mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
@borwa0 wrote:eBay locked everything like nothing is selling
In order to sell more stuff you have to pay eBay a couple bucks or you will never sell anything
With this act you’re pushing sellers outside the business
I know you know that can't possibly be a true statement for all sellers. Because if it was, the site simply would not exist.
I get the frustration. For many sellers this has been an extremely tough year and for others they are doing just fine.
It is hard to sell any quantity of things when you only run a handful of listings and in a really saturated category. You should consider branching out on what type of stuff you sell and run more listings so you get more buyer exposure. Both those things would likely help you.
Good Luck.
@hartungcards wrote:The only thing eBay ever locks is the eBay Vault, and nobody knows where that is anyway. My guess is it's a self-storage unit near the San Jose Municipal Airport.
Because so many think anything Ebay does it has to be negative. They've shown pictures of the place and it doesn't look like what you describe.
https://www.ebayinc.com/stories/news/ebay-launches-its-vault-for-trading-cards/
@rugerskick wrote:The reason many think this way is because ebay has an unnecessarily adversarial and punitive relationship towards sellers.
I understand that is true. It doesn't mean it is factual, but I do understand and respect that this is how many sellers feel. It is also true that there are many other sellers that do not feel the same way. All points of view are important. But as I've said many times, blanket statements or feelings are unlikely to be true or factual. Same with this.
Just because Ebay has upset a seller in some respect, not had their back as they thought they would or whatever the reason for the seller feeling that they have been done wrong, doesn't mean that everything they do is wrong, bad, horrific, or any other word one may choose to use.
I've had my share of issues with Ebay over the years. I've gotten pretty darn upset with them too. I sought out ways of getting certain things changed. That rarely works, but I've had some small successes. Took a VERY long time. And while there are many things I firmly disagree with Ebay on, there are other things I feel are good about Ebay.
I've never had a job in my life that every aspect was good. I know some may have experienced this, but I was never that lucky. There has always been part of my job I love, parts that I deal with and parts I simply loth. But overall it is fine. Ebay is no different to me.
If you are looking for the perfect place to sell on the internet. Where all the rules are to your liking, the best options usually is your own website, where you set the rules. There simply is no way Ebay can do that for you or anyone else. They will likely never be able to create a policy / rule that all 18+ million active sellers will agree is a good policy / rule. It simply just isn't in the human nature as we all have different wants, needs and points of view.
I try not to be myopic when I view different things. I'm not always successful, but in my life as a whole it as served me well.
I know, sometimes it is tough. We can get blinded by how we feel. I've been there and done that. I've learned that there are better ways to live.
