i gotta say, this is a load of bull.
as a buyer, i get a miniscule amount of feedback, i've bought dozen's of items on ebay and have received hardly any feedback.
as a seller, i've sold probably close to one dozen items, yet i have ZERO seller feedback.
people have zero interest in taking the time to leave feedback, the only chance i ALMOST got feedback it was negative because i mis-listed an item (the wrong type of plug). and it was going to be negative feedback, which leaves sellers, walking on a tight rope until you establish yourself as selling thousands of items.
most people have day jobs, who the hell has time to list thousands of items?
it's unfair that my mother and sister can promote their listings yet my 1908 presidential postcards i can't sell because i can't promote them. my sister called me tonight "YOU NEED TO PROMOTE THOSE, 10 OUT OF MY 12 THINGS THAT SOLD TODAY WERE BECAUSE OF PROMOTION"..... my response: " . . .. ... sis... stop yelling... ebay wont allow me to promote, or add a second category to also put those postcards in the "stamp" section since they do have the possibility of having rare Benjamin Franklin 1c stamps on them."
ebay literally doesn't want their new ppl to do well, they force them to undercut and underbid other people to get any type of sales, and even when they get sales, they get zero feedback shafting them out of any real business on ebay.
let me tell you about ebay for new sellers: i sold oval wall plaque thinggy's. i paid 3$ for them irl total. i have in the proper shipping information. i started them off at 9, didn't sell, ebay kept nagging my phone "do you want to drop the price by 2$?" ... finally i click yes just to get it to stop. a few days later it starts in again. a few days after that i finally give in and click yes. they sell for 5.99$ ... or maybe it was 4.99$ i dont remember.
so i made a whole two dollars off the sale, but paypal HOLD shows 13.53$ (shipping included) between going from ebay to paypal they shaved 1.47$ off my money. i made 53 cents. it charged them 9.24$ for shipping, i get to the post office, it's a STE address (which means it's just a proxy, and the real person lives in china) and shipping to these addresses, the post office charges more. real shipping came out to be 11.95$. i'm out nearly 3 dollars on shipping.
and once my funds become available in a month on paypal, i'll be charged a fee to transfer it to my bank.
so selling an item on ebay AND I'M OUT 5$....
ebay = the greatest scam to ever exist.
