Ebay strike/boycott -- does it begin today (sort of)?

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Posted By: Rob Fouch

Sellers aren't boycotting YOU, meaning buyers. They're boycotting ebay, the entity. (At least that's what I'm doing.) I actually don't sell many cards on ebay. Only when I have dupes. But I use ebay to fund my collecting habit. I go to tag sales looking for books and records and anything else I think I can turn a profit on, and then put it up on ebay. That way I can buy cards without my wife getting annoyed that I'm spending "our" money. These changes will definitely cut into my profits, which means I'll have fewer bucks to spend on cards, which I typically buy on ebay (vicious circle). And the feedback thing's just ridiculous. I understand the issue of retaliatory feedback, but this is not the way to solve it, in my humble opinion.

So I think it's worth sitting out a week to make a statement, for whatever that's worth. I don't know that'll do much good, but it'll make me feel better. But if you're a buyer and think I'm boycotting YOU, oh well.
I guess I'll have to suffer through without your business that second week. I think I'll manage.

Rob