( Before anyone chimes in that I am not Top Rated I was for nearly 4 years just lost in in the holiday season , So I feel my input is very valid here.)
So here are the real issues: They say they are bringing TRS things and for those things we are getting our 20% cut in half.
Before they think about bringing new things they should think about fixing the tools they have biggest one bulk shipping PLEASE fix this. You can have my 10% if you just make it work better faster and smarter.
Did I miss where they said what we were getting in place of dropping to 10% discount ? Please enlighten me if I did.
To some the 10% is small beans to others its a huge deal especially come the holiday months. What services is ebay possibly expecting to give us that = 100's- 1000's of dollars a month.
If its because too many have top rated tighten the restrictions some more give those of us who maintain the highest standards the right to keep our 20% or give more variations of levels years of being top rated or time bonus's EX: 3 months of top rated = 5% 6 months = 10% 1 year = 15% 2 years + = 20%.. Not only does this encourage people to have high standards and creat a better buying experience it creates logetivity and something for people to work towards.
And one more topic - This hurts ebay alot not even just the people that will stop selling but the people like myself who roll our profits into more product to sell. For maths sake lets say I lose $400 this month from the 10%. I would be normally taking that $400 buying more product to sell at $800 dollars ( Once again just for maths sake ). Ebay is now losing out on those fees as well.
I know I will be trying to find other venues I have been dedicated to just ebay for years and really had no reason to sell elsewhere but with increased USPS shipping costs + losing discounts and increased fees .15%. I can make more money on other avenues I believe.
TLDR: There are 100 different ways they could go about this to net the same result without pissing off the best sellers they have.
