Sellers blame eBay when their sales are down.

[fab_finds4u]

Why do they blame eBay for that? 

The economy is down. People tend to cut back on buying when there's nothing left after paying for necessities. 

Maybe people are waking up 

[inhawaii]

When my sales slow (and they do slow sometimes) I have no one to blame but myself.

If I were selling better stuff, my sales would not be slow.

[chevymontecarlo88]

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@fab_finds4u wrote:

Why do they blame eBay for that? 

The economy is down. People tend to cut back on buying when there's nothing left after paying for necessities. 

Maybe people are waking up and don't  want cheap chit from China.

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People in general will always complain to avoid responsibilities. Some are better than others.

Too many bubbles that need to burst before it really gets better.

[sakic92710]

There have been SEVERAL occasions when I want to post an item for sale & decide to check active listings.  Seeking possible competition and/or pricing info.  I find nothing in an eBay search.  This mean I have 0 competition if I make mine available?  No.  Because I go to Google search & see eBay does have active listings.  They are not selling so I do not bother to list mine.  Good thing I check with a reliable source before wasting my time.  🙂

[cardxcraft]

If I could mark your response as the best answer, I would

I see your open-minded enough to critique any side.  A trully open-minded person doesn't care what side of the isle I, you or they stand on, they'll take an unbiased view of the entire field.  It's not only prudent, but necessary if you want to prepare and improve in life.  

An intelligent and judicious person is unafraid to find fault with their "own" so to speak, precisely for the ability to not bury their head in the sand. 

If you refuse to accept you or a system you represent or, are "paid by" has any faults, how are you able to improve, much less prepare.

This weekend I wrote several paragraphs, stating economic facts and our current economic outlook.  The lady I responded to, posted, "why are you so miserable, have fun with doom and gloom".  She is so set in her ways, she's unable to take an unbiased view at our economy; and took it as a personal attack.  Her pseudo-ivory tower will have to collapse before she wakes up.

[ckimodog]

@cardxcraft 

Your reply?  Ditto!  👍

[mike_jayroe]

I don't blame e-bay. I blame the economy, NASCAR's shrinking fan base, and I guess not as many people like to ride and chase trains pulled by steam locomotives like I did between 1977 and 1993. 

[sakic92710]

The main flaw in your theory, whether it is the current economy or not, is that people who struggle with their bills are not eBay buyers.  Very few, if any, are.  The few dollars they have left over are to find local deals.  Not to find deals on eBay AND pay for shipping.  They cannot waste funds on shipping.  People who have extra money, even if prices increase, are online shoppers.  

Is eBay 100% to blame for weakened sales?  No.  However, they do contribute.  Policies people despise, an unreliable search & continuous changes to the site all factor into impacts on selling.  I started selling here in 2001.  Many highs & lows.  In fall of 2021, the true lows began & never ceased.  Now I rely on other sites to get the extra money I need.  eBay is past tense. 

[ed8108]

You will find that ebay sellers in general are being generous in not blaming ebay enough

Happy selling

[monster-deals]

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@ebooksdiva wrote:

eBay throttles your sales!! Lol 😂🤣🤪

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anyone thinking that ebay can't or won't throttle you hasn't been on ebay long enough

...and of course other sellers can pay to do it to you as well.

I pay 2.2% to do it to all of you.

[dbfolks166mt]

@fab_finds4u wrote:

Why do they blame eBay for that? 

I will attempt to answer your question. I think there are many reasons.
I am not a sociologist or a behavioralist (I am an economist) ... but I believe the biggest reason is because some people have never been taught self-responsibility.  (Or self-reliance).  

What they have been taught instead is how to shift responsibility to others.  

We count on our political leaders to lead us into prosperity and safety.
They have not.

But in the US the political leaders are leaders because we put them in that spot.
We elected them.   Yes, ALL OF US ELECTED THEM.   It doesn't matter if you actually voted for him or not ... he is there at the will of "the people", and that  is us.  All of us.  

Yes, it's my fault too.  I deserve whatever is going to happen ... and, it IS going to happen.

Another reason is simple ignorance.  Not paying attention in high school for that Econ 101 class. 

The unwillingness to learn basic economics.  They'll complain about bad times, and ask why ... and when I try to tell them they cover their ears and exclaim that they don't want to listen to politics.  They hate the subject to the point of ignoring important information that all businesspeople need to survive. You'll see them complain that "politics doesn't belong on these forums'', then they'll wonder why they're going hungry, can't make their car payments ... 

Institutional Ignorance - gladly supported by pubic schools and forum mods everywhere.

     I would add to the list of classes missed to include business finance and for a lot of sellers, apparently basic mathematics. They also seem to have lost track of Maslow's hierarchy of needs although sometimes I think a lot of people know it but have just reordered/restacked it. 

This mess is our own fault.   We did it.   I did it.

I don't know if we can undo it now.  

Buckle up, we're about to go off road.

[meme6253]

You really need to Fact Check. This poor economy was handed to the current administration By the former administration, & the economy is actually doing quite well, It's the Greed Fed Inflation that is the problem!, People really need to Fact Check before voting for anyone!

[eburtonlab]

There have been SEVERAL occasions when I want to post an item for sale & decide to check active listings. Seeking possible competition and/or pricing info. I find nothing in an eBay search. This mean I have 0 competition if I make mine available?

It might mean exactly that, actually. At least for that particular search, you would appear to have no competition.

This can be an opportunity for you to get your item seen by users that are searching the same way you are and that are not finding any results.

No. Because I go to Google search & see eBay does have active listings. They are not selling so I do not bother to list mine. Good thing I check with a reliable source before wasting my time.

Perhaps some of those active listings are in the wrong category for those particular keywords. Or perhaps those sellers' listings are being demoted due to specific policy violations. Or one seller is using "time away" to hide some listings. Or the seller does not ship to some locations including yours.

Perhaps that search is broken in some way. If you notice this and can find a way to get your item seen despite that, you would have a very big advantage over your competitors.

If you list your item, and your item appears in that search, but your competitors' items do not, then it sounds like in that particular search you would have no direct competition.

[pcobra93]

Exactly what Biden policy has led to any positive economic improvement?

[dbfolks166mt]

You really need to Fact Check. This poor economy was handed to the current administration By the former administration, & the economy is actually doing quite well, It's the Greed Fed Inflation that is the problem!, People really need to Fact Check before voting for anyone!

     Actually you need to do the fact checking, Obama handed a strong economy off to Trump and it only improved during his administration but Congress has more impact on the economy than the president does.

     You are correct the increase in the interest rate is one of the contributing factors to the slowdown but that is by design intended to curb inflation. Those rates are set by the Federal Reserve not the president or even Congress. However, what has traditionally worked does not appear to apply as much these days and globalization probably greatly contributes to that. 

[chevymontecarlo88]

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@meme6253 wrote:

You really need to Fact Check. This poor economy was handed to the current administration By the former administration, & the economy is actually doing quite well, It's the Greed Fed Inflation that is the problem!, People really need to Fact Check before voting for anyone!

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Blaming the last administration is like blaming Ebay for slow sales.  😁   Forgot relying on sku'd and partisan "so-called" fact checkers, Vote with your eyes and wallet. Everyone has there opinion and there entitled to it. There are good people on both sides. 😂