Shipping charges

[mickybruce]

eBay sellers have some great items to sell, but when they include shipping charges on items, many times I can purchase it cheaper on My Prime Amazon account.  Sorry people but that’s what makes you loose watchers, and buyers.

[stainlessenginecovers]

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@mickybruce wrote:

I understand how ya’ll can be angry, however; #1 Amazon Prime is $139, but there is free shipping, Prime tv, and returns are hassle free.  Some sellers sell at a good competitive price, while others as much or higher than Walmart, or Amazon.  I was in higher management in retail for over 50 years, you have to be competitive, and have quick turnover, or holding on to product slows down your sales.  Don’t mean to step on any toes.  Good luck with your business.

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Amazon is $16.15 a month, $192 a year.

Regarding 'returns, you should have stated

"except when you buy from one of their 5,000,000,000 third party sellers and amazon has 'removed' them from selling/answering messages. 

Then, you simply get to continue keeping your garbage while the thief keeps your $$. 

[mickybruce]

I agree with that!

[stainlessenginecovers]

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@chevymontecarlo88 wrote:

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@stainlessenginecovers wrote:

Loose is your pants after 2 months of Ozempic

Lose is what the Yankees did

When you add the $16 a month for the wonderful Amazon account, did you really buy that much 12 months out of the year, to really save?? 

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You had to bring the Yankees into it. 😂

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I started to say 'Bengals' from last night, but figured since it was on Amazon Prime, nobody really watched it. 

[tobaccocardyahoo]

I live in an 11 unit condo complex.

Every day there are one or two deliveries by Amazon. There are at least three or four units in the complex which receive an Amazon delivery, every day.

I may only have one or two Amazon orders a week, which is low.

Prime includes more than just free delivery, and Prime Video, and other goodies are worth something.

Amazon has the largest package delivery operation in the US, Bigger than UPS or USPS and their cost for fulfillment and shipping is often less than we Ebayer are paying to ship.

Ebay continues to lose sales of new, in production, product each quarter. Usually because of price and other factors - including seller sourcing which may void manufacturer's warranty, inauthentic product, and lack of buyer faith that product bought on Ebay is safe to use or ingest.

Amazon has black hat sellers, just as Ebay does, but Amazon makes them jump much higher hurdles to sell many products than Ebay does.

Ebay has many legitimate sellers who are small and do not buy at the same prices that larger sellers buy, small sellers have a harder time competing on price.

Up until recently, I have limited my purchases on Ebay to cheap Chinese products which are cheaper on Ebay than Amazon, and which I do not worry about warranty past the 30 day Ebay warranty. I have started buying those products on Temu which is cheaper, and delivers faster than many Ebay sellers.

I sell items on Ebay which are hard to sell on Amazon because Amazon's efforts to insure authenticity and IP rights policies have made it virtually impossible to sell many types of collectibles. Ebay is currently the best site to sell many collectibles, and that is not going to insure a rosy future, so we see them spotlighting other categories where they see an Ebay advantage.

[chevymontecarlo88]

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@mickybruce wrote:

I understand how ya’ll can be angry, however; #1 Amazon Prime is $139, but there is free shipping, Prime tv, and returns are hassle free.  Some sellers sell at a good competitive price, while others as much or higher than Walmart, or Amazon.  I was in higher management in retail for over 50 years, you have to be competitive, and have quick turnover, or holding on to product slows down your sales.  Don’t mean to step on any toes.  Good luck with your business.

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This applies to certain categories/products. Everyone selling on eBay is not running their stores like a big box retailer and may offer items that are not really comparable. (like said items) If you are talking about dishwashing detergent, i would agree that price can be the determining factor. If you are talking about acoustic guitars, price may not be the determining factor that educated buyers (of musical instruments) choose.  Just as an example.  YMMV 

Some things make more sense finding/buying on eBay and others may be better to find/buy on Amazon.

I don't necessarily disagree with your post (to a degree) but there is more to it. YMMV

Choose wisely.

[itsjustasprain]

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@mickybruce wrote:

I understand how ya'll can be angry, however; #1 Amazon Prime is $139, but there is free shipping, Prime tv, and returns are hassle free.

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And thus you are comparing apples to oranges. 

The independent sellers here are a lot more visible than the independent sellers on Amazon. Some charge shipping and some roll it into the purchase price. At least you can see before purchasing whether there will be a shipping charge and whether it is too high for you. That way you can avoid having to leave feedback complaining about the shipping charge such as 'Great price, little high on shipping' or similar. Oh, wait a sec...

[simba6]

No single venue will the the lowest price on every item every time.   You are wise to check prices from more than one to find the best value for your money.  There are many items sold on eBay you can't find anyplace else too.

[monroe67]

"eBay sellers have some great items to sell, but when they include shipping charges on items, many times I can purchase it cheaper on My Prime Amazon account.  Sorry people but that’s what makes you loose watchers, and buyers."

I love it when the Best Buddies come right up and introduce themselves.  

[luckythewinner]

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@mickybruce wrote:

many times I can purchase it cheaper on My Prime Amazon account

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Whether or not the seller has a shipping charge, if it is cheaper on Amazon then it is cheaper on Amazon.

Most sellers here are not interested in taking a loss just to get a sale.

Also ... are you factoring in the cost of Amazon Prime? If prices on Amazon are 10% cheaper than eBay, you would need to buy $1400 worth of stuff there before you came out ahead after the $139 cost of Amazon Prime. 

[bonjourami]

"Didn’t know I was fighting anyone.  Have a nice day!"

??? who was fighting you?

[bonjourami]

"If could care less, then don’t respond!"

This is an open board, members are free to respond as they choose, as long as they stay within the boards guidelines. You dont get to pick and choose who responds.

[krazzykats]

Counterfeit goods, knockoffs, and faux fancies often come with bargain basement shipping fees, since they're not the real McCoy but just cheap imitations.

[krazzykats]

I use my Amazon Prime membership mainly for streaming, like using Netflix service or similar.

The perk of free shipping is a bonus, although I don't make frequent purchases on Amazon.

However, I do enjoy watching movies.😄

[brightlightbookseller]

Frankly, if customers don't want our items at the prices we have them listed, maybe we need to fix our prices, but maybe we don't want those customers.  It can go either way.  Sometimes customers are cheapskates and try to get things at ridiculously low prices when others are perfectly willing to buy at the prices we have set.  Whether we charge shipping or not (and we've tried it both ways), the total price is going to be about the same and any savvy shopper knows that.

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@monroe67 wrote:

"eBay sellers have some great items to sell, but when they include shipping charges on items, many times I can purchase it cheaper on My Prime Amazon account.  Sorry people but that’s what makes you loose watchers, and buyers."

I love it when the Best Buddies come right up and introduce themselves.  

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Agreed!

[dbfolks166mt]

     I would tend to agree. Shipping is becoming one of the bigger expenses for buyers/sellers and unlike Amazon eBay does not have it's own logistical service. I seldom buy anything on eBay these days simply because as you state I can often find it cheaper elsewhere either online or in a B&M store. However, I am fortunate in that respect since I am in a large metropolitan area and most major retailers are less than 5 miles from my house. 

     There are several things impacting sales on eBay among them. 

1. Shipping costs

2. Competition especially post pandemic

3. The use of promoted listings and the added fees

4. Poor search engine

5. Advertising bombardment. 

6. Counterfeits and fake merchandise

7. Economy

8. Useless software changes and system glitches/issues

9. Lack of quality customer support