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Ebay making it harder and harder to sell
Starting in May in order to get the 20% top rated discount off of seller fees you have to not only provide 1 day handling, but you have to have a tracking number entered by the next business day. And you have to offer 14 day returns instead of 3 or 7.
I understand that ebay is having trouble competing with Amazon and they need to improve their sellers service, but punishing them for not meeting higher standards is bullshit. Rewarding with a 25% discount instead of 20% if you meet thier new standards would get more sellers to comply. |
Can you still do business on EBay? I gave up on it yrs ago:2 cents:
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I cant even sell on ebay, i think our country will get paypal in next century
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Selling metal/coins on eBay is good business if you only want a few grand extra per month. Anything else isn't worth the hassle, IMO.
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ebay has been buyer centric fucking with sellers for years now.
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I have heard only bad words from my friends selling some rare items there recently!
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If they drop Pay Pal and stop trying to be a poor mans Amazon they may stand a chance if not i give them 2 years tops before we see a chapter 13. There's some interesting shit on ebaysucks.com :2 cents:
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Only tried selling one there once before, the Nigerians kept doing buy it now on a laptop and ending the auction causing me to pay to open another one again. After that happened like 3 times in a row I said fuck this shit. I still have a -$26 balance on my account and ebay won't pay me it.
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I've heard nothing positive about eBay on the seller side now for a long, long time.
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I haven't sold anything on there in a few years. It used to be a breeze and they seemed to be genuinely interested in helping sellers out. Now It seems like they have taken a different turn and are almost trying to weed out the little guys by making it harder and harder for them to make any money.
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My sister makes the bulk of her sales on ebay and for about 3 yrs now they have been implementing more and more restrictions making it way harder.
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fuck ebay/paypal. my power-seller account / business reputation on ebay was destroyed after a couple buyers decided to fuck me over with paypal disputes. paypal always sides with the buyer ;[
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They should stop trying to be Amazon and focus on providing stuff you can't get elsewhere (pricewise or selectionwise)
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ebay's fees are way to high..the whole disputed sale thing is a pain in the ass..
really the ebay deals are gone ..there are so many place on the interwebnets these day to find a deal its not worth the timeand effort to mess with ebays cluster fuck |
i have no problem with that. http://www.internetretailer.com/2012...t-better-shape there are some good things as well.
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I have no problem selling on eBay and have won more than a handful of disputes with customers. If you cover your ass as a seller, they have to side with the seller.
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That is fucked up. Back when I sold a lot of stuff I didn't have many problems, most of the buyers were cool, but there were a couple that were nightmares. It was nice to be able to leave neutral feedback on them so other sellers might beware. |
I had a family friend growing up that until very recently owned a jewelry store at the Ft. Lauderdale Swap Shop, and I remember back in the day the Swap Shop would get raided by the feds every couple months. They would haul out loads and loads of counterfeit goods. Now I heard they were raided recently and the feds were targeting stolen goods, and they busted some huge ring of Easter European criminals that would target eBay in particular. They would buy goods, claim to never receive them, receive a refund, and then sell the goods at the Swap Shop. Then open a new account and rinse and repeat.
There are entire criminal groups targeting eBay like this now. It's a fucking shame because I used to buy and sell tens of thousands of dollars worth of goods on there, including all the overstock novelties from my old porn stores. Now I go there maybe once a year at best... |
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I contacted the next highest bidder and he came out the next day and bought it. Then the first guy shows back up at my house a few days later and agrees to pay the full price. I tell him I sold it to someone else and he flipped out. He was so pissed off I actually shut the door in his face and called the cops who came and told him to leave. I left feedback explaining what this guy had done, but he never responded it to or me so there never was a dispute other than him being removed from my place by the cops. I learned my lesson then. Never invite ebayers over. |
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awesome news.. :)
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ebay is a fucking joke. nobody uses that shitball site anymore
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Some jerk just left her negative feedback because he didn't read the listing and thought it was something it wasnt. She can do nothing about this even though the listing cleary explains whats in it and anyone looking at it can realize that the buyer is wrong. |
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Nope, nobody. And nobody is making money there either. Not one red cent. :thumbsup |
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I'm just about done writing an e-book on how to find the auctions, buy the units and make money off of them. |
I sell stuff on there sometimes.. only what I can't sell on craigslist. 9% fees + paypal fees and other fees are rough.
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paypal will always be used for ebay, its the same compnay. If you send out items with delivery confrimation or tracking as a seller you will NEVER ever loose and neither will the buyer. Paypal will side with you and reinburse the buyer out of thier pocket. I see it all the time ;)
Ebay also cans BUYERS just like sellers. If you are a new buyer or have lots of complaints against sellers they will ban you as well. It sucks we can't leave but positive feedback but thats the way it is. Amazon is just the same, you cant leave feedback for buyers at all. |
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They whine when shipping is expensive.they wont buy the item if shipping is twice the cost.I offer economy but it's stated at their own risk.EBay recognizes it if you state it in the listing
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Thats a huge differnece between Amazon vs Ebay. Ebay under no circumstance will they remove or edit feedback unless it contains personal info or cursewords and thats hard to get done even some times. |
Good, fuck ebay :thumbsup
its doing two things, weeding out the scammers and small time people ripping each other off with insane shipping rates. if ebay wants to compete they have to be more like Amazon or similar sites |
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What sucks is if you are a serious buyer who is looking for specific things like antique furniture. You would have to pay to get in with no guarantee that there will be something for you to bid on. |
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