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The originator of the Former Ebay Sellers page on Facebook announced the groups 500th member and a guy commented that he was happy to have a place to vent, and then this poster, (I'll call him Charley because his comments remind me of my husbands demeanor) who always uses pictures of John Donahoe to make his point leaves this snarky message:

Congrats Rich. Now if only the 500 members here would speak up and post comments instead of staying silent like lemmings. Perhaps if you posted up a cat photo they would shake off their apathy and get involved. Each one is owed listing fees / credits from eBay going back to 2007.

Yeah. Way to get us to join you in your epic fight against the injustices done by ebay. Insult us. Don't act like ebay if you want us to fight ebay harder.

I fight with this blog. I fight by stealthing. I fought by shutting down my bank account and giving paypal the virtual finger on my way out the door. I also fight by sharing my story with EVERYONE online and in my everyday life. Word of mouth is also a powerful thing. When I hear or read other peoples personal stories about their fight with ebay, former or ongoing, I have a feeling of solidarity with them and that motivates me to fight more than any picture of John Donahoe with some made up text below it.

I am not a "silent lemming" look at the blog...I am sure as hell not silent. But I have to do what I have to do for my familys sake. I cannot be wasting time fighting a battle that I have no chance of winning, while also calling attention to myself and quite possibly getting banned again because of it. I have to make as much money as I can, for as long as I can, and though I have branched out, unfortunately ebay remains my biggest source of income.