True about the store deal. What aggravates me is I DO have a store, but it’s been neglected the past couple of weeks to get my products moved on eBay. I’m thinking that eBay just doesn’t have the reputation anymore that it once had and lack of buyers. If they only realized running off good sellers and keeping the bad is a BIG cause of it. When I say running off the good sellers, even if TRS has no meaning in listings anymore, I think at the VERY LEAST THE TSR’s should have an impact on CS reps (like someone who does care). Since we are not adequately assisted, we end up leaving and then guess whose left? I hate to see them go back down the tubes again, but if they don’t get a grip with their algorithm, lack of assistance, they may as well close eBay down.
In addition, I’ve sold on Amazon, eBay and lately my own store. I HOPE EBAY READS THIS PART: Amazon is not treating their sellers very well at all, really old eBay kind of treatement for those who were here 5 yrs ago (in my opinion and what I DO know reading their forums) and if I remember correctly someone from eBay is now running the show, so to speak, and if that is true HE should know that did not turn out well for eBay, that behavior took eBay down for a short while.
MY MESSAGE IF SOMEONE FROM EBAY EVEN READS THIS:
IN CASE SOMEONE WHO HAS INVESTMENTS WITH EBAY ISSUES - now would be a REAL GOOD TIME TO ADVERTISE AND PUSH EBAY (ADS AND MORE ADS) AND GET AHEAD OF THEM. STOP AND DO/NOT TRY TO FOLLOW THE LEADER BECAUSE LONDON BRIDGE COULD BE FALLING DOWN, IN MY OPINION, SO PLEASE TAKE CARE OF THE SELLERS AND SUPPORT, ALGORITHM PROBLEMS, PEOPLE WHO INADEQUATELY RESPOND WHEN YOU CALL, AND ADVERTISE AND TAKE A LEAD FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE WHO KNOWS WHEN.
BACK TO US! LOL
I believe buyers are looking for good sellers with their own stores. It takes a while to get established. I have a lot of repeated buyers at my store. I think “buyers” are getting very wise about why we the “seller”, them the “buyer” realize how to get really good, great prices and reliable selling experiences. The past few years, I can’t really complain about eBay. I think they have been very good to me as a TSR (even though it doesn’t guarantee you get to the top) and I have been patient. Back when I was even more uneducated than now, I didn’t understand throttling, and all the other complaints, but I do now understand a lot, so I don’t call them unless I absolutely have to and I have made a lot of phone calls in nearly 5 months. The reason I “have’ been working with them as I “used” to be able to move products than on my own store. Not now.
