Simply-the-best-for-you Volunteer Community Mentor
mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
@coolections wrote:
@simply-the-best-for-you wrote:I've never felt the blog had a personal point of view or that there was any "hatred", etc.
Have you ever attempted to post there. If not, I can tell you that every post gets screened and you must be permitted by those two to even have a post shown. If it does not meet their mantra then forget about it.
@coolections Sure. Many times over the years. Never had a problem. I have personally contacted Ina about specific glitches & though I haven't posted there for years, I saw just a week or so ago that one of the posts I had here, about a glitch, made the front page, though my name was not on it. So yeah, I've had a casual reader/contributor relationship with them. I don't know them personally in any way, but I have communicated with Ina in trying to get resolution for certain glitches. I don't know that I've ever had a post pre-screened, but hey, it's their website, so it wouldn't bother me if they did. In fact, I would expect them to, since most small websites screen the public posts before publishing them, so they can avoid profanity, libelous statments, etc. I've never had an issue. Every post I've sent has been published, but mine are usually centered on technical topics/glitches.
Thank you @valueaddedresource . I thought it was Baugh, but I was so caught up all day in trying to get my tech issue from my post on Friday night fixed, that I didn't have time to research it who it was & didn't want to get it wrong. Both parties were married IIRC & the young women felt threatened into complying with the sexual demands of her boss. Borderline **bleep** in my book.
This is a little thing, but you'll recall that I pointed it out to you at the time, I still wonder how that licensed piece of music got into the Walker's West video & was the licensing fee paid? One of those pieces of music was a huge hit in the hip hop world involving household names like Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg that would surely have cost a SMALL FORTUNE to license, as it's practically an anthem these days. Now, Ebay CAN AFFORD a small fortune, so perhaps they DID pay that licensing fee & back in the Meg days, A list performers were often hired for the Live Events, but I was shocked to hear such a famous & seemingly super expensive piece of music used in that video. Maybe they paid the fee or maybe some coerced employee copied it off the internet. We'll probably never know.
I love Ebay, I really do. I've been here since the beginning. But when something is egregious, it needs to be called out & what happened to the Steiners, I wouldn't wish upon my worst enemy!
@chapeau-noir wrote:Not Bared Naked Ladies then. 🙄
(they were at an eBay live one year)
@chapeau-noir Ha! I'm trying to remember who I saw. I believe it was the Neville Brothers & it was in N'Awlins, so that would make sense. It's hard to remember though b/c I was still traveling then & had Million Miler status with my airline, who often did private concerts for us & I attended them all. I may be mixing up the Neville Bros. from the private concerts vs the entertainment Ebay hired. The private concerts were almost all blues based, so it's possible I saw the Neville Bros at both. I think I read that Weird Al was at one of the Ebay events too.
ETA: THe Barenaked Ladies are not my thing at all, but they actually are really big in Canada.
It is likely that many confuse the articles written on the site with what people that post on the site write.
Many of the posters hate Ebay for one reason or another. Quite a few of those, by their own admission, have been banned from the Ebay Community for years and they really harbor hatred towards Ebay over that alone.
Actually some of the most venomous posts on that site come from sellers that still sell on Ebay. They are banned from the Community here, but they do still sell. To me it makes no sense.
Then there are others that stop selling years ago, but just can't seem to let go. That I really don't understand. Why spend so much time hating a site of any kind that is for commercial purposes. I know I can sure find much better things to do.
@vintagecraze50 wrote:Typical of alcoholics to blame everybody but themselves for their addiction.
If only it was that simple.
@policequilts wrote:I don't know if it applies to the civil suits but, I wonder if eBay can "claw back" Weinig bonus to offset this suit if found guilty or causing the problem?
Highly unlikely, there would have been some kind of contract signed at the time by both parties. Besides he is named in the suit too.
@coolections wrote:
@simply-the-best-for-you wrote:I've never felt the blog had a personal point of view or that there was any "hatred", etc.
Have you ever attempted to post there. If not, I can tell you that every post gets screened and you must be permitted by those two to even have a post shown. If it does not meet their mantra then forget about it.
Now that is something I've never heard about Ecommercebytes. Where did you learn this?
If you are making that judgement because you don't see new names pop up posting on the site, that is more likely due to not wanting to be attacked by the regulars, especially if you don't agree with them.
@coolections wrote:Wrong, I know from experience. Believe me when I tell you if they are talking hate on a topic you better keep going with that mantra or your post will not be permitted.
That simply is not true.
