Calling Martha erm I mean Jeff Jordan

2004-07-15T09:25:00.000-05:00

Jeff Jordan is the Senior VP and General Manager of eBay U.S.

This list of corporate insiders and major shareholders have recently filed transaction reports with the SEC.

See Jeff sell and sell and sell and sell and sell and sell and sell and sell and sell and sell and sell and... well you get it.

Check it out and once you've done the math, share your thoughts...

Getting the word out Down Under

2004-07-15T07:33:00.000-05:00

Yesterday, sabreman24 made good use of an eBay Australia Workshop: Introduction to the new Billing Platform. A simple observation was noted and in a later post sabreman24 provided a helpful link to the US Billing Issues thread.
Another person questioned the time chosen to hold the workshop.

The workshop is short, with few posts due to being held during off peak times and the questions regarding the snafu were glossed over by Pinks.

The entire workshop was:
* Populated with 2 Pinks and 4 members
* Duration of 59 minutes
* Consisted of 33 posts - 16 from Pinks
* 5 questions asked
* 3 questions unanswered
* 2 questions glossed over

Some EBay Users Seeing Double

2004-07-14T22:23:00.000-05:00

91,000 sellers were double-billed last weekend, but the online auction giant isn't offering any details.

EBay spokesperson Kevin Pursglove says the problem was discovered Saturday morning and affected sellers who had signed up for eBay's direct pay program.

Pursglove characterizes the problem as "a snafu" but wouldn't offer any details into what exactly went wrong.

NOTE: Check the date on this article.

Um yeah... I thought you'd find that interesting...

You know you're doing something right when...

2004-07-14T17:49:00.000-05:00

... you get Pink slapped.

Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 12:29:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: eBay Moderation Team moderationTeam@ebay.com>
To: antic_muse

Hello antic_muse,
Recently we became aware that your eBay registered account was involved in the following activity:

Posting material that in any way violates the eBay User Agreement or Community Values.

which is not permitted at eBay. This is a copy of your post:

eBay SNAFU
antic_muse (16) (view author's auctions)
07/12/04 09:05 AM

Please go to the eBay SNAFU Blog.

I will be adding links and posts regularly.

Due to overwhelming demand, I will be adding a section on victims of ebay. If you want to share your experiences please email me at the link on the blog profile.

Comment section: I have configured it so that you need not be a Blog Spot member in order to comment.

IMPORTANT: Please send me links to your local media and government consumer resources.

Media Contact: Please cc emails sent to media and gov to the email link on the blog profile. Your letters will be posted on the Contact Attempts section with your permission with identifying personal info removed unless otherwise requested.THANK YOU!!!

We realize that you may not have been aware there was a rule against this activity. Therefore, we would like to take this opportunity to invite you to review our site policies, which can be found at:
Board Policies

Please understand our goal is to help you understand our policies to ensure successful experiences at eBay. Therefore, we respectfully request that you refrain from this activity in the future to avoid the possibility of a suspension of your eBay registration.

Thank you for your cooperation in this important matter.

Regards,
Stef
eBay Moderation Team

Why, thank you, Stef, for responding so expeditiously. Where you seem to be quite on the ball with things eBay, perhaps you could help us with our billing issues. There are not a few people still waiting for some attention. Admittedly, it is not as imperative as monitoring people who are trying to help each other for lack of a professional customer service department. I'm just sayin...

Oh, and before I close... would you please be more specific as to how I violated the "eBay User Agreement or Community Values?"

eBay's Getting Into the Music Biz

2004-07-13T09:57:00.000-05:00

eBay News Roundup eBay is conducting a 180-day pilot in the Music category with pre-approved sellers of downloadable digital music files. During the pilot, only pre-approved sellers will be able to list in eBay�s Digital Downloads category. After 180 days, eBay will evaluate the pilot and determine whether to enable other copyright owners or resellers of downloadable media to list in eBay�s Digital Downloads category if they meet certain criteria...

It would be nice if they focused as much on bolstering the infrastructure as they are on generating diversified income.

You Have Mail!

2004-07-13T09:21:00.000-05:00

Do you think the Major eBay Stock Holders would be interested in what's really going on?

kevin susan "...I think I am going to start attempting to make some kind of contact with Ebays major share holders..."

Well, I agree with idea!

Updates

2004-07-13T09:04:00.000-05:00

I moved info to separate pages and placed the following links to those pages in the sidebar

Attorneys General by State
Media Coverage
Alternate Auction Sites

If you have used any of the listed alternate auction sites please share your experiences in the comment section durectly below each entry. If you know of other sites not presently listed, please email the link.

Mission

2004-07-12T09:45:00.000-05:00

This blog has been created as another resource for help to ebayers who have been ensnared in the ebay billing fiasco.

eBay Spokesperson "...customers are mischaracterizing the events. No user has been overcharged or overdebited," he says. "In the end, we feel it's just been confusion."

I am compiling a list of media and consumer contacts to help shed a spotlight on the consumer's side of the issue. Thus far, media coverage has been limited and has done little more than spread ebay's standard line of BS in blaming the consumer. They have openly stated that there are no problems, no members have been financially harmed, and those who say otherwise are merely confused. Hundreds if not thousands of us know that these are out-right lies. We need to show a very vocal and united front in exposing ebay's on-going fraudulent practices. Mrs. R set an excellent example for us all. Let's follow her lead and do everything in our collective power to expose ebay's dark side.