mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
No argument here. Ebay's rules are extremely fluid / changing all the time. It is extremely difficult to keep up on them. Which is just another reason NOT to ignore emails from Ebay. It is in our best interest to read them.
So I do not consider the emails Ebay sends about policy / rule changes to be "silly".
Ebay also has not for many years made "mass" changes at one time. To avoid that came the Seller Updates 2-3 times a year on average. None of those have been massive changes either. While some BIG changes have happened to be sure, there is no denying that. But Ebay hasn't released a mass amount of changes at one time for a very long time. I don't even remember the last time they did that. Someone else might.
The GTC is annoying and they definitely banked on a bunch of sellers not noticing. It was not well-advertised at all, I only found out about it because I was dropping by the forum to look up a different matter.
Ebay sent out their Seller Update email like they do every few months. This one was sent to sellers on February 26th. You may want to check your spam folder to see if it got stuck in there.
https://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/seller-updates/2019-early/index.html#need-to-know
It is in your best interest to resolve whatever issue you may have in getting these emails as there are more coming. Next week should the the release of the Spring Seller Update. That will come to you in an email from Ebay too.
@sapphireseal wrote:The GTC is annoying and they definitely banked on a bunch of sellers not noticing. It was not well-advertised at all, I only found out about it because I was dropping by the forum to look up a different matter.
But anyway, I've got to ask . . . why an Autobot insignia instead of a Decepticon insignia?
Besides the announcement on February 26, I saw reminders on my Sellers Hub every time I logged in. It even appeared across the top of the screen right next to Help & Contact. There were posts every day on this SELLING board as well as quite a few of the other discussion boards.
@flubberdoo wrote:
Just curious as to what the going rate is to be an eBay apologist. Do you get money or just some free listings? I use GTC exclusively except for a few auctions, so this wasn't new to me, I know the dance to not get charged double. However, emails notwithstanding (and I was late to see mine) this was only half explained to ebay sellers. A full disclosure would have been explicit warnings about what this could mean for fees. An honest fix would have been software adjustments that took into account the 31 day months and 30 day GTC cycle. Nope. They knew what they were doing. The game was to see how many sellers fell into that trap. Had there not been an outcry, they wouldn't have addressed it at all. If its a greed move, let's call it as such.
These are common accusations when a poster doesn't agree with another poster. I have found they do this in an effort to dismiss what the other poster has said or otherwise try to make it seem as if the other posters opinions / experiences have no value.
I respect your opinion that the Early Spring Seller Update did not explain the GTC change to your liking. But I must say you have been the first one I've seen say that on the threads. That doesn't mean someone else doesn't feel the same way you do, it just means it isn't a complaint I had seen before.
As for the need for Ebay to reconsider their 30 day renewal policy, Ebay has said they are willing to do that and should be coming out with an announcement on how that will be handled soon. I think when they said they would reconsider this that they said they would announce something in May.
I am sorry you are having trouble adapting to GTC listings. There are many good sellers like yourself in the same position as you are. I wish you nothing but the best in figuring out what will be best for you moving forward.
