The fur is flying over ebay's new ban on critical ratings of buyers. The company says some sellers have gotten out of hand with their criticism of buyers. But sellers on Long Island and elsewhere say the new policy, effective in May, will put the sellers at a disadvantage and make them vulnerable to buyers who are unscrupulous.
Some sellers locally and around the country are participating in a temporary boycott of eBay. For more talk on this, you can join a Long Island sellers group.
--Noel Rubinton