Xeriphas1994 Posted February 19, 2008 I don't know how many people read this forum, or how many Doom players are actually retrogamers as such, but ebay and retrogaming are linked, so I figured I'd pass this along. http://mech-angel.livejournal.com/633870.html I have not combed through ebay's massive policy pages myself to verify these statements, but see the CNN article linked at the bottom. 0 Share this post Link to post
Csonicgo Posted February 19, 2008 Good thing you told me, I was so going to buy that William Shatner collector's plate. What this sounds like to me is the crying of a select few people that thought that ebay would stay ebay and 1999 would stay 1999. I still can't believe people actually made selling items on ebay.com a full time job. People that did so only have themselves to blame, as ebay has been taking advantage of such tools since the site began. Ebay exists to make money, not to help people sell/buy/trade goods over the Internet. Of course, since these people probably had no plan B, they're screwed. Of course, you're pretty much screwed anyway when you're selling 10,000 plastic forks over the Internet. 0 Share this post Link to post
deathbringer Posted February 19, 2008 Some people are as thick as fucking shit If i could afford it i'd head over there right now, search "Sexton Blake" and buy all 200-odd items that come up, even an imported CD from that obscure local band from America somewhere. As it is i did buy a bound edition of "The Boy's Friend", whole year of it from 1903-1904. Charles Hamilton FTW 0 Share this post Link to post
Reckoner Posted February 20, 2008 If you're going to boycott something, this seems like an incredibly stupid way of going about it. "Hey guys! Don't buy or sell anything for a week! That'll show 'em!" And then, of course, all of the transactions that didn't happen during that week because of the boycott will simply be made the following week and eBay's bottom-line remains untouched. This is just like those stupid emails that used to go around suggesting people not buy gasoline on a certain day of the year: absolutely pointless. 0 Share this post Link to post
AndrewB Posted February 20, 2008 This guy is an idiot. Now I want to go buy something just to spite this ridiculous boycott. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted February 20, 2008 Man, those are pretty fucked up changes, but: 1). I've never used eBay, so this doesn't effect me. I don't use it because they seem to rely on PayPal, which IMHO is a pretty shady organisation. That and I rarely have the money to go hunting items over the internet. If I want something so badly, I'll go to Amazon. 2). Why have the boycott be during a certain date range? Why not just stop using it now then never use it again unless they change back. A week of no sales is pretty bad, but it's not going to put a corporation enough in the hole for them to notice. 3). People who use eBay to make all their money need to stop whining and GET A REAL FUCKING JOB. deathbringer said:Some people are as thick as fucking shit If i could afford it i'd head over there right now, search "Sexton Blake" and buy all 200-odd items that come up, even an imported CD from that obscure local band from America somewhere. As it is i did buy a bound edition of "The Boy's Friend", whole year of it from 1903-1904. Charles Hamilton FTW What does anything you just said have to do with the conversation at hand? 0 Share this post Link to post
Reckoner Posted February 20, 2008 Danarchy said:I don't use it because they seem to rely on PayPal, which IMHO is a pretty shady organisation.[/B]They don't rely on PayPal, they own it. And I don't think PayPal really started to get criticism until well after eBay purchased it, which raises the question of which is really shady: the parent or the child? Danarchy said:People who use eBay to make all their money need to stop whining and GET A REAL FUCKING JOB.I see nothing wrong with using eBay to make a living. One should be prepared for changes like this, of course, but I don't see how such a job is any less "real" than any other. Danarchy said:What does anything you just said have to do with the conversation at hand? I think he meant that he wanted to buy those things to spite the boycotters. 0 Share this post Link to post
AirRaid Posted February 20, 2008 Ebay allows many small businesses to get a start into e-commerce, and what the fuck is wrong with that? You guys need to quit fucking bitching over other peoples successes. Sure Ebay are largely viewed as bad guys, what large corporation that deals with a lot of people isn't seen to be the same? One of my housemates actually runs an ebay business, and it keeps her afloat at uni, taking far less time than a 'real fucking job' would, allowing her more time to study. Are any of you going to tell her that her job sucks and she needs to get a 'real' one? 0 Share this post Link to post
Nuxius Posted February 20, 2008 Sort of related: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/11/ebay_laptop_auction/ Heh. 0 Share this post Link to post
exp(x) Posted February 20, 2008 AirRaid said:Ebay allows many small businesses to get a start into e-commerce, and what the fuck is wrong with that? You guys need to quit fucking bitching over other peoples successes. Sure Ebay are largely viewed as bad guys, what large corporation that deals with a lot of people isn't seen to be the same? One of my housemates actually runs an ebay business, and it keeps her afloat at uni, taking far less time than a 'real fucking job' would, allowing her more time to study. Are any of you going to tell her that her job sucks and she needs to get a 'real' one? I think the comment was more directed at people who just work the system by buying shit and reselling it for more. I agree that there is absolutely nothing wrong with using ebay as a storefront for your own merchandise. 0 Share this post Link to post