OPRMOND2000
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posted on January 1, 2004 08:56:09 PM new
How about for one day we get everyone we can to list nothing, bid on nothing at EBAY? I'd definitly be up for this.
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dadofstickboy
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posted on January 1, 2004 08:58:30 PM new
I only list on Sundays.
So Mon-Sat I'm in.
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fenix03
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posted on January 1, 2004 09:09:05 PM new
Um... don't get me wrong or anything... I mean the last thing I want is to incur some of your previously mentioned "frontier justice" but....
Don't most boycotts have a cause? Isn't there an issue that people use boycots to bring to the forefront?
Or you just bored and reactionary with a bad case of ADD, leaving this as an unfinished thought?
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
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kiara
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posted on January 1, 2004 09:18:54 PM new
By suggesting that, you are assuming that ebay buyers and sellers are a united community out for a certain cause. They aren't and they never have been and never will be.
A strike or boycott has been talked about for years and would never work. For any one of us to stop listing for a day just lets our competitors have one more notch on their belts. It's a dog eat dog world.
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OPRMOND2000
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posted on January 1, 2004 09:18:59 PM new
Just pick one. AHH hell just forget it!!!!!!
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kiara
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posted on January 1, 2004 09:20:43 PM new
Ya, don't buy cheap Chinese imports at Walmart, stop wearing Levis, stop eating beef...... there are a million causes out there.
I am using ebay to make money.
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dadofstickboy
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posted on January 1, 2004 09:24:08 PM new
It's a thought.
A well placed Boycott could make the giant weak in the knees.
It would get their attention and make them realize that they still need us.
A day with no listings or sales would really hurt the old wallet!
But like any other Boycott if it's not a 100% it is worthless.
Will never happen!
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sanmar
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posted on January 1, 2004 10:16:38 PM new
That would be nonproductive. What would you expect to accomplish? eBay doesn't sell or buy anything, so what would you gain? Sorry, but I don't believe in strikes or boycotts. The ideal of a strike is great, but the grocery workers of southern CA have been on strike or lockout for 12 weeks. They will take years to recover what they have lost, & won't win in the end.
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fenix03
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posted on January 1, 2004 10:59:15 PM new
Sanmar - I think it's safe to say that the grocery workers union in California has been irreparably damaged. They tried to muscle the stores and go on strike right before the holidays. The stores didn't buckle and didn't panick. They found people more than willing to take the jobs that Union workers walked out on. When it became obvious that things were not working out as expected the truck drivers decided to lend a hand and refuse to deliver -stores found non union drivers and the truckers returned to thier regular routes. At this point, there is no reason for the stores to capitulate. Their new workers survived trial by fire and they survived.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
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Damariscotta
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posted on January 2, 2004 02:47:59 AM new
Great idea! We haven't had one of these call-to-arms in a while. We used to get them at least every two weeks, along with teaching eBay a lesson by moving our auctions to other sites.
I'd volunteer to help, but with the million-seller march and the co-op auction site going on, I am just swamped right now.
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earthmum
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posted on January 2, 2004 04:47:55 AM new
A couple of years ago, there was an organization of eBay sellers that was forming. Kind of like a proactive thing. Wonder what happened to it? A boycott is not feasible (although the idea of having eBay look at their numbers fall is rather sweet). But an organization of sellers did seem like a good idea. After all, there is strength in numbers.
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thepriest
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posted on January 2, 2004 06:32:35 AM new
Hi... as mentioned above boycotts don't work.
I think another viable competitor to eBay and Paypal is needed.
On the horizon, it appears that Google is the only one with the financial resources and programming power.
Maybe a petition to Google?
thanks
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parklane64
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posted on January 2, 2004 12:57:47 PM new
A waste of time and energy. For the above reasons.
eBay is flying high on the golden eggs and does not feel obligated to keep the goose happy.
Have fun being unhappy goosies.
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