Comments on: Ebay boycott starts Monday, February 18th - will you participate?

By: Jessie!!!

Jessie!!! — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:20:08 +0000

dlila, I hope that you find a home for your buisness! You are quite tough to close and I think you are quite….well…brave! (feeling like a 1st grader but hey whet ev..lol)

By: Nova

Nova — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:58:00 +0000

sailornep5… i could not agree more
sorry guys but u know people wont really boycott!

By: dlila

dlila — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:21:06 +0000

Thank you so much for the link! This is one that I had not heard of, but will add to our small message board for others. This coming week will find many of us looking at other options to see where we might fit in. Some sellers are item specific and others not. I hope that life is being kind.

By: WeLoveDenim - Editor

WeLoveDenim - Editor — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:21:18 +0000

DLila - there’s always HonestMall - part of HonestForum.com. No FVF fees there.

By: Infinite42

Infinite42 — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:12:05 +0000

I also support your exit from selling on eBay.

By: dlila

dlila — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:04:20 +0000

Yeah well, lol, maybe the legion part was a little melodramatic. But the rest is spot on. One poll found 86% of eBay sellers who responded are very unhappy and believe the new policies will harm their business. I along with several hundred others (416 at last count) in one small cyber meeting place have already left and closed out stores and accounts. We know of many who are waiting for the boycott to do so. There are forums and message boards popping up everywhere to help eBay refugees find new venues. It is hard to know just how many of us there are, we are not only from different cities and states, but different countries. I doubt the boycott will change eBay’s mind on the new policies, but I support it nonetheless. They called us ‘noise’, I for one am going to make some.

By: Infinite42

Infinite42 — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:40:28 +0000

Hahahahhahahahahaahahahahahaha

By: dlila

dlila — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:39:05 +0000

sailornep5 ~ We are working on it, believe me, we are working on it. The moves cannot all happen overnight, some are too dependent on eBay for their income to up and walk away outright, but they are checking other venues, moving stock slowly to competitor sites, etc. The exodus began weeks ago with the original announcement of the new policy changes, the boycott is another step but it is not the whole picture. We do not have one leader, we do not have one speaker, we are not officially organized, but we are legion, and we are not taking it any more.

By: sailornep5

sailornep5 — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:29:10 +0000

I think this will be as effective as all of those gasoline “boycotts” where we are told not to buy Exxon, Shell, etc. You just shift the seller listings to the week prior or after. It only works if enough Ebay sellers leave the system and start selling elsewhere.