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Longfellow

Longfellow

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Today I attempted to list some pen blanks on eBay. They now require the seller to list their return policy and also the handling time on the listing. There have been two times in all the years I have listed items that someone was not satisfied with the item. One time I refunded the payment, the other I replaced the item with one the bidder liked. I have had 2 negative feedbacks in 8 years and each was from a whacko. Can't understand why eBay continues to put more and more restrictions on sellers. No sellers, no eBay.
 
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I think they call it a monopoly,they have all the control as they are so huge.I have had no neg. feedback only 1 or 2 neutral,and I remember one of them never even talked to me about it.Someday I will get myself into a retail place and only use ebay for an advertising tool to direct new people to my store/web site.But for people like me Ebay is so important to what I'm doing.So I will jump through hoops as need be,LOL.Victor
 
Well here's a funny one for you. I've been liquidating a few things on Ebay the past couple weeks. Two weeks ago I sold a golf club for 25 bucks and they held my payment. Today I sold something that totaled almost $100 bucks. Did they hold that payment? No.....It's on it's way to being transferred to my bank account before paypal or ebay decide something else and try to steal my money
 
Longfellow said:
.....Can't understand why eBay continues to put more and more restrictions on sellers. No sellers, no eBay.
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My take on it is that eBay is just trying to level the playing field. When I first visited eBay (as a buyer) I was surprised at how heavily the process was weighted in favor of the seller. I got screwed several times by sellers although only one event ultimately resulted in an actual out of pocket loss of money.

Over the past couple of years, eBay has gradually changed the rules and the buyer is much better protected from the "bad" seller than they used to be. This is not to imply that eBay has a bunch of bad sellers; but there are some and the buyers need better protection than what they have had in the past.

And certainly the converse is true as well. There are some bad buyers who screw good sellers on occasion. It is a difficult job for eBay to get the balance just right so that sellers and buyers are equally and adequately protected. Personally, I think they are doing a pretty good job now.

OTOH, I think their fees are starting to get a little repressive and if they keep jacking up "their take" a lot more folks are going to start looking for an alternative market place.
 
Ebay is on the decline as a company primarily because of the way they treat sellers. Site visits are way down and their stock that was once $300/share is now $16/share. Sure, the enconomy is part of the problem but it isn't why long-term Power Sellers are fleeing the site. Read their discussion boards and you'll get a feel what sellers think about the service.

I've been selling (and buying) on Ebay for years and from my experience there are exponentially more bad buyers that sellers. A bad seller is not hard to spot--check their feedback before you purchase. It's tough to find the balance between protecting buyers and sellers but Ebay is now all about protecting buyers with little or no respect to the sellers. If you're a seller, Ebay customer service sucks because there is no real service.

While I am trashing Ebay, I still use the service because it works for me. I have my own web site and also use Etsy but at the end of the month, I always sell more on Ebay.

Pat Camara
www.pcwoodcraftandpens.net
 
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