the strike.

goldspanners

so is everyone ready for this week of ebay buying and selling strike action?

bluebell13

goldspanners wrote: »

so is everyone ready for this week of ebay buying and selling strike action?

Er, what strike

Mind you, judging by my sales this last week I'd have thought there was already a strike on!!!

rose_sparky

Ditto bluebell!

TKPeters

We're not joining in & from the one last year after the last price increase, I'm not worried, as it is was just the sellers not the buyers who took part

jacksons_mum

i dont think i will join in as i need to get rid of all my stuff before the changes come into place in may - then i will leave ebay

imagia

I'm definitely joining it. As it stands I don't like the direction things are going with the new management. Most likely I'll list the things I have left to sell sometime after the strike and then quit selling for good.

charlottevwa

i am, but only cause i am off to gran canaria on the 25th, so not going to list anything this week. I have a few items listed now, but they all end tomorrow.. then thats it for 2 weeks! argh I am going to be skint lol

goldspanners

bluebell13 wrote: »

Er, what strike

Mind you, judging by my sales this last week I'd have thought there was already a strike on!!!

theres been a lot of talk about this on here and on the ebay forum.

my sales this week have been dreadful.listing everything on ebid this week to see how it goes.

StaffsSW

I think the only people that will notice the sellers strike are those that are not listing. I very much doubt it will affect ebay, or their opinion, I doubt buyers will notice, but maybe some sellers may notice an upturn if their competition is reduced for a week. The whole thing has been a badly thought out and reactionary event.

What I am thinking though, is what will the striking sellers do after the strike? Come back to eBay, tail betwixt legs and saying very little? Surely any action should be a continual process until change or conformity is achieved.

Will there be ongoing strikes? Wildcat strikes? Work to Rule, overtime bans?!!!

It’s all very reactionary, and poorly thought out IMO. “Industrial action” needs to have a defined goal, and contingency plans. All I see so far is a few people saying “I’m not gonna list for a week” - but what then?

What are they going to do during that week?
What are they going to do afterwards?
Have they thought about alternative long term solutions?
If eBay don’t budge, then what happens?

Rather than a militant “I’m on strike, so there!” attitude, if a constructive plan of action had been put together, then it may hold a lot more credence.

eBay can easily survive a week without a handful of sellers, and since they have all said that they will be back on the 25th, ebay have not got long to weather the storm, or drizzle as it may turn out to be. I’m not denying that ebay are without fault, far from it, but I just do not see the purpose in the strike in the way it has been organised.

Teddies are out of the pram, but on the 25th, it looks like they’ll all be quietly put back in again.

hev_2

Sorry to sound dim - just started listing odds and sods to clear house/make a few bob.

Happy to be solidarity with fellow workers etc, but when is the strike and what is it?

StaffsSW

hev wrote: »

Sorry to sound dim - just started listing odds and sods to clear house/make a few bob.

Happy to be solidarity with fellow workers etc, but when is the strike and what is it?

18th -25th February - this week. Allegedly. There's no solidarity needed - serious sellers are not interested, it's only those that won't be able to take the pace of the new-look ebay.

There are more listings on ebay at this moment than there was on Friday evening. It's effective then this strike?!!