Would You pay $10.00 a Month to Join Ebay's Seller's Union ?

[carbideliquidator]

Where Ebay would have to negotiate it's fees, policies with Sellers ?

Not that it could be possible, but wouldn't it be nice to have a say....in the Company we all Built ?

[gracieallen01]

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@carbideliquidator wrote:

Personal ?......We Sellers Have Paid 100% of The Tab, to Build Ebay Out......Money Stream Comes from Sellers ONLY......It's Sellers Hard Work That Made Ebay......and it's Sellers That Continue to Pay Ebay's Operation........and You Want to Know, Who gets The Least Amount of Respect from Ebay ?.........The Sellers !

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It is the investors that bought stock (as ebay is a public traded company) that has helped to allow sellers to continue selling on ebay.  Personally, I would say that it is sellers wanting to make money (greed?) that has encouraged ebay to grow and improve(?).

[gracieallen01]

Well, all you have to do is buy enough stock and throw your weight around.

[carbideliquidator]

What ?.....Investors are The Ones Living Off The Hard Work of Sellers........it's NOT Sellers Living Off Investors Charity ......Gezzzzz Give Me a Break

[downunder-61]

What's the $10.00 a month for ? Union Fee's ?

Who get's it?

Who accounts for expenditure of our Union Fee's?

[chapeau-noir]

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@carbideliquidator wrote:

I'm sitting by The Phone, Waiting for Ebay to Offer Me a Chair.....in The Board of Directors ........Not going to Happen......They Want Sheep, to Follow The Chairman

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Oh, the old, tired 'sheep' trope gets dragged in now.  I'll stick a fork in this thread because for me it's done.

[carbideliquidator]

Same as UAW or Teamsters

[carbideliquidator]

As Ebay says to it's Sellers That Disagree With Their Policies........Don't Let The Door Hit You on The Way Out

[jonathankirkland]

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@carbideliquidator wrote:

You're Wrong......With No Sellers....No Merchandise.......There Would Be NO EBAY

Ebay makes NO Money from Buyers.......They Make All Their Money from Sellers

No Sellers.....No Ebay

Sellers Built Ebay from The Ground Up

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Honestly, the sellers are really not that important.

Whats important is BUYERS. There can be 20,000,000 items listed if there's no buyers to buy them ebay makes VERY little money.

Where ebay makes their money is on that HUGE CHUNK they take of the sale price with the FVF. They make peanuts in comparison on shop fees, listing fees, etc.

[gracieallen01]

Investors don't support the sellers, they support the company.  Sellers are on ebay, and other platforms, because they don't want to work for someone else.  Some of those investors even had to work for their money.  I guess it is a matter of making money, buying stock and retiring.

[chapeau-noir]

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@carbideliquidator wrote:

As Ebay says to it's Sellers That Disagree With Their Policies........Don't Let The Door Hit You on The Way Out

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We're not employees - this is just a marketplace.  I'm not gonna tell the person who owns the parking lot where I set up at the flea what they can or cannot do.  I can suggest all I want, and may be they'll take a suggestion, but that's about it.  Same deal here. 

I was a proud union employee (technical workers) for some years but we were employees of that company, NOT just vendors using their real estate.  There's a big difference.  It's why people who finally decide they're tired of how something is run go off on their own - it's where entrepreneurship starts.

[carbideliquidator]

FVF Comes from Sellers.......Buyers Pay Nothing.......Matter of Fact......Sellers Built Ebay's Buildings, Their Complete Operating System, Their Employees Wages, Their Bonuses, Their Company Cars, Jets, Boats, Houses

Sellers Paid The Whole Works

[tdumonde2014]

No, but I think I would give you $10.00 A month if you would move to Etsy or any platform of your choosing. Perhaps Bonanza, they are in need of some sellers to help build their platform. Just think, you could singlehandedly have built two of the greatest platforms known to mankind. Let me know where to send the check.

[carbideliquidator]

Add  three More More Zeros......and I Might Consider........I Along with All The Other Sellers.......Built Ebay......We do Have Vested Interest in Ebay.......Even Though We are Given NO Respect by Ebay Management or Stock Holders.......Not Even a Thank You

[simba6]

Would the union have one of those big inflatable rubber rats to set in front of the business being picketed?

[carbideliquidator]

LOL....Too Funny....Lets Hope So