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TO THE MODERATOR Please Close eBay SELLER CENTRAL Aug 25 - Sept 1 To Allow For A Cool Off Period TY
Summary: intimewithmusic suggests that the eBay Seller Central forum be temporarily closed for a week to allow sellers to focus on recalibrating their stores and reduce negativity. The proposal is met with strong opposition from other participants, such as easoss and dinomitesales, who argue that the forum is an essential tool for communication and support, especially during a significant period of change affecting sellers. marnotom! and several others express concern that closing the forum would hinder sellers' ability to navigate challenges related to upcoming shipping changes. Overall, the majority of participants oppose the closure, emphasizing the importance of keeping the forum open for community support and sharing valuable information. The thread ultimately gets closed at the request of intimewithmusic, who cites concerns about the forum's conduct and the use of inappropriate language among participants.
With due respect to all: I'm a proud eBay member since 2009.
Given the hate, bashing and belittelment expressed in this forum I'm recommending to eBay Canada, (located at 240 Richmond Street West, 2nd Floor Suite 02-100, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 1V6), and it's parent company located at 2025 Hamilton Ave, San Jos, CA it is in the best interset of this forum to be closed for seven days to allow sellers to focus on re-callibrating their stores.
I'm suggesting to all of you it's in our best interest that eBay Canada close this forum to begin at midnight August 25 and to reopen for posting on Tuesday September 2nd. The period will allow for cooling off as is illustrated in the recent posts and so we can refocus our sales targets within our new boundaries.
Today we all have eBay. Can we please work together to keep it that way?
Let's shut down the forum for one week.
kh-calisto
·10 months agoHi everyone,
This thread has been closed at the request of the OP.
Thank you for understanding.
intimewithmusic
OP10 months ago@devon@ebay
devon@ebay
Hi Devon
Can you please review and have this thread removed immediately? I have notified the moderator twice with no avail.
An eBay seller and a non eBay seller who posts in Seller Central are using my personal name making threats to "maliciously shop my store". I will now have to end my sale event and put my store on Time Away.
Thank you.
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Other than some planned Malicious shopping, I may need to file a report and block you.
Be careful, people, we have a real little cracker here!
intimewithmusic
OP10 months agoDear Moderator (September 15, 2025)
I've requested before that you take down this thread of which I authored. for some reason you have left it live. I authored it in August as a suggestion. The intent was to take a break from the rude and sometimes bullying posting due to varied views about the elimination of the de minimis. Since the departing of Tyler, who was our eBay liason, the forum is becoming much like the wild west of Reddit. It has grown in temperature . Since then some folks act aggressively clearly evidenced here. I do think the forum needs some sort of "reset" as shown by inappropriate posts in this thread.
Some of these posters here resorted to using REAL NAMES of sellers in a threatening manner. I do not feel that is safe. Those people have broken the eBay forum's Policy AND They need to be reminded. There is clearly intimidation being carried out just because they disagree with the sharing of views. I feel all of us should be entitled to suggest changes if we feel they would improve both the forum and our selling successes.
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"tyler@ebay
09-13-2019 03:24 PM
The eBay Community is a place where eBay Community members can connect, learn and share experiences and best practices with one another. By participating in the eBay Community, you agree to act in accordance with these Community Guidelines and the eBay User Agreement. These principles exist to ensure that the Community continues to provide the support you need as you sell and buy on eBay. As a Community, we are committed to creating a useful, respectful, and enjoyable destination for all members.
Most importantly, we hope you enjoy taking part in the Community, and we're glad you're here!
The eBay Community is a peer-to-peer support community."
As a second request I ask that you please remove this thread. As well please monitor or have another eBay liason appointed to oversee and assist with matters like this.
Thank you.
john_koenig99
·10 months agoIt's getting disturbing, tbh.
mrdutch1001
·10 months ago@kh-calisto
Please close this no-longer relevant thread.
brettjet38
·10 months agoAgreed, a real...
intimewithmusic
OP10 months agoThanks. I agree. Today's request is the 2nd I've made to have it removed.
marnotom!
·10 months agoI don’t know what meds you’re taking, but they aren’t helping you very much. Please consult with a doctor, and soon.
brettjet38
·10 months agoOk that was funny...
marnotom!
·10 months agoIt wasn’t intended to be.
intimewithmusic
OP10 months ago1 week? Nothing has been gained here fellow sellors. This forum should have been been shut down for ONE MONTH to spare your completely wasted time and money. It may have spawned some to actually think for a change instead of "yackety yack yack"... as have @brettjet38 @john_koenig99 so yadda yadda yadda.
intimewithmusic
OP10 months agoOn my support eBay Canada buying spree buying an arrow head from @brettjet38 this just occurred.
intimewithmusic
OP10 months agoError: Should have been shut down to eBay Can's renewal after EIS.
brettjet38
·10 months agoWhy would you be trying to shop from me if you HATE me so much?
Other than some planned Malicious shopping, I may need to file a report and block you.
Be careful, people, we have a real little cracker here!
brettjet38
·11 months ago...so "inti" how is ya crusade going?
john_koenig99
·11 months agoUhhh...Nope. Let's not.
reallynicestamps
·11 months agoWelp, the worst I've ever been called here is a "cheerleader" and frankly I'd never fit in the uniform.
We can call in moderators at any time with the usual "@".
Devon is the eBay rep who handles Canada.
And there are also Khoros moderators who can be called in. Look for a signed thread closure with a name starting with "kh-"
Taking a personal break helps with our mental health without infringing on rights and needs of others.
jtg204
·11 months agoThere is also a 'Report Inappropriate Content' feature (option menu above the posted time on each post) to alert moderator(s) if comments are violating the Community Guidelines.
intimewithmusic
OP10 months agoI agree. Today's request is the 2nd I've made to have it removed.
nhl_automotive
·11 months agoRather than whine about losing 90% of my buyers, I'm going to expand my listings over the next few months, ship overseas for the first time, and believe that once Americans get used to paying brokerage fees and duties like us in Canada have for years (and the rest of the world), believe that business will pick back up. I'm also going to be selling again on my other ebay store which sells mainly to Canada but has struggled due to the postal problems. Hopefully they can fix that soon!
brettjet38
·11 months agoThis is not TRUMPLAND, and we have FREEDOM OF SPEECH and FREE EXPRESSION here in CANADA
If you or any other individuals need a break, leave and come back when you have something to say other than to promote censorship.
darak10
·11 months agodemocracy uber alles.
I think the people here can all walk and chew gum and the same time.
marnotom!
·11 months agoSomething else to consider is that people come to the Seller Central board for a variety of reasons. The August 29 issue isn't the only subject this board deals with, and to shut out sellers who have other concerns would be inconvenient and unfair.
I suppose these users could try posting on other boards, but then, so could people wanting to discuss August 29, so shutting down this particular board makes even less sense when you consider that.
biglittleape
·11 months agoIs this joke post?
phc64
·11 months agoIt is absolutely vital that this forum remain open, so Canadian eBay sellers can share their experiences related to the profound, complex, and confusing changes that are expected to be introduced to shipping to the United States starting August 29.
ricarmic
·11 months agoThis, as any forum has always had contributions from very upset, frustrated, nervous, scared, not always politically correct contributors.
I've been on ebay for over 25 years and selling for over 47 now. (ebay store is closed for summer holiday at the moment). This is for certain the most unstable, unpredictable time to be trying to sell internationally that I've ever experienced.
As with all forums, one has to separate out the chaff, but for me at least, this forum has, and continues to be the best vehicle I have to see what's going on currently, what is working and not working, and make my business decisions based on a combination of what I see here, and personal experience.
I add the personal experience aspect because the forums will tend to focus on the problems, which tends to paint a negative impression and we need to remind ourselves of the relative perspective - ie if we're reading about the "criminal buyers" that's a very small % against the honest ones. We can build business processes to account for this, same as we do for lost items ("cookie jar" insurance concept).
I've built my contingency plans based on what I'm seeing here and personal experience. I've mentioned in other threads that I won't implement my most drastic contingencies until I personally experience enough $$/time loss to force it to happen - we sell in a wide variety of categories and what happens in the CDs categories could be quite different from what happens in my stamp categories.
I've also said a number of times in other threads that I am especially lucky/thankful that I'm at the stage in life that I'm not 100% dependant on my business income anymore. I as others here, would be freaking out if this was happening 5 years ago when I did depend on the income, because this is a much larger problem than "ebay" - it's everything outside the country. I 100% feel for the "full time" folks who're trying to figure out how to survive this, hopefully the information sharing and experience here helps folks pave the way to the new future.
We've always been faced with the evolve to survive concept, this happens to be an "asteroid impact" kind of situation that is/will be scary, but it is/should also be surviveable too.
Time will tell.
flipistics
·11 months agoThat period of time is when sellers need the boards the most to try to work out the details of how shipping is going to change. Closing it serves absolutely no purpose and would increase confusion. If bugs are introduced into whatever changes eBay has to make, it also makes it harder to communicate those issues.
fergua3
·11 months agothis forum should certainly not be shut down for 7 days or any days. Especially at the crticial time of just before and just after Aug 29, when new important informaton may be coming to light. Sellers certainly can't rely on Ebay to keep them up to date.
If anyone here is offended by the comments of others they are free to stop reading posts from those members, or just stop coming to the forum. This is a moderated forum, so if anything were deemed to be 'out of bounds' the moderators would and have stepped in.
It's not up to one person to decide on the fate of this forum for everyone else. Very undemocratic.
rdemaree
·11 months agoThis forum is a useful place for Canadian sellers to convene and share valuable info.
Some people do ecommerce full time and not as a hobby.
A few anti-trump remarks shouldn't warrant taking away a valuable tool for people's businesses if theyr'e not threatening or going over the line. Have you looked around Canada lately? It is perfectly understandable why many are upset with diplomatic and trade relations at the likes of comments and policies of trump.
I don't think most people are upset with Americans as a whole or our customers, at least that isn't the avenue that I myself am taking. I want to be on top of things so that I can make this transition as smooth as possible for my loyal American customers, who are just as frustrated with the president in my conversations with some of them.
Your'e free to log off during that week and meditate or w/e you want tho. Some of us want to stay on the ball so we can you know...stay in business, do right by our customers and pay our bills.
Anonymous User
·11 months agoWell, I beg to differ. One on my comments about POTAS was removed for 'political' reasons, in a jungle of political posts.
intimewithmusic
OP11 months agoThank you all. I didn't expect this to be a poll. It's not. I'm going to ask that the forum be closed for 7 days.
I will do this first of all by phoning San Jose tomorrow on August 18. Let' see.
marnotom!
·11 months agoeBay already has an outfit contracted out to moderate and maintain the Community Forums. It's called Khoros and its logo is on the bottom of the screen when the forums are viewed on a desktop/notebook computer. I'm not sure if it shows up when viewed on a phone or tablet.
Anonymous User
·11 months agoI tried clicking the Khoros logo to get some forum help, and it took me to the eBay help site, which, as we all know, is basically useless.
marnotom!
·11 months agoInteresting. Clicking or tapping on the Khoros logo takes me to the Khoros website, as it should, as far as I'm concerned.
intimewithmusic
OP10 months agoHello. Thank you for your interjection. You self stated you don't sell on eBay. That's enough for me. Your "View Listings" toggle has been inactive durng my term which is over 9 years. Time to move on.
Anonymous User
·11 months agoGood luck!
marnotom!
·11 months agoI appreciate that it's not your intention, but a possible reading of your post is that it's a suggestion that sellers are incapable of "recalibrating their stores" if a single forum out of half a dozen or on eBay Canada so is not shut down.
intimewithmusic
OP11 months agoNo one in this forum can verify who you are. The boardies have communicated to me who you might be. This is eBay SELLER CENTRAL. Unless you actually reveal who you are even what the boardies have said cannot be verified. Given what I have told you about AI you are putting everyday eBay folks at risk by provoking anger with words like calling American buyers "cement heads".
You never reveal who you are and in your defense you send me links. Here is a link as to why no one ever should trust.
https://youtu.be/KJFouW0Xh2E?si=r5qveMxDfqV9AQEt
marnotom!
·11 months agoWhy does this bother you so much? I'm just someone who worked in brick and mortar retail for over a dozen years, assisted with my wife's eBay sales for eight or nine years (which means the sales are attached to her ID and not mine), and now work on a casual/on-call basis in the public sector. I stick around here out of interest and just in case either of us gets crazy enough to start selling online again. I don't think anybody can glean much from who a seller is just by going through what they are currently selling on the site. You are not necessarily what you sell. Do you try to find out everything you can about your buyers before you sell to them?
Besides, you seemed to be okay with my posts in a thread you started with a title that suggested that you were going to give up on selling to the United States.
You mean the American buyers you're not selling to? Oh, wait, I guess you are now.
The reference to "cement heads" was in response to something another poster had said about one particular individual being "dense as cement." My post doesn't even make specific reference to Americans.
You know, you really should be careful about what and how you post here given how AI can treat what you write.
shallow_karl
·11 months agoGive each buyer a quiz before shipping: 😁
Do you know what and how much are:
-Taxes
-Brokerage
-Tariffs
-USPS processing fee
dinomitesales
·11 months agoOr, you know, you could just log off the forums for a week and it would have the same effect for you.
This forum is a valuable tool for Canadian sellers to communicate with other Canadian sellers.
Shutting off that means of communication during what may be the most significant disruption to our businesses (ever!) is an absolutely asinine suggestion.
Why should everyone else suffer because you are personally having a difficult and negative experience?
intimewithmusic
OP11 months agoHi @dinomitesales
Your posts have not gone un noticed. I'm sorry that you cannot do with this forum for 7 days.
dinomitesales
·11 months agoYou didn't answer my question.
Why should the rest of us have our means of communication removed simply because one person (you) is having a tough time (to the point where you're insinuating that posters here may be AI bots)? Why can you not just log off yourself - wouldn't that have the same effect for you? Why do you care so much about other people's ability to use a community forum?
I'm sure the folks in San Jose will be very receptive to a random phone call from a Canadian seller requesting that a single forum on a community message board operated by a third-party company (that is frequented regularly by less than 100 people, if I'm being generous) be shut down for a week.
easoss
·11 months agoSorry, censorship is never a good thing.
intimewithmusic
OP11 months agoCensoring?