Boycott launched over eBay feedback policy KGW TV

Boycott targets eBay over new policy

04:37 PM PDT on Thursday, June 5, 2008

By WAYNE HAVRELLY, kgw.com

Some long-time eBay users are rebelling against policy changes at the on line auction company -- they've gone as far as loosely organizing an international boycott.

EBay trading rules have changed recently and many eBay sellers don't like them. They claim the new rules threat the small time sellers who built eBay into a multi-billion dollar company.

Around 47,000 people have signed an online pledge to boycott eBay until the company changes its new trading policies.

"Our collective belief as eBay users is that eBay wants to get rid of the small time sellers that built eBay, said Ann Smith from Northeast Portland.

For ten years Smith used eBay to buy and sell antiques. She says sellers are being treated unfairly with new rules favoring buyers to the point where scam artists are taking advantage of the situation.

Jason Cole has registered mail with a signature showing an eBay buyer received $400 worth of printer ink he bought from Cole. Even so, Paypal, eBay's financial company, sided with the buyer because Cole didn't pay extra for an electronic signature.

Turns out, other sellers claimed the buyer ripped them off the same way.

Cole said, "He robbed me of this $400 and now I have to thank him, I have to refund him the money. He gets my product and Paypal gives him the money back."




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Another change: eBay sellers can no longer give negative feedback about buyers. EBay said it made the move to weed out bad sellers. Smith says the playing field is no longer equal and it's opening the door to bad buyers.

Also new: when sellers get negative feedback they're now required to accept funds only through Paypal, which is owned by eBay.

"It's like walking into Walmart and only being able to use Walmart's credit card. E-bay needs to back off and level the playing field for sellers," said Smith.

Until the rules change, many former eBayers say they'll use other auction sites to do business.

Last week eBay and Paypal officials said they were investigating the buyer who claimed he didn't receive his merchandise.

On Thursday they did not return calls from Newschannel 8 about the policy changes.

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[ebayboycotters]

They're afraid; we are starting to make to much NOISE! Let's unite and fight for our right to FREEDOM OF SPEECH explain about how unfair ebay and paypal are to its customers Send Letters to:

Attorney General's Office

California Department of Justice

Attn: Public Inquiry Unit

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Fax (916) 323-5341

[Recumbentz]

Ebay USED TO BE GREAT

Now it SUCKS & it will suck money from you if you give it a chance.

[EbayExtreme]

@EbayExtreme

We are also cheaper than ebay so start selling

[EbayExtreme]

@EbayExtreme

We also let negative feedbacks to bad buyers

[EbayExtreme]

ebayextreme co.uk

We are totally different from ebay please sign up its free to post products on the site

[friscoway415]

eBay doesn't let you leave negative fedback to bad buyers, they refund(after long dispute time) your final value fees but not your insertion listing and options fees and who's going to refund my wasted TIME??

[sownzgr8]

Joke of the day: "Ebay only lets buyers leave negative feedback."

Unfortunately this joke is a sad reality. What Einstein came up with that one is my question. SELLERS BEWARE.

[Misbehave11]

Fuck u ebay

[tranzyd]

Ebays' goods days 2000 to 2005, now forget it it sucks for buyers and more for sellers,

Wanna make money stay away, live happy, stress free and create your own website to sell your goods, your rules, your profut !. Ebay will get worse and worse, it only a money milking machine for suckers like us who once listed on there.