20 Apr
2016
20 Apr
'16
9:26 a.m.
On Wed, 20 Apr 2016, Mark J. Blair wrote:
accounts. I did that, and was vocal about it (not that
many people heard
me, though, as I'm hardly an influential person online).
PayPal very quickly amended their TOS based on the very loud backlash
online,
Sounds as though you are more influential than you realize.
All that being said, I've gotten the impression
that eBay is more
anti-seller than anti-buyer.
An assumption that the situation is eBay+sellers V buyers, or
eBay+buyers V sellers is faulty. It is eBay V buyers+sellers.
Another obvious example of that was during the decline of the West Coast
Computer Faire. Previously, at "closing time", all attendees were to
leave immediately, but show staff and exhibitors would remain for about an
hour, to permit shutting exhibits down, putting stuff away, locking up,
etc. Without warning, the policy was changed to: at "closing time",
attendees AND exhibitors must leave immediately, and only show management
permitted in the hall. Exhibitors were no longer allowed to enter
even minutes before "opening time". (setup and shutdown must be done
DURING attendee presence)
At SOG, we presented Jim Warren with a pair of skates and told him that he
had to come back out of retirement.
account, I tend to think that neither eBay nor PayPal
are safe for
anything but casual buying and selling with entirely disposable amounts
of money.
quite true.
There are reasons for certain policies, but neither provide reasonable
recourse in the event of erroneous application.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com