eBay Closes Protest Auctions, Sellers are Angry
Some sellers are disappointed after eBay removed auctions with titles, that contained the words “Fee Hike” because, according to eBay, they violated listing policies.
Jody, who owns an eBay Store “Beachcombers Bazaar“, had posted a listing for “eBay Stores FEE HIKE spirit bangles.” The auction had received 44 bids and was up to $160 by Sunday evening. But on Monday eBay removed the listing, claiming it was keyword spamming.
Jody said: “The bangles are specifically created for the fee hike and to relieve fee hike frustration, so I don’t know how that is KWS. We all know that is not why the fee hike auctions were removed”.
When she was asked about the removal of the protest auction, Jody said: “Some of the fee hike auctions may have been inappropriate and some may have had violations, but overall eBay did what eBay does best. Shoot first and ask questions later. A low level Trust and Safety employee responded to received reports and rather than look at the auctions and use reason to determine if they should be removed or not, simply ended them. It makes eBay look petty. Censorship is never pretty”.
Jody was not the only person who questioned eBay’s taking down the listings. Another seller commented: “I think, eBay pulled these auctions because they were MAD about it! They are a humorless bunch of money suckers!”
Still another seller wrote: “This is the USA, not a communist country where censoring is a common occurrence”.
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