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May 12, 2006 by Ty Tribble | 3 Comments

Will eBay start paying attention yet?

Killer fees likely the cause of death for sellers.

auctionbytes: 

Online auction discussion forums are buzzing about an eBay seller known as Parrothead88, a popular seller of shipping supplies. John Hannon, who registered on eBay in 1997, had made eBay history when he became the first “shooting star” PowerSeller in 1999 when he earned 10,000 feedback ratings. On Thursday, eBayers were shocked to see that with close to 75,000 unique feedback ratings, Parrothead88 had suddenly emptied his eBay Store and had no active listings on the eBay website.

In the last month, Parrothead88’s trading partners have been leaving an unusual amount of negative ratings for the seller. Of the 36 negative ratings received in the last 12 months, 34 were received within the last month.

There is much speculation about Parrothead88. Some believe Hannon had sold his business to another company. Others speculate the seller may be having personal issues in his life. But everyone wants to know, what is happening with Parrothead88?

Parrothead88 is in fact the third eBay PowerSeller who has suddenly removed listings from eBay in the past 4 months. GlacierBayDVD closed its business abruptly in early February, and Sell2All Inc.’s Brandon Dupsky filed for bankruptcy in March. (Unlike GlacierBay DVD and Sell2All, Parrothead88 is not NARU and it’s unknown if the cessation of sales is temporary or permanent.)

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