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What is Happening to Ebay??

nateowens1
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I can't believe what is happening to Ebay, this site was once a god send for entrepreneurs and people strapped for cash and they are nothing now but overpriced corporate bullies, I mean seriously, what is going on at these strategy meetings up there with Ebays to dogs. I have never seen a business try so hard to completely destroy their brand, screw their base and murder their business. The stuff they are pulling with the DSR's and limiting small seller accounts and fees on shipping and putting holds on peoples money is just crazy, they are nothing but big bullies. Think about it, they are destroying so many peoples businesses and for many in this economy, an only source for cash. what kind of people do that? Its really sad, I know for me this was such an important source of cash, I lost my job and because of a few bad buyers that Ebay now chooses to protect my family is quickly going under, I wish someone up top would take a few and reflect on the pain they are causing so many, especially in these very hard times. I have come to realize that Ebay is a dying business, you cant deny it, look at their stock over the last 2 years, look at their business practices, some that I am pretty sure are not even legal like discrimination or allowing and encouraging buyer fraud. Yes Ebay is huge but believe me, they will fall. Just like when Google took out Yahoo or when Facebook slapped down My Space, its just a matter of time, and hopefully it will be sooner rather than latter, what they have become is sad and awful. After 11 years Im saying goodbye, and it actually hurts, this was important to me, for many years, and I put in alot of time and energy like so many others that Ebay is stepping all over now. Goodbye
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I totally agree - there should be some recourse for sellers.

 

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@music.magnetic wrote:

thats total BS, plenty of other sites out there with many times the volume of business we get on ebay, ebay is like a last resort stop for stuff we can't get rid of otherwise, other sites offer many times the volume of business for less fees and the marketplace staff actually tries to protect the marketplace equally from both buyers who scam and sellers who scam, 


 


ebay is done


 


they will be gone by this time next year



 




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 Your crystal ball was cloudy then.... And now!!

 

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
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Nothing happened just this thas all. : )

 

Ebay has too much control and less for seller and buyer.. 

 

When there are some disputes they tell you to try to deal with buyer/seller on your own and the resolution center's
decision is not always accurate. Real great protection there.. Not nearly enough for all the fees

 

It blocks communicating with people with the words "email @ .com". Basically what you can write is limited to what
the bay wants.

 

Forces you to use paypal and no other methods. CHARGES final value fee regardless if buyer sends payment or not (IT SHOULD NOT CHARGE UNTIL BUYER PAYS)..  and you have to fight through resolution center to get them refunded if buyer doesnt pay. Too much hassle Everything has to go through the ebay system.

 

Fees too high ebay 10% + paypal 2%  + ebays shipping fee % (plus taxes at end of year) thats 4 FEES your paying.

 

If you have a store its no more than 9% + you pay 15.95 a month for the year (that means you have to catch up for at least 1 15.95 payment per month assuming you get 1 sale for that month). If you cancel the store you pay $50. So the bay wins either way. Just fees back and forth

 

Not many discounts given, even the one on the forced returns. The 100-500 5 day free auctions promotions it gives here and there are useless, its impossible to even list to this number considering how long it takes.


Promotions given are too short and or impossible to fulfill. Maybe 500 free auctions for a whole month with buy it nows if your lucky.

 

Buy it nows forced to 30% of something instead of 10%

 

Sellers can't leave neg feedback: thats another story on its own.

 

Buyers fees of global shipping are hidden! Buyer has to go the process of contacting the bay to get their rest of the sum back on a turn around.

 

Finally for all the work your putting: It takes: 8 minutes to list something average Ive timed it.



The value in conclusion I decided after these factors that its not worth my time

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The most likely thing is human greed. Ebay bosses decide they want more of the pie.

Other thing could be US recession. People are not spending so much anymore and saving cash.

Lastly, people are too busy looking at porn.

 

Maybe a combination of those things

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Agreed, its a shame that this process is taking place at all. By the shear volume of business eBay pumps out, one could consider it miniscule by the amount of advertising revenue they haul in. When is enough, enough.

I am also led to believe that eBay has bought out Gumtree. Here in Australia Gumtree is the great the only professional outlet for small community based transactions to take place. I suspect alternate sites will pop up and snap up disgruntle eBay and (soon to be) Gumtree people (once eBay start charging on that site).
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Lastly, people are too busy looking at porn.

 

Could you suggest some sites ?



Who will save the river valley , that's my drinking water.! "Moxy Fruvous"
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I am totally in agreement with you ..I need the extra income I am disabled and selling items form my home for extra cash was a life saver....but the past 6 months or so I have noticed a huge decline in sales and lookers..I am not selling hundred of thousands of dollars like some of the other sellers...which I find are still selling a lot..I chec to see what my competition is..and I feel like Ebay (powers that be) ..are forcing the little guys like myself into distinction.Very sad cause we actually built the company when it was brand new!! AND I know for myself being out of work ...WE are the ones who need this the most .Are they playing favoritism..giving the guys who pay more fees with large quantities of sales the privalage of selling and blocking the rest of us little guys?? I WONDER... I have been selling for 11 years happily up till about a year ago ..I saw the decline..One week sales maybe two items out of 30 items (I sell mainly vintage costume jewelry and collectables ) and two weeks nothing !!What the heck is happening !! I hope it is fixed soon,,,,but I am looking at other auction sites ,I need to make money to help pay my bills !!
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Would you mind sharing where your new auction site is I sell vintage costume jewelry and sales are horrific becasue of all this technical screw up! Thanks !
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it's not Ebay fault sales are slow. it's becasue of Obamacare. Many people are getting their hours cut or are being layed off.

I did an estate sale last week and had only one person waiting when I drive up and only sold $100 for the day. Three years ago when I started doing estate sales I had 30 people waiting for me whan I drove up. My Antique faore sales are 50% of waht they were last year.

Peopel are not buying becasue their cost of living has gone up and they wages have gone down.

 

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Well just maybe folks that are uninsured need afordable health care....more than they need a $200 watch, or old pair of shoes...or a hummel figure !



Who will save the river valley , that's my drinking water.! "Moxy Fruvous"
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@sd-brightis wrote:

Forces you to use paypal and no other methods. CHARGES final value fee regardless if buyer sends payment or not (IT SHOULD NOT CHARGE UNTIL BUYER PAYS)..  and you have to fight through resolution center to get them refunded if buyer doesnt pay. Too much hassle Everything has to go through the ebay system.



I realize this post is a month old, but if you use unpaid item assistant, you don't get charged final value fees and you don't have to fight through the resolution center. It's all automated. I have mine set so buyer needs to pay within 2 days. On day 4 if they haven't paid, I get the FVF credit.

ebay sends the invoice, the nasty note that they need to pay, opens the unpaid item case, and closes the case in the seller's favor.

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That's good info KG

 

but the poster said.

The value in conclusion I decided after these factors that its not worth my time

 

so for them it's falling on deaf ears...



Who will save the river valley , that's my drinking water.! "Moxy Fruvous"
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@fashionrunsdeep wrote:

Lurker:


 


Please tell me you didnt really just misuse a Bible verse.  Hi.La.Ri.Ous!


 


Yeah ebay sucks.  IM having so much more success on that "other" "E" site:)


 


 


Toodles!


 

 

Zombie alert!> http://www.ebay.com/sch/mybluebag/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p2047675

 

 



Looks like BlueBag is not true blue to leaving eBay.... Guess the grass not so green?


The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
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I AM WONDERING IF ANYONE CAN PLEASE TELL ME ANOTHER SITE TO SELL E-BAY JUST SHUT MY SITE DOWN WITH NO WARNING. MY ACCOUNT WENT INTO A LOW STANDARD RATING FOR ONE MONTH AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF OF SELLING AND THEY SHUT MY LISTINGS DOWN NO WARNING! I HAD A 459 FEEDBACK SCORE 99.2%  I WORKED VERY HARD ON MY LISTING BUT THEY SAID BECAUSE OF 3 LOW STAR RATINGS ON THE ITEM AS DESCRIBED  I WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SELL ANYMORE. I WOULD LIKE TO FIND ANOTHER SITE CAN SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE?

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 It seems that they only care about the buyers, so what happens when there are no more sellers? I found an interesting link from an EBAY executive at a site that ebay will not let me post here (every time I try it gets flagged back to me. So if you take the time to read this and want some interesting reading you might try going to EBAY, then SUCKS then put a dot after those two words, and end it with a COM

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