I want to thank the Great State of Florida.. Way to go Guys.. Great Job.

NO thanks to Ebay..

I am overwhlemed to see this site!!!!!

eBay-most illegal company
eBay-buster - USA (Tuesday, January 15, 2008)

I have studied eBay closely with friends and have found out that ebay should be the largest illegal company in the world, based on its size and volume of transactions. Just one of the simple questions here: eBay suspends 1000s of sellers everyday, accusing them of selling ‘illegal merchandise’, even without doing any verification. OK, say they are illegal merchandise, then, why, eBay/Paypal still keeps the share of money from selling these merchandise on eBay???? HAHA, this is the worst secret that eBay hides from the public! Now everyone can understand how much, I mean, how huge this amount of money it is!!! If these merchandise ARE illegal, then eBay is the biggest profit maker from these merchandise. God will punish the evil, eBay, stop covering yourself with the glorious nightgown of red, blue, orange and green colors! And shame to those Americans who regard eBay as their saint. We are an illeterate country!! That is why we even cannot find a president for it!

ubid.com
gorage.com
blujay.com
etsy.com
alibaba.com

Would love to get a full list.

Online auction giant eBay announced today that CEO and President Meg Whitman will resign on March 31, 2008. EBay Market North America President Bill Cobb will follow suit at the end of the year.
Whitman will be replaced by John Donahoe, currently the …

Dear XXX XXXXXX (XXX_XXXX):
As one of our most loyal and active members, your membership status entitles you to a toll-free telephone number to contact eBay’s customer service directly.

We’re here to help if you need us, so the next time you need assistance from eBay, you can give us a call:

800-717-EBAY (800-717-3229)

This phone number is only for members like you who have been invited to participate, so please be ready to provide your member ID when you call.

We appreciate your choice to use eBay and look forward to helping you make the most of your shopping experience. Please call us if you ever need a hand.

Sincerely,
eBay Customer Support
P.S. From time to time, if we notice you are having an issue with a transaction or a problem with your account, we may proactively try to reach you. Please help us provide the best possible service–make sure we have your correct contact phone number:

January 22, 2008

Ms. Meg Whitman, CEO
Ebay
2145 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, California 95125

Dear Ms. Whitman:

Since you are on your way out, perhaps you will be kind enough to pass this on to someone who is staying at Ebay.

I just closed my Ebay account (xxxx_xxxx) and PayPal account as well. I want to make sure someone at Ebay knows why.

I was a good seller and also an excellent customer. Up until Dec. 30, 2007, I had earned a 100% positive Ebay feedback rating. When I closed my account, I had earned 617 positives over 445 transactions.

Here are the two main reasons why I refuse to do any more business on Ebay:

I bid on, and won, two auctions from a seller named “xxxxxxxxxxx” (old Time Magazines from 1969). He cashed my check (he did not have a PayPal account), kept my money and never sent the magazines. I e-mailed him many times and never received a reply. I filed a claim and left negative feedback for him. Lo and behold, on the same day I left the negatives for him (Dec. 30, 2007), he decided to leave retaliatory negative feedbacks for me. They were libelous and he even called me a “scum,” which I believe is in violation of your guidelines. I called the Ebay toll-free number and was assured by the person I spoke with it “definitely was wrong of alfredsiler to do so” and they “would certainly look into it.” I later received a lame, “sorry-there’s-nothing- we-can-do-about-it” reply from Ebay. I was robbed, libeled – but Ebay absolved itself. A number of other buyers also had the same problem with this seller during the same time period and he began racking up negatives from the customers he’d scammed. Immediately after this happened, “alfredsiler” took his feedback private so that no one could see how he robbed other buyers – then he closed his account.

Over the Christmas holiday, I sold a soundtrack CD to a bidder named “XXXXXXXXXX” (XXXXX XXXXXXXX). He paid promptly and left positive feedback for me (including the words, “CD’s perfect!”). A couple of weeks later, after he had ample time to copy the CD, he decided he wanted a refund. Claimed it was not right, long after he left positive feedback and said it was “perfect.” I knew nothing was wrong with the CD – I copied it myself before I sold it to him. If there was a defect, it would have transferred to the copy. My auction stated, “as-is, no refunds.” He chose to file a claim with PayPal. I fought it because I am an honest merchant and this person was trying to gain free use of the CD. PayPal sided with him and awarded him a refund.

As a merchant on Ebay, I paid thousands of dollars in fees – listing fees, post-sale fees and PayPal transaction fees – to you and your company. I had an excellent reputation until you and your company chose to allow two thieves to steal from me.

Ebay is a big company and it will get along just fine without me. But I never will give Ebay another cent and I never will forget this injustice. I hope your replacement implements better customer service policies and new rules to protect good, honest people.

Sincerely,
XXXXXXXX
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A cleaned up homepage wouldn’t hurt either. eBay in general just seems overwhelming considering how Amazon, SmartBargains, etc have cleaned up their sites and don’t have tons of information below the fold.

If Meg Whitman had enforced her company’s own policies, the ‘eBay Community’ would not be the spam-riddled “powerseller” wasteland of fraud it is today. What a swamp.

eBay is a prime candidate for disruption. Aim your guns

It is Meg’s fault that Google dominates ecommerce.

I was right again.