I'm waiting for a class action lawsuit against EB to startup

[liawri-75]

I don't know where or when, but it's coming.  Sellers are being micromanaged and the algorithms are off-base and discriminatory.  If you have Promoted listings, if your account is below (or above) standards.  Totally ridiculous.

[dhbookds]

You will probably wait for a long time for that..........It's not discrimination for ebay to set up rules and then enforce them. 

[klhmdg]

Dont wait. It wont happen.

Read what you agreed to when using the site to sell.

Not sure how you would prove discrimination if every seller has the same algorithms and eBay knows nothing about the seller personally. 

[fbusoni]

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@liawri-75 wrote:

I don't know where or when, but it's coming.  Sellers are being micromanaged and the algorithms are off-base and discriminatory.  If you have Promoted listings, if your account is below (or above) standards.  Totally ridiculous.

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@liawri-75 

No it's not.   eBay is a voluntary endeavor.   You are not being kept here against your own free will.

I am glad that sellers are micromanaged.  It's about time that some effort was made to restore some integrity to this wretched platform.  In fact, I'd love to see things tightened up even more.

As for algorithms that are "off-base and discriminatory"... yes, when the algorithm does not suit us, that is how we perceive the "algorithm."   And on those days that the algorithm delivers results that please us?  We jump with joy.

As for promoted listings... in my opinion they are among the more clever tricks employed to take advantage of the fear of missing out that seems to permeate the world on online selling.  

PLs are software from the cloud.  Personally, I would never touch with a ten foot pole software that I do not know how to use and whose origins are... how to put this politely... dubious.

[kensgiftshop]

They treat all below standard accounts the same.

[meme6253]

You will wind up like Rip Van Winkle waiting for that, With an extremely long beard, But even if it did happen Class Action Suits bring Very little individual reward.

[bonjourami]

"I don't know where or when, but it's coming.  Sellers are being micromanaged and the algorithms are off-base and discriminatory.  If you have Promoted listings, if your account is below (or above) standards.  Totally ridiculous."

Nothing 'ridiculous' about it. Dont cancel transactions.

[luckythewinner]

I don't know where or when, but it's coming.

There have been many Class Action lawsuits against eBay. Very few have worked.

Sellers are being micromanaged

The fact that eBay has rules is not a sound basis for a class action lawsuit.

the algorithms are off-base

There is no law that says algorithms have to be "on-base" (whatever that means).

and discriminatory If you have Promoted listings, if your account is below (or above) standards

Discrimination is not illegal unless the discrimination is against a protected group. In the case of Below Standard, "Sellers who cancel transactions" and "Sellers who fail to resolve disputes" are not protected groups under the law.

Totally ridiculous.

Thinking something is ridiculous is not a sound for a class action lawsuit either.

[lacemaker3]

@liawri-75,

It is not micro-management for eBay to require sellers to deliver good transactions that make their buyers happy. You have not done that (again; this is your second selling account that has gone below-standard; the first one is NARU).

• You have not resolved your buyers complaints yourself (cases closed without seller resolution)
• and/or you have too many transactions with defects (out-of-stock cancellations plus cases closed without seller resolution).

This eBay help page explains it very clearly and simply. Hopefully, this will help you understand so you can stop being in denial. You're just lying to yourself.

https://export.ebay.com/en/seller-performance/seller-level-and-sales/seller-levels/

Another help page, saying the same thing:

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/selling-policies/seller-performance-policy?id=4347

[aproudparent2010]

This explains a lot...don't cancel when buyers win fair and square.

[theteamsetguy]

@liawri-75 ,

Instead of waiting, you can be the hero. If you feel you have been harmed and think there are other sellers like yourself all you have to do find an attorney that agrees and he/she thinks you have a case they will let you know. Most class action attorneys work on contingency, if they think you have a good case.  In other words, they only get paid if they win or settle the case. 

Since you are from Chicago, I'm sure there are plenty of excellent attorneys there that specialize in class action law suites. Most good attorneys will give you a free first consultation for no charge. Schedule meetings with about a dozen of them and see if any of them believe you a case. What's preventing you from doing that? Believe me, after meeting with a dozen attorneys you will know whether you have a case or not.

Nothing ventured nothing gained like they say.  Since I don't have any issues with eBay I would not recommend this but based on your post you feel otherwise. 

[rschissler]

People have been talking about that lawsuit for years, here.

[jonathanbrightlight]

Yep, and very few have ever attempted to bring one.  I'm guessing most are laughed out of lawyer's offices if they even get that far (ok, so the lawyers probably don't literally laugh them out of the office, but they probably do charge them a consultation fee to tell them they have no case).

[whatmorefabric]

Instead of threatening a lawsuit,  why don't you figure out how algorithms work.

You have sweater way down the end of the title.      More people search for sweaters than they do Jones of New York,  so sweater should be up front.      You should only have new in condition,  all the other stuff is clutter and will be quickly dismissed by  Search Engine.   The item details are like tags and do people search for buttons and pockets?      Too many descriptions can be as bad as too little.

There are apps that will tell you on a daily basis,  what people are searching for.

[jbbowers12012]

Oh Boy..........Here We Go Again.