The annual eBay Strike is in full swing with the usual results. Serious sellers ignore it, negative sellers get a little louder. eBay stays the same. TameBay has it right.
Last time I checked a "strike" was usually carried out with the backing of a union. The union collects dues and helps the strikers out a bit during the strike. Maybe the intended recipient of the strikers wrath gets hurt a little. In this case, it seems the only people getting hurt by this strike are the people on the "picket lines."
Look folks. Lots of you entered the business world via eBay. Maybe you haven't run a business with all its associated expenses outside eBay. The fact is, it is hard. It costs money to have a shop. It costs money for inventory. It costs money to take credit card payments. People return things. There is competition.
Imagine the donut shop on the corner going on "strike" because the flour company raised their prices, or the rent was raised a little. Imagine they threw a fit every time the credit card company raised their rates a little or someone returned a donut. Who is hurt? I would just go to the next shop and get my donut. In the case of eBay, I wouldn't stop shopping on eBay - just move to the next item on the list.
As I've said before, buyers don't care what your seller fees are. They will continue to buy on eBay. You're only hurting yourselves, and helping the sellers who stay on.
I don't totally agree with all the new changes. But things change. Having your own business is not free. Learn to deal with it already.
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