From: J Travis (dagobert@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Sun Aug 22 2004 - 19:42:58 PDT
John,
I'd be curious to know what they ever backed down on. As far as I could
tell, they basically don't care what their customers think, and instead
think they are best equipped to decide for us what we can and cannot
sell, and their "Safe Harbor" system is designed to leave anyone who
gets caught in its bureaucracy hung out to dry until eBay gets around to
them. But the difference is, I doubt that they have any real interest
in the opinions of even their customers, as they view us as simply
another disposable commodity that gets replaced if it does anything to
interrupt their cash flow. Still, until someone else brings out a
viable competition that enough people will search out in order to buy
goods from to make it worth a seller's time to pay to list their items,
eBay is the only game in town, even if only because so many people just
keep accepting their arrogance- or are too lazy to look elsewhere, or to
create options of their own. Gunbroker.com did it; maybe there needs to
be something along that line for MV collectors?
JTravis
J. Forster wrote:
>J Travis wrote:
>
> There's a way to passively resist almost anything that eBay can try to force on
>you,
>
>
>
>>if you get creative enough.
>>
>>JTravis
>>
>>
>
>That's why I made the original post in this thread. The ONLY hope of influencing
>eBay is for enough people to object. They have backed down, although not in
>public, on several issues.
>
>Let's not beat around the bush. eBay is a big, powerful company, out to do what
>they see as in THEIR best interest alone. They are not a charity. Sellers are
>their customers, and buyers are but a necessary evil and carry little, if any,
>weight and are a secondary concern. Only if they perceive their customer's
>business is severely threatened, will they alter their plans. No different than
>Exxon or GM or any other big corporation.
>
>Some of their surveys are legit. You can look at the links to be sure. As to the
>content of their surveys, they seem to be more concerned that their 'customer
>service' people are courteous that whether they actually make a meaningful
>response or solve the problem. I guess it's a result of their strain of
>corporate culture: form vastly outweighs function. (i.e.: 'Have a Nice Day'
>after you get screwed)
>
>-John
>
>
>===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list===
>To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org>
>To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to <mil-veh-digest@mil-veh.org>
>To reach a human, contact <ack@mil-veh.org>
>
>
>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Sat May 07 2005 - 20:34:22 PDT