eBay Atrocities - Evil Empire EXPOSED!

Please FAVORITE and bookmark this site!

"PUT EBAY ON THE DEFENSIVE! Contact your federal elected officials and ask for an investigation of possible insider trading and other anti competitive ebay practices that have been discussed in other blogs. Make a formal complaint to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Email the news media and business press. Let's create a sky full of substantive smoke that even Bear Sterns can no longer afford to ignore denials and protestations whining "conspiracy theories."

This was written by Ming the Merciless and I totally agree!

eBay is spending huge amounts of money to spin this story. Send this link to your friends. Make your own Squidoo lens.

When you hear eBay cheerleaders praising the new initiative, ask yourself "How are they making money off of eBay?"

How many of these people are selling "How To" books? How many are selling the faded dream of being your own boss on eBay? How many are non-Power Sellers that ACTUALLY sell items on eBay?

You aren't your own boss any more - eBay is your new master. Empower yourself and throw off the chains!

So this is Community?

eBay - I hardly know you now...

"If it ain't broke - don't fix it", well if nothing else don't fix it all at once. eBay was once a fun place to buy and sell. Not anymore. It's a dog-eat-dog world over there now. This lens will keep you informed of the iron-fisted tactics eBay is imposing on it's community. PLEASE BOOKMARK THIS SITE! Content will be added until we are crushed as well!

The Sellers STRIKE BACK

Sellers of the World UNITE

EBAY STRIKE EBAY BOYCOTT May 1st Worldwide Call to Strike!

**PLEASE READ BELOW**PRESS THE(more)TAB AT LEFT Ebay Has elected to change their policies that will affect thousands of sellers all over the world. It is time to fight back...Join our Crusade May 1st and continue to NOT Sell or Buy on Ebay. We have a voice!!! PLEASE, Join the eBay Boycott!!! NO BUYING, NO SELLING, NO LISTING on eBay from May 1st & Beyond! (if possible) Ebay buyers and sellers are planning a boycott due to the new fee and policy changes coming soon. PLEASE JOIN US AT: http://forums.delphiforums.com/boycottebay/start FOR NEWS INFO & WHERE TO GO: http://www.accknowl.com/news-opinion.htm#mainstream On January 29th eBay announced they: lowered their Insertion Fee by $.05-$.80 (depending on your starting price) majority of small sellers will be $.05-$.15 lowered some of the other "extras" (that most sellers don't even use anyway) made Gallery free (FINALLY)about time they give us a little break BUT INCREASED the Final Value Fee (FVF) from 5.25% to 8.75% (a 66% FVF increase) INCREASED/DOUBLED the Reserve Fee from $1.00 to $2.00 and made it NON-REFUNDABLE (used to be refundable if your reserve price was met)now, they get the fee everytime tou use it/sell it or not??? INCREASED the FVF on stores from 10% to 12% Is taking away the seller's right to leave neutral or negative feedback to buyers who deserve it (buyers will only be able to receive positive feedback when the new policy goes into effect)No seller will ever be able to leave a NEG for any buyer, EVER AGAIN???!!!! AND PayPal WILL HOLD payment funds until either the buyer has left positive Feedback or 21 days have passed without a claim if they (PayPal) determine that the risk of dissatisfied buyers is high with you, the seller. So in other words, as a smaller seller, they will make you wait upto 21 days for the money you were paid for an item to show up in your Paypal account...So, customers will be able to have their items in their possession for well over 2 weeks before you have actually seen the payment in your account... SO WHO'S HANDS IS ALL YOUR MONEY IN FOR 3 WEEKS...DRAWING INTEREST??? Hmmmmmm..... JUAT SIT BACK AND THINK OF THAT FOR A MINUTE... PLEASE, IF YOU SUPPORT US GO TO THE LINKS ABOVE AND BELOW TO SHOW US THAT YOU CARE AND ARE WILLING TO SHOUT OUT ABOUT IT, BY SUPPORTING ALL OF OUR YOUTUBE VIDEOS AND GOING TO THE EBAY FORUMS TO REPLACE ALL THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN KICKED OFF THE BOARDS BY THE EABY WORRY WATCHERS... GO TO: http://forums.delphiforums.com/boycottebay/start http://www.myspace.com/boycottebay THANK YOU all for your support!!!...(VSTAR & BLONDIE) vstarheav & thch123 on youtube (less)

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Smells like eBay Team Spirit

eBay Wins Better Business Bureau Award
By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com
March 11, 2008

eBay Inc. will receive the Better Business Bureau President's Award for sustained superior performance. The online auction site is one of several businesses accepting a BBB International Torch Award at a ceremony on April 8 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The Torch Awards are given by the Council of Better Business Bureaus to recognize businesses and executives exhibiting integrity in the marketplace and exemplary dedication to fostering trust between businesses and consumers.

Steven J. Cole, President and CEO of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, stated in a press release, "In just 13 years, eBay had truly changed the marketplace and shaped the definition and expectation of trust between buyers and sellers. eBay has demonstrated clear leadership and fostered trust between members by keeping the marketplace safe for consumers around the globe."

http://www.bbb.org

Did eBay pad listings during the boycott?

Ebay Padding Counts w Fake Listings in Wake of Strike?

Updated 03-04-2008 Updated 03-08-2008 Updated 03-10-2008 This is a live screen recording of actual events on the ebay website, with altered vocals. The video portion is uncut with watermarks added, and otherwise unretouched. The vocal audio portion of this video is my opinion, based upon & validated by the facts. This curious situation has come about on ebay. here is some background and commentary. This is still very fresh. One thing clear, ebay seems to be acting to cover this up right now. This description will be updated with more info soon. It appears as though ebay has been caught padding the listing counts with lots and lots of fake listings from questionable accounts. Many of the se accounts are showing as "Not a registered user" or NARU. Many of the listings show as not having any detals, and the format of the listings is different Some are showing as disney listings. All sorts of strange things are going on. And of course, the censorship. Captured live here on video. 03-10-2008: Article with comments :May Day Boycott Looming, EBay Revises Impact of 'Bug' http://tinyurl.com/25hbso 03-08-2008: Now finding more PROOF that these padded listings began as early as 02-22-2008 Seller: eBay_Seller_sdc_prod_409455_97 seller list Items 69 still viewable,(although they come back invalid) show as starting on 2-22 screencap: http://tinyurl.com/3dqqf4 Here we see sdc_prod_310426, with 160 items still viewable (although they come back invalid) Note the dates they started show as February 20th http://tinyurl.com/ysa5zp ---------------------- Related threads on ebay forums: from the Feedback board: "Is Ebay Creating Listings To Boost totals Look" from Seller Central: "Im reporting ebay's padded listings to FTC for investigation" From Seller Central: "Ebay is padding their listings" from the Auction Listings bd: "E-bay is padding their listings" From the so called "Trust & Safety" board: "Zero FB seller has 35000 Listings with no way to bid on them - VERY ODD" Here are a few of the alleged fake names as reported and observed so far: sdc_prod_434012 = SpectrumSuperStore sdc_prod_9021_2 = Buy.com (who is NARU!) sdc_prod_9124_14 = TheNerds, Inc. sdc_prod_9452 = eTronics, Inc. sdc_prod_409455_97 = Sababa Shopping sdc_prod_9090 = CompSource Inc. sdc_prod_310426 = ANTOnline (who is NARU!) sdc_prod_9074_35 = pcRUSH.com (who is NARU!) sdc_prod_9352_67 = Digital Foto Club sdc_prod_301013_74 = The Twister Group sdc_prod_305839_99 = BargainBasementBatteries sdc_prod_9391_43 = Adorama (who is NARU!) Since I started it there, look for follow-up at the CAPP Forum: http://tinyurl.com/2wzjpc I also now have this post at my blog with more deleted threads and revealing screenshots: http://tinyurl.com/yntwjv and udated http://tinyurl.com/2xtebv Check it out Please be sure to visit these links to see more info about all this, including eveidence of staocks manipulation, and insdider pre-knowledge of an ebay "contingency plan, by an alleged "paid word of mouth advertiser" (AKA "stock paid pumper" for ebay. "Is eBay Fluffing The Numbers With Test Auctions??" http://tinyurl.com/2strkt Doc has great screen capture archive over here at suspendedfromebay.com blog postings-archives: http://tinyurl.com/2bthk8 "eBay censoring info about padded listings on it's forums" http://tinyurl.com/3493tn "eBay Bares Its Ugly New Face" http://tinyurl.com/35hpwl "From eBay Seller Central - Ebay is padding their listings" http://tinyurl.com/3dte75 From PC Mag: "EBay Accused of Padding Listing Numbers" http://tinyurl.com/2tf8bm From appscout.com: "eBay's Response to Boycott : Protest Never Materialized" http://tinyurl.com/3yynbg ------------------------------ Please visit these sites before you consider using or continuing to use ebay: suspendedfromebay.com nekkidtruth.blogspot.com www.firemeg.com www.companyexposed.com www.theauctionguild.com www.pheebay.com www.ebaymotorssucks.com or you can follow the links from the cappnonymous channel page. --------------------- Note: This audio visual digital document was created using the new & improved ZDSoft Screen Recorder 2.6.2.0 and "SUPER © v2007 build .25" wmm2 & audacity on 02-29-2008 approximately 11:32:33 Pacific Time. I am using firefox 2.0012 browser with Adblock Plus NoScript Super DragandGo 0.2.6 Image Zoom 0.3 and SlimSearch 0.1.8 extensions and my "bumped" SpoofStick 1.06 among others. My skin is miniFox 0.8.2. The small magnified window is a function of microsoft wireless intellimouse explorer 2.0 model

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BANISHED FROM eBay - Read about the Forbidden Text

What could you write that would get you banned from eBay for life?

How about an ebook about selling online, OUTSIDE of eBay. Ooooo, scary stuff!

"Notice: no links to outside sites -- not even a MENTION of an outside site; no use of the word "eBay", nothing offensive, no threatening language, nothing . . . nothing to get this ad pulled BY EBAY RULES AND RESTRICTIONS! And yet ...."

Be sure to scroll past the ads, to see the email from eBay, banning the author.

READ IT HERE -
http://tinyurl.com/2dvfwq

eBay Forces Sellers to Give 20% to Charity

Selling tickets to a charitable event. eBay has another mandate for you. Just bringing sellers and buyers together, eh? There's an awful lot of rules and regulations imposed by eBay. Hmmm... is eBay an EMPLOYER of sellers?

Read the article here

eBay to hide ALL auction bidder IDs

eBay is going to hide the IDs of bidders on ALL auctions on the US site. They claim this will prevent fraud, and troubles resulting from Second Chance Offers.

eBay relied on users to police the site and report shill bidders. That will be a lot more difficult now.

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eBay bible author Uncle Griff on the seller strike of '08

When he's not busy smashing Hummel figurines, "Uncle" Jim Griffith, spreads the party line on eBay Radio, at wsradio.com. Here the patronizing gasbag tut-tuts the small handful of disgruntled eBay sellers.

Ebay Spokesman Griff on ebay Strike Boycott Feedback

01:22 Ebay Radio Jim Griffith on ebay Sellers ebay boycott ebay Strike ebay feedback Online auction listings down 13% in boycott of eBay ONLINE AUCTION SALES EBay is the dominant player in a worldwide market whose growth is slowing. Year Sales (1) % of total retail sales 2005 $22 1.0% 2006 $26 1.1% 2007 $30 1.3% 2008 $34 1.4% 2009 $38 1.4% 2010 $42 1.5% 2011 $45 1.5% 2012 $47 1.5% 1 - in billions; Note: 2008-2012 are projections; Source: Jupiter Research Online auction listings down 13% in boycott of eBay Updated | Comment | Recommend E-mail | Save | Print | By Jon Swartz, USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO — The biggest boycott by eBay (EBAY) sellers concludes Monday, capping a week of acrimony after the online-auction site raised fees and changed its feedback policy. Auction listings on eBay.com dropped some 13% since the strike started Feb. 18 to about 13 million items, according to third-party tracking sites such as dealscart.com and medved.net. The boycott, amid slowing growth and intensifying competition from Amazon and Google, could presage a challenging year for John Donahoe, eBay's incoming CEO, say analysts. Like dozens of other boycotts against eBay the past few years, this protest is largely over pricing changes. Though many previous boycotts have fizzled after a few days, the most recent gained more attention through protest-related actions on YouTube and MySpace. "If (eBay's listings total) falls below 12 million, we've made a pretty good impact," said Nancy Baughman, an eBay PowerSeller who deals antiques and collectibles. She is also co-author of a book on online auctions. Jim Griffith, dean of eBay Education, declined to comment on third-party statistics, and said that the site's internal statistics show the boycott "has had no impact on our listings." EBay does not publicly release its listings totals. Fluctuations in eBay's listings can be hard to interpret due to seasonal swings. Complicating matters, eBay ran a one-day promotion Feb. 13 offering steep discounts of fees, which pushed listings up more than 20%. Still, the impact of the boycott is evident, says David Steiner, president of AuctionBytes.com, a publication for online merchants. "The protestors made a loud statement." Donahoe, who becomes eBay's CEO in March, recently announced changes to the fees eBay charges. The cost to list items will be cut 25% to 50%, but the commission that eBay charges for completed sales increased, starting last Wednesday. As of May, sellers will no longer be able to leave negative feedback comments for buyers. "When I heard the changes, I thought it was April Fool's Day," Valerie Lennert, one of the boycott organizers, says, referring to the changes in fees and feedback. She sells doll clothes on eBay. Lennert has spread her message with an anti-eBay video on YouTube. The video has been viewed 140,000 times. The protestors also created a MySpace page. Despite the protest, eBay is not considering altering or postponing its policies, Griffith says. "A lot of deliberation went into these decisions," he says. w**.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/corporatenews/2008-02-24-ebay-strike_N.htm h**p://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2008/02/24/ebay-suffers-13-drop-in-auctions-during-boycott/

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1 book - 3 Great Uses

1. Feeling tired? Raise your blood pressure when you read the propaganda.

2. Need a laugh? Picture Uncle Griff flippin' burgers in the near future.

3. Great bathroom reading - need paper? Try the soft and absorbent chapter on "Community".