eBay

athrian97 · ‎06-18-2023

Since I joined earlier this year, I have spent several thousand dollars easily on collectibles for my hobby. Now with the requirement that I store an "immediate payment" method for offers and auctions, this will no longer be the case. I frequently make offers on or bid on multiple items from the same seller. I will not deal with the hassle of having to pay multiple shipment costs or manually work something out with the seller on a partial refund. I want to pay with Google Pay or Paypal, not have my credit card on file on ebay's servers. I do not want to deal with multiple orders for what should be a single purchase. You have made this well beyond simply inconvenient ebay, and I won't continue to fund your bad decisions via fees from my purchases, and I suspect a lot of other people won't either.

varebelrose · ‎08-24-2023

@keepitpumpin44 wrote:
How about requiring this for ebayers with 10 feebback or less. Wouldn't that weed out about 90% of the issues? probably higher?

I cannot speak for others, but my experience was that most non-payers (and other problem buyers) had high feedback numbers. I do not recall any low FB non-payers; they usually seemed excited to find and buy something they were looking for and completed the transaction accordingly. Again, just an anecdote but that was what I observed.

dke211 · ‎09-04-2023

I absolutely will NOT place a bid with mandated payments.

That is a non-starter.

I also make it a point to tell sellers that they are loosing business because of this.

When there is something I would like to have purchased and the auction ends with out a purchase, i let the know i would have purchased the item from them if it where not for this policy.

dke211 · ‎09-04-2023

I completely agree.

When Ebay imposed the mandatory pre-authoriztion, the first thing I did was delete my payment options from Ebay. I have >2500 transactions and a %100 reputation (ie I pay fast). This goes way beyond requiring per-authorization. If thats all this was about, they would have a system in place where people with bad reputations have to do this and people with excellent ones do not.

There is something else going on here and my trust in Ebay is rapidly disappearing.

interdimensional-invocations23 · ‎06-01-2024

I as well.

Tonight's wins will be my last for the very reasons you listed.

Many sellers are happy, and I think customers like us should leave, I've spent thousands in crystals, books, etc. I cannot have every item shipped out by itself! It's a waste of time, energy AND resources! It will create more waste for the landfill as well! I cannot in good conscience be a part of this.

lotzofuniquegoodies · ‎06-01-2024

@interdimensional-invocations23 wrote:
I as well.
Tonight's wins will be my last for the very reasons you listed.
Many sellers are happy, and I think customers like us should leave, I've spent thousands in crystals, books, etc. I cannot have every item shipped out by itself! It's a waste of time, energy AND resources! It will create more waste for the landfill as well! I cannot in good conscience be a part of this.

@interdimensional-invocations23

Sadly/unfortunately when eBay comes up with these new policy changes they rarely seem to consider any possible consequences. This is just another 1 of those situations. They would be much better off addressing (IMPROVE/FIX) combined shipping so its somewhat functional in ALL situations.

janet9988 · ‎06-01-2024

@interdimensional-invocations23 wrote:
I as well.
Tonight's wins will be my last for the very reasons you listed.
Many sellers are happy, and I think customers like us should leave, I've spent thousands in crystals, books, etc. I cannot have every item shipped out by itself! It's a waste of time, energy AND resources! It will create more waste for the landfill as well! I cannot in good conscience be a part of this.

Who cares. Ebay will still survive and buyers will still buy no matter what.

For some......It seems wisdom has been chasing you, but you have always been faster.

kathiec · ‎06-01-2024

@janet9988 wrote:
@interdimensional-invocations23 wrote:
I as well.
Tonight's wins will be my last for the very reasons you listed.
Many sellers are happy, and I think customers like us should leave, I've spent thousands in crystals, books, etc. I cannot have every item shipped out by itself! It's a waste of time, energy AND resources! It will create more waste for the landfill as well! I cannot in good conscience be a part of this.

Who cares. Ebay will still survive and buyers will still buy no matter what.

Ebay should care, even if you don't. I've been a perfect little eBay buyer for 27 years. But I won't bid or buy if a listing requires me to pay automatically. Apparently lots of other people care as well, since this thread has been alive for almost a year, adding to the numerous other threads on this same subject. So perhaps your snark is a trifle misplaced, doncha think?

kh-stanley1 · ‎06-02-2024

Hi everyone,

Due to the age of this thread, it has been closed to further replies. Please feel free to start a new thread HERE if you wish to continue to discuss this topic.

Thank you for understanding.