mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
KrazzyKats
@fern*wood wrote:
@mam98031 wrote:
"Promotional" means they are only good for a period of time. The Store options does not say this is a "promotion", which means for a limited time, it is simply a part of the things available for the store level you may select. Certainly for a calendar month, but still not a "promotion".
Part of the confusion with that term is that ebay clumps all the freebies on the hub under "promotional offers", even the normal store allotment.
That is a valid point. Thank you.
@legacycoins wrote:Everything is overpriced on ebay, may as well make it all uniform LOL
That is simply not true or sellers would not be selling on the site. And while your sales may be down, IDK, but not all sellers are experiencing that.
@legacycoins wrote:Just go and be poster person why don't ya, so you love big greedy corporations?
Ebay has the right to charge us for services rendered. They are after all a for profit corporation. Ebay is not the most expensive site to sell on nor is it the cheapest. You can find sites that are less money. You then need to research that site to make sure it gets the traffic you need to get the sales you desire. Sometimes sellers just have to decide what is more important. The fees and/or sales.
"Greedy", I always find that an interesting comment by sellers.
Yes, Ebay is a for profit corporation. The reason they started the company was to make money. It is what runs the economy of the USA. We are capitalists here.
And while you seem to view this for Ebay differently than you do for sellers, simply defies logic.
Seller, ALL sellers come here to sell stuff and make money. That would make all of us "greedy" too.
So what's the point. Or is it just a double standard?
@legacycoins wrote:Another one blindly defending the greedy corporation
For some reason there are posters here that make statements like this. There is such a big difference between stating FACTS and "defending" someone. The two are not the same. I realize often [not necessarily you] posters do not want facts to get in the way of a good venting, but often it does.
@reallynicestamps wrote:Boxes are more reasonable at Walmart.
But I'd have to leave my house and get to WalMart which is on an erratic busline, and carry them home on the bus.
Even if DH drove me, I'd have to go into WalMart. I was horrified when my doctor moved her clinic there and opt for telephone consultations as much as possible instead.
Another thing to consider, many states allow sellers to buy shipping supplies tax free. Unlikely you can get Ebay to do that. But I really don't know as I've never tried.
On Ebay I just had to file my Resale Certificate the exempts me from sales tax and I can buy all my shipping supplies on Ebay easily and no sales tax is applied.
I know some states likely have different rules. It may pay sellers to check their state requirements.
Even if you can't use the supplies for free as is, it still makes great packing materials.
I've cut an 8x6x4 box in half to ship books between, inside a padded envelope.
I have used the padded envelopes inside large boxes to cushion things.
So I can't see how they are useless, and like Richard says, they are free.
Great point.
I use the tissue paper to wrap my beads and findings in and then put them into a padded envelop. I've had 100% success rate with them arriving at my buyers with no damage.
I use the 8x6x4 boxes cut in half for shipping those big oversized patterns too. And comic books, and whatever else is big and flat and fits...😁
For me, I recycle boxes I get various delivers in. With how small our Coupons are, it does cover the Padded Envelopes I need, so I don't have any room to buy boxes too or I might just do that.
