Boycott on ebay.es (Spain)

[weirdid]

Both buyers and sellers have started to boycott ebay spain, they have a list of complaints that include;

The level of fraud.
Pirated goods.
Scams
Lack of customer support from ebay, (spanish support is based in germany).
Suspension from the community boards for discussing the above.

English version
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/23/ebay_spain_strike/

Spanish version
http://noticiasdot.com/publicaciones/2004/1104/2311/noticias231104/noticias231101-3.htm

Link to article on ebay.com.
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jsp?forum=21&thread=410358950



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Updated with new english link

[weirdid]

The revolt is spreading fast across europe;

From, The Times London.

Ebay faces global customer revolt
By Rhys Blakely, Times Online

A global movement of disgruntled eBay customers has decided to rebel against the internet auction site, claiming that the company has failed to address users' concerns on security, fraud and service.

Full story.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1371759,00.html


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[MatrixWatch]

We have cold, hard facts to support their complaints. What can we do to get involved?

[jokach]

We can provide whomever needs it, a listing of every single fraud auction that has been reported to US eBay in the last six months. The number is well into the tens of thousands. I'm not sure there is any other group that maintains a auction fraud list like we do, but I could be wrong. This could be a start, because even though what we report is only a percentage of the total fraud out there on ebay (matrix/pyramid/informational links,etc), its still enough to show there is a problem that is not being taken seriously enough.

[MatrixWatch]

Indeed. I posted a thought in one of the other forums about getting an email out to our members and asking them to pass it along. It would be a great way to alert people for the holidays, update them on the work our teams have done, and announce that we have a huge amount of data to show that eBay's actions against scam does not necessarily line up with their comments on the subject.