eBay Boycott

[Ikarus]

Ebay is going to raise prices again to a too high point. Its getting annoying.



Outraged eBay sellers plot strike week - Feb. 7, 2008


I plan to be a part of it and will not use ebay for the time.

You should too!

Should spread the word!

Lets see if ebay responds.

[Wakim]

It won`t be the response you`re looking for though :P

At the moment i`m fighting our local very rich class.

They`ve been screwing the poor and even teh rich classes way too much lately.

As it is now, the tax to bring in my country a car that`s older than a few years and has a decent engine are twice the price of the car in some cases :|

[Word Bearer 81007]

but honestly, would a boycott/strike really make that big of a difference?

[Wakim]

If it`s big enough, yes, ofcourse.

But it won`t be big enough because in the capitalist era a lot of people are too dumbed down to make a stand.

[Captain Slow]

Originally Posted by Wakim

If it`s big enough, yes, ofcourse.

But it won`t be big enough because in the capitalist era a lot of people are too dumbed down to make a stand.

I dont know about that wakim, but, you do have a point.
the poroblem is, i avoid using Ebay if at all possible anyway ><

[munkey joe paints]

I do ALOT of business on ebay. I will support this but I get and sell tons on minis through there and other online sites. a one stop shop place like ebay makes it easy for the sheep to come and feed. not trying to offend anyone as I am a "power buyer" instead of power seller!!! I dont like it but I do condone it to my own means.

[Warmaster Romulas]

Ebay supplaments my income about 25% of my monthly income come from there
i got a few bids going right now
but i wont post any new sales
for now

[Ikarus]

About 1.5 Million Americans - use Ebay as their only job.

So - if the news is big enough then something WILL happen.

I mean - how much does it cost to run ebay anyways?

[Wakim]

Isn`t America`s credo "the rich get richer"?

Or did it change over night?

It doesn`t matter how much it takes to keep ebay going, all that matters is how much they can charge you for using it

[Baron von Lexus]

I'm not sure thats specifically American but rather Human nature...

[BrainDeleted]

Capitalism rocks.

Woot Woot.

Go greed! Go! And Gluttony! You too Lust! Hell, Sloth you can go to! In fact, lets revel in ALL seven!

[Wakim]

Honestly, the french are some of the few people i respect these days, ofc after swedes and such

Why?

Because even if France is responsible for a lot less of the global bull than *other countries* its people still speak their mind and still riot against the leading class AND get stuff done every now and then

Unlike other people who only care about the leading class when it`s time for ellections, and when ellections come they go for the most well paid one

[BrainDeleted]

But...but...france...french people live in france, Wakim...

*Shiver*

[Wakim]

I know, i`ve interacted with them.... they`re strange, but they`re still strong willed AND know when they`re being [fourstared] AND do something about it

*unlike my people, my people are weak, they`re more likely to act against the people that try to make a stand against the opressing rulling class because a stand would just point out the cowardice, lazyness and silly ness of the bulk of my country`s population, and no, i`m not exaggerating, i`ve tried more than a few times to get something done around here on all kinds of scales, and each time i got shot down by the people i was fighting for before i even got off the ground :/ In fact tomorow i`m going to go premote a petion to start a law action against an opressin law that EVERYBODY is against, safe for a couple of guys in pairlament who make a TON of money thanks to it and EVERYBODY OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNTRY IS ALL LIKE "WTH guys, how can you let something like that go on? can`t you see you`re being [four stars]ed over, big time?" but my glorious conpatriots are still "you really think you can change something?" or "it`s no use" or "so what?" i`m almost ashamed of calling myself a Romanian, but i won`t give up!*

[BrainDeleted]

You guys are sick (Good sick) You have Vlad the Impaler. He is like the ultimate stick it to the man man. He impaled hundreds of people to stick it to the Sultan. Also he fought a guerrilla war with the Turks forever. I admit he did get his head cut off but he is still my hero

I think we might be a tad off topic though.

[Wakim]

Um, i`ll have you know that during the Comunist era our traditions were banned, modified and reimplemented.

Foreigners wrote our books.

All people that were worthwhile were killed or imprisoned for life.

Culture was banned, really.

Our culture was based on peace, love, national supremacy, killing all invaders (look at our history, invaders have been knocking at our doors since the first recorded mention) and killing the corrupted rulling class

Comunism couldn`t have that so everything got erased, redone and reimplemented.

Our cultural heritage was written by friggin foreigners and propagandists.

Our will was crushed and our people finnally and permenantly conquered.

After the comunism removal in 89 most people that were worth while fled the country and continue to do so even to this day.

What remained is a rulling class that cripples our economy with each passing year just for a SMALL bribe.

they sell BILLIONS for bribes of a few millions :|

And the people that remain are imposible to work with.

We have a LAW that says you have to pay an extra tax for buying a car from abroad... a tax that in many cases ranges from half to 4 times the car`s own worth!!

All because our prime minister OWNS one of the main importing companies AND a certain important someone we now call a president got a gift or two from a certain foreign company that build cars in our country

A news channel started a petition to start a law action against that law, we need ONLY 100k signatures, 100.000, that`s an imensely small number when talking about something that affect every working soul in this country.

and yet, we only have 57k sigs :/


On another account, our presided officially announced he`s quiting the political scene BUT HE DIDN`T quit :| and the people did nothing, we even had a vote on that matter and the bulk said he shouldn`t quit.

I`m telling you, the majority of my people are a sane`s man worst nightmere!


PS You forget Vlad Tepes was killed by a guy close to him, for a modical bribe

We are simply hopeless!

But i`m not defeated yet, i will do my best to help make this country a better place to live in even if it kills me (literally, i already had *side effects* to my demonstration of strong will and humane initiative, but that`s another story).


As for the boycot, i`ll honestly pe suprised if you get anything out of `em, and if you do it won`t go lower than 8% of all auctions!

[Brother Warchild]

Whats the new ebay rate gonna be?

[Wakim]

10% out of everything last time i checked.

[Lord Commander Erus]

Ok... This is ebay... Not politics.. Keep politics to PM.

[Templar Mikeel]

YouTube - Feb 18-25th 2008: Worldwide Ebay Strike

Hey Ikky, would it be a good idea to cut the text and link from the 40K Terra Ebay Storefront and post a link to this, or explain the boycott? Whatever, but I'm in on this.

[Brother Warchild]

Thats crazy,It said there's other buyer seller sites out there?
That CEO guy is a real piece of work.

[Fury]

I wont use it for that week; for sellers it would be less worthwhile to use it anyone since there will be far less potential buyers.

[Warmaster Romulas]

i talked to my wife and we are boycotting for the rest of feb and some of march (taxes came back fast)
i just finished the last of my sales and buys last night
i hope they miss what they been cutting out of my pocket

[Wakim]

We`re already kinda boycotting ebay


No new auctions in 10 days.

But we`ll cancel everything that`s already on during that week.