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OLA Rummage Sale AND Ebay Boycott on the Horizon!

April 30, 2008 in blogging, ebay, events, marketing, news, online auction, onlineauction.com | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

May 1, 2008, also marks the beginning of the [1st ever?] OlineAuction.com seller’s Rummage Sale.  The excitement of the members of OLA cannot be denied now, as the event is only hours away.  Many people are still listing items, some are finished listing and anxiously waiting for the fun to begin.  Items are scheduled to begin at 12:01 am on May 1, and items will be listed throughout the day until 11:59 pm.

 

OnlineAuction.com has graciously donated 2 Dell laptop computers for the event [to start at .99!!!], and several members have listed collectibles, one-of-a-kind items, antiques, name brand clothing, you name it, chances are you will find it on OLA. 

 

Maybe OLA is the place where IT has gone?!?!?

 

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The May 1, 2008 Ebay Sellers and Buyers Boycott is only hours away from us!!  Hundreds, possibly thousands, of eBay members have planned and organized this event for months, due to the massive changes that eBay began implementing in at the beginning of 2008. 

 

I did plan to participate in the boycott that took place in February, 2008.  I did actively research the boycott and the changes that eBay had announced prior to that.  However, while I support the upcoming boycott, I have not participated in any boycott of eBay.  I didn’t boycott ~ I left.  In late January, 2008, I moved my listings to onlineauction.com.  Yes, I have sparingly listed items on eBay, when the offered promotions and when it benefited me.  However, I have not had a monthly bill from eBay of more than $3.00 since January. 

 

I do support the boycott, but I honestly believe that it will have little to no effect on the politics of eBay.  EBay has already made it clear that they do not want the “little seler,” and that those sellers that do decide to leave will either come back or be replaced.  In reality, eBay can do that.  I relate it to Wal-Mart or any other big chain.  If a few thousand people didn’t buy from their stores anymore, they wouldn’t even begin to feel the impact. 

 

EBay will never be what it once was.  That is why I have chosen to make my home elsewhere.  At ola.com, I can be a part of the future of the site, and my opinion does matter. 

 

So ask yourself, will you boycott ~~ or is it time to leave?