like this can't be reversed even if it's reversed.

I have had nothing but problems with ebay and paypal.

What's going on, this is the first I've heard of a boycott

As An eBayer Of Many Years!!..I Really Hate to see that eBay.com is ruining the lively hood of so many Honest and Disabled and Veteran Sellers!!!!... Many Of The Smaller Sellers Who Helped Build eBay Have No Other Way To Make A Living!!....I Think Sellers Are Right To Take Control!...And,This Strike Is Most Definitely In Order!!!!!...If most of the Sellers abandoned their listings for a Week or MORE!! and Buyers "Don't Bid Or Browse"..It May bring eBay Management to their Senses!!...My Favorite Business Management Professor at GA. TECH always said "If It Ain't Broke...Don't Try to Fix It" ...In My Humble Opinion....The Proposed Feedback Change and the 21 Day Paypal.com Holding Period may be "Unconstitutional" & "Very Illegal"...."One Sided Feedback" may be a violation of the "Equal Protection Clauses" in the the various State and the Federal Constitutions!!.....Additionally....Both The New "Unequal Feedback Policy" and the "21 Day Holding Period" may require that eBay act as a "Law Enforcement Agency" and a "Court Of Law " in order to settle contractual disputes between Buyers and Sellers!!..Both Of These Actions May Be Extremely Illegal!!.... We Need To Help Ebay Save Itself!!....If One Strike doesn't work, Sellers may need to do it Again and Again--->Until it Does Work!! .... Hopefully!!, Persistent Sellers Will Convince eBay Management to Withdraw these proposed changes and return to Business As Normal Before The Law Enforcement Agencies and The Federal/State Courts Bring Them DOWN!! I have heard that One Of The Best Civil Trial Lawyers in Atlanta imay be waiting until the proposed changes take place before filing a multi billion dollar Class Action Lawsuit (On Behalf Of "ALL" SELLERS) against eBay, Paypal and their new cohort General Motors for Violation of the "Equal Protection and Numerous Other Clauses" Of The US Constitution!....Additionally....He may be requesting that US Magistrates and the Attorney General issue Felony Criminal Warrants requesting immediate arrest of all eBay Management and all employees involved in making feedback decisions(in which they act as a Law Enforcement Agency...AND... A Court Of Law!!) I Am Afraid That "Good Attorneys" and the almost Trillion Dollor "Class Action Suit" may Bankrupt eBay, Paypal and General Motors!! It will be Interesting to see how much it may cost eBay, Paypal and Genral Motors to reimburse all of the Sellers that are being be forced to leave eBay and give up their only source of income because of these New Feedback and Paypal Rules!!!! .....Probably Trillions!! ....My Professor Also Said..."Nothing Is "Forever"...Except Death And Taxes!!

thank you ebay for not allowing people who collect bottles and cans to sell pepsi codes under pepsi bottle caps. collecting bottles and cans is lousy pay and the pepsi codes really adds to the pay.

I’m was also a starting seller on ebay I really can’t stand those high fees that’s really not for me since I’m just starting out … so why sell on ebay when there are so many websites that do the same thing eBay is doing ---- providing a place to sell your stuff online... For what I have been researching I found a couple of websites that we can all be using. I saw a site that caught my eye they have no listing fees no final value fees, so I figured why not join since I had nothing to lose, it is a new site but if it’s free I figure it will eventually catch on. For what I see they do get lots of hits. But still I think they should promote some more but for the meantime I will sell my stuff there since it is free… so far they are not bad….www.ldBidz.com

Hey! If you hate Ebay, email me at mrauctionexper@yahoo.com, I'd love to hear more about your negative experience with them. I'm doing some research on Ebay's recent "changes" and how they effect you as a seller.