mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
@civicwagonparts wrote:eBay will be forcing sellers to mail your items to a processing warehouse, just like "FullfilmentByAmazon".
Trust me. Its coming next, they delayed it for this year, but it is coming soon. Google "eBay Managed Delivery".
And research the "ePID", the "eBay Product Identifer". Soon, like on AZ, all sellers will share the same listing and complete with each other to offer the lowest price.
The Hedge Fund Managers that sit on the eBay board of directors have a new direction to maximize profit, and take market share from AZ, hence all of the recent changes.
Pierre O, eBay founder, stepped off the Board in August.
eBay as we knew it has gone, welcome to "eBamAzon".
They can't do that. You are just being silly. And Amazon doesn't do that. Using FBA is an option, not a requirement. Ebay may one day soon have something like that and sellers will have yet another choice to make. It would work great for some and not for others just like it does on Amazon.
OMG do you understand what an EPID is? There are all kinds of items that do not have UPCs. In those cases a seller can have an EPID set up so the product has such a number. Ebay has offered EPIDs for awhile now.
As for the Amazon structure of listings, that won't work here on Ebay. Our listing structures are not even close to being compatible with an Amazon format.
I get it, you are angry with Ebay. But you are being unrealistic in your concerns. And your concerns have absolutely nothing to do with MP other than you are upset about MP.
@jasonsspot wrote:how are you getting around signing up...the restricted my ability to revise and re list anything new until i sign up!!! how do you get around that!!
They stopped selling on Ebay or so they said on another thread.
@chpohlman333 wrote:Hey Mam, what if we don't want to use our bank? What if we want a system that is easier ofor us instead of easier for eBay? What can't eBay, a multi-billion dollar business give us options so that we can choose the method that is best for each situation?
They are currently only allowed to transfer money to an actual bank account. That is likely due to Anti Money Laundering laws, not because they are just trying to difficult for you.
Why don't you want your money going into a bank account?
@chpohlman333 wrote:They went from 10% fees to 12.35% fees. They took the 2.9 PP fees and kept them for themselves instead of passing it on to their customers. Someone will give us a lot of paragraphs to explain this but we only need 1 word. GREEDY!
That would be because they are now performing the money processing service too. Which was not a service they did for the lower fees. We aren't getting any fee increase moving into MP. It is likely a very neutral overall change and maybe a slight decrease in fees for some.
@acarosel wrote:Managed Payments is a step back, waiting 3 days to get paid. Trying to keep track to make sure they don't cheat you while they are cheating you.
It's a big mess and lots of folks are going elsewhere. I hear Bonanza is getting to a point where it can compete with Ebay and the fee is about 10% total... not about 16% with Ebay con games.
There are no fees in MP that are 16% that I'm aware of, unless I missed something. I absolutely agree that MP is no where near as flexible as PP. It would be silly to argue that point because it is certainly true. And I'm with you on this. I too would have rather just stay with PP. I love PP and was very happy there. But it isn't to be if I want to continue to sell on Ebay and I do want to continue to sell on Ebay.
I suggest you do more research. I've sold on Bonanza before, well let me rephrase that. I've listed on Bonanza before. In an entire year I had one sale. Now that may be that what I sell wasn't popular there and maybe you'd have better luck. Just remember the grass isn't always green elsewhere. But whatever you do, I wish you nothing but the very best.
