What’s going on by at eBay?

These are definitely some interesting times for e-commerce mega site eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY). In the past few weeks, the site has been under attack from some of its sellers who have launched a strike against the site in response to recent changes. While eBay denies any affect from the strike, there are some out there who just aren’t buying it.

At the root of the current situation are changes made by eBay by the past month that have left its users frustrated to say the least. The core reason for the frustration relates to eBay’s decision to lower its listing fees but at the same instance raise its final sale fees. that is being seen as a direct slap in the face to the site’s more successful sellers. additionally

adding to the current resentment is the decision to hold positive PayPal payments by up to 21 days in an effort to fight crooked activity on the site. As whether those two things were not suitable, the site went forward in changing its practice of allowing sellers to leave negative feedback on buyers.

As you can assume, sellers were not happy and launched a sellers’ strike that they hoped would convince the company to roll back their changes. Depending on who you listen to, the strike has either had a significant affect on auction listings, or no effect whatsoever.

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Original post by Michael Fowlkes

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