Crystalline ice formations falling from the sky of which no two are ever alike

[richard1rst]

I see a whole bunch of posts and comments on this board about how eBay SHOULD - MUST give fee discounts due to the virus.

WHY?

Maybe it’s just because I was raised in a different self sufficient generation. The ONLY person responsible for my well being is ME.

Maybe it’s just because my sales are up because I am selling things people want and can not get due to all the B&M store being forced to close.

I don’t see anything in my business model that entitles me to a “hazardous times” discount.

Maybe it’s because you are selling things in an over saturated market or maybe things that people don’t really need right now. One seller in particular even said that they start their listings as a 99 cent auction and even admitted that it was a risk they were willingly and knowingly taking. Why is it eBay’s responsibility to offer a discount to a willingly created risky business model? And for the record I am not a part of the “eBay supporting peanut gallery”.  I tend to my business and let them tend to theirs.

In fact, assuming that you are selling things that people want or need, and precisely BECAUSE so many B&M stores are being forced to close your sales should also be up. Why does that merit a “hazard” discount?

Afraid to leave the house to ship your packages? I go to the post office every day. I carry in an armload of packages. Lean against the swinging door, drop my packages on an empty counter and leave. No human contact, no touching of any surface, no risk.

Sorry if this offends anyone but I have never had much patience or sympathy for “crystalline ice formations falling from the sky of which no two are ever alike” (I used the proper and common term for that once and was reprimanded by eBay for “hate speech” - really? - but I’m sure you know what I mean.)

[yuzuha]

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@richard1rst wrote:

Afraid to leave the house to ship your packages? I go to the post office every day. I carry in an armload of packages. Lean against the swinging door, drop my packages on an empty counter and leave. No human contact, no touching of any surface, no risk.

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Or simply request carrier pickup.

[picknparley]

".....Maybe it’s just because I was raised in a different self sufficient generation. The ONLY person responsible for my well being is ME...."

BINGO!!

[moldy5]

Amazingly honest post. Thank you so much for this! We sellers truly do need to find items that are needed by many people at this time. Stop grumbling about poor sales of items nobody needs. Just things they like & would buy if they had money for fun things.  That time will come again, in May? December? Who knows. But obviously we need to change our sales strategies right now!  Good luck everyone & good health.

[gracieallen01]

It's a new era, don't you know? 

The era of social, emotional and physical entitlement - where everybody should have everything.  It is the era of political correctness - where nobody has to admit ever doing anything wrong, which includes taking responsibility for one's own actions.  It's the era of people standing on their soap box and shouting the question, "Are you suggesting that I don't deserve it?"

Well, not too much new, just a lot more 'in your face' and louder.

(personal opinion - your mileage may vary)

[picknparley]

So true! 

All the whiners who are looking for, or expecting, something for free in this time are coming out of the woodwork.  I agree that we all need to take care of ourselves. Any offered help is a blessing, but not expected.

I will continue to volunteer at my local food pantry because it's important and people depend on us. But we're doing things differently for safety. No entry into the pantry. You get your box at the door and that's it.  This will work if people behave.

[soh.maryl]

"Crystalline ice formations"?

[richard1rst]

Crystalline ice formations falling from the sky of which no two are ever alike

=

Snowflakes

[picknparley]

Ha, I live in Wisconsin and knew exactly what you meant!  We have lots of those crystalline ice formations falling from the sky.  Although, there's a Spring thunderstorm in the forecast. Bring it on! 

[mobley120]

"Never had much patience or sympathy for crystalline ice formation".   

well, I personally don't see anything wrong with that. But, once the buying and stock piling of toilet paper has creased and, as the days pass by, tax revenues will likely fall-short of our fine gov,s projection, due to the instructional wim to close one,s business; stay at home and wrap one's family in toilet paper then lock the doors... And what's next, the gov,s 

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[mobley120]

whoops, didn't finish, finger slipped... What's next, the gov is handling out those hazardous times entitlements, in which will likely place heavy stress on our tax system, thus it's likely the near future will invite gas and sales tax increases throughout ever state, then that lack of patience and sympathy wlll likely turn to frustration and possibly even anger: morals and capitalism, where is the blance?

[picknparley]

I can't even imagine what your idea of the proper procedure here, today, for our country is.  

[andrew547]

Maybe if you were more aware of the world, and more self-aware, you could answer your own questions.

I hear a lot of talk about "plasticity". It refers, generally, to adaptation, and the idea that things change. 

So things have changed. Romanticizing "your generation" is not going to work for me, you, or anyone else, ever. Things were one way once, and then they changed, and they will change again. It's not even generational any more. It's a weekly, monthly, and yearly event that will be with us humans as long as we inhabit this earth.

Embrace it. Change is what we created. It's the way of things. It is our present, and our future. Don't be a crystalline ice formation falling from the sky.

[gracieallen01]

Hmmmm.  I live along the coast in southern California and we had snow on the hilltops this morning.  😀

[mtgraves7984]

No snowflakes here. They'd topple my whole house of cards.