FINISHED AFTER 13 YRS THEY NEVER GAVE ANYTHING BACK JUST KEPT TAKING

[brites7214]

I know lots of people of this forum like to kiss other sellers good ridden, this one's for you. I have been a seller for over 13 years and what has happened to E-bay is a dam shame. All they ever did was keep taking from the good honest sellers by allowing dishonest buyers to rob from us and then rewarding them by giving them the right every single time. But most e-bayers are also buyers. When we leave most stop buying also, so they loose two times. E-bay can be just as good as Amazon if they put a little money back into advertising again. All they ever cared about was the bottom dollar. They kept raising fee's but gave nothing back, nothing. I can't recall ONE TIME when I called E-bay for help that they every helped. Their customer service is THE WORST AND I DON'T MISS THE KNOT IN MY STOMACH and spending hours on the phone because of the problems the website had, like your items relisting on their own and spending hours looking for the item that was already sold.  I was just crazy the amount of abuse that they put us through.  Now, I will sit back and watch E-bay slowly go down and get burned because no one can treat people this bad and the karma not come back to get them. 

[glasser]

I think the OP is expressing what a lot of longtime sellers believe: that eBay is partnership between sellers and the site.  In the early days it very much felt that way. Now not so much. eBay seems to be focusing energies on developing markets in a few areas like trading cards, expensive handbags, watches, etc. In the beginning the sellers made the markets not eBay. Those willing to bring things to the eBay platform expanded what was possible to sell.

Rule and fee changes have been part of eBay since early on. Not a big deal for me, although I believe eBay should undergo a rule simplification effort there are just too many or they are too complicated.

No questions that the market has become more competitive. The was a time where eBay was the only place to sell online and that is no longer true. There was a time when eBay was seen as a disruptor. Now it's a follower. 

It would be great if eBay remembered and acted on the original premise that eBay sellers are its partners and they can help eBay define and redefine markets and create a dynamic, sustainable, and expanding marketplace.

[katzrul15]

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@glasser wrote:

I think the OP is expressing what a lot of longtime sellers believe: that eBay is partnership between sellers and the site.  In the early days it very much felt that way. Now not so much. eBay seems to be focusing energies on developing markets in a few areas like trading cards, expensive handbags, watches, etc. In the beginning the sellers made the markets not eBay. Those willing to bring things to the eBay platform expanded what was possible to sell.

Rule and fee changes have been part of eBay since early on. Not a big deal for me, although I believe eBay should undergo a rule simplification effort there are just too many or they are too complicated.

No questions that the market has become more competitive. The was a time where eBay was the only place to sell online and that is no longer true. There was a time when eBay was seen as a disruptor. Now it's a follower. 

It would be great if eBay remembered and acted on the original premise that eBay sellers are its partners and they can help eBay define and redefine markets and create a dynamic, sustainable, and expanding marketplace.

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This is what I referenced in my post - so many older Sellers wishing things were as before.

Not all change is bad and the past is the past.

E-Bay was never truly anyone's partner.  That myth really needs to die.

[Anonymous]

Very true but these changes they've made over the years? WHOA! It's insane, almost like playing a video game to get sales and views. 

[userisme]

It's not much eBay.  It's Wall Street's  thirst for profits and possibly eBay's executive's greed for bonuses.  After cutting out PayPal and eBucks  I wonder what eBay will do next to bolster their bottom line?   I've been with them as a seller and buyer for almost 20 years but now they carve out so much of the selling price  it's scarcely worth the trouble.   For selling I use Craigslist and for buying I do an on-line I search  - Walmart has some surprisingly good deals.    Except for the odd clown now and again and the occasional impenetrable  Indian accent I've always found eBay's customer service reasonably helpful.

[jhr-4800]

I am evaluating my options. I started to really look into the numbers (fees, promote item fees, final fees, free shipping...) of selling here with a microscope, and I am coming to the same conclusion that you just made. And its because I am paying more than 20%. The TRS discounts are just next to nothing. The shipping discounts? I can get the same discounts with Pirate Ship. The never ending Item Specifics and the endless Glitches, are practically what is telling me its time to move on. But I am holding on because the traffic that ebay brings.

Several months ago, I tried another platform. I sold 2 or 3 items on the other platform (But I only posted about 30-50 items on said platform.  At this time I have about 580 items between 2 accounts). and here on ebay more than 20.   

Any way, good luck on your selling journey.

[deltilogical]

I get frustrated at the Up Against A Blank Wall feeling but Ebay has been ok and their customer service has worked for me.   Unlike many, I have great respect for the Phillippinos.