eBay

craigstevensstudio · ‎10-24-2021

ok, as a seller for over 14 years i have noticed that selling expensive items for a seller is a MASSIVE risk. in fact most sellers i know will not do it. WHY? because the scammers are almost 100% going to get that item for FREE!

this goes for almost all online platforms as well.

EBAY CLEARING HOUSE will check items being sent and also being returned to compleatly take fraud out of the picture! charge a fee for the service, that way a absolute mountain of expencive items could be sold!!! sellers would be 100% safe in the sale, buyers would be 100% safe in the purchase.

this would be huge!!! how many sellers such as myself would want that? it would be one MONEY MAKEN SO OF A GUN! what are you guys thoughts on this idea?

caldreamer · ‎10-24-2021

Interesting idea...of course EBAY would never do that. They would need to hire "an army" of people to inspect every package going out and being returned.

Also this would not eliminate fraud completely....any customer can just "reverse credit card charges" after they receive the package (keep item and your money). EBAY has no control over credit card companies.

eleanor*rigby · ‎10-24-2021

@caldreamer wrote:

EBAY has no control over credit card companies.

Or PayPal.

goldair1_4 · ‎10-24-2021

The amount of problems with the sneaker program proves ebay aren't capable of doing anything like that properly

Not viable economically,and there's no way i'd be sending squat to some random ebay bloke to verify my items

annadryl · ‎10-24-2021

Ebay would have to change their entire business model. They'd have to hire experts in every category and subcategory and the fees would be like the fees of consignors. There might be some kinds of venues out there (I doubt it) but if you want to sell expensive items by mail to strangers then ebay and all the other sites I know... aren't the place.

eleanor*rigby · ‎10-24-2021

This thread is a perfect illustration of why eBay has an "unsolicited idea submissions policy."

downunder-61 · ‎10-25-2021

@eleanor*rigby wrote:
This thread is a perfect illustration of why eBay has an "unsolicited idea submissions policy."

Yup - a suggestion from me, I should have been able to give you multiple thumbs up for this post.

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coolections · ‎10-25-2021

I think it has to do with WHAT you are selling, It also has to do with if you have a following and are reputable. There are probably over 10,000 items sold each and every day on ebay for $1,000 plus and I do not believe for a second many get scammed. What is your scam percentage ? Are you just reading these boards "thinking" you may get scammed ? This is where the 0.001% of the people who did get scammed come so it makes selling on ebay scary. Most sellers are happily selling and have never been scammed.

fashunu4eeuh · ‎10-25-2021

My experience selling items at higher price points has been positive, with no instances of fraud. I find these customers to be the easiest to deal with and the least likely to have issues. So in my case, a verification service would not be needed.

Thoughts:

Thousands of items are bought and sold on eBay worldwide each day. Just the storage alone for such a clearinghouse would rival that of AMZ, and eBay has no infrastructure to make it work. eBay doesn't even have call-in phone support for its users . If they cannot provide this level of customer service, how would they act as a middle man?

Can't help but recall the number of eBay programs that were eventually scrapped due to logistical complications--eBay Valet, Quick Sale, Instant Sale, Sell it Forward, etc. eBay abandoned each one and an authentication service coming and going would require a momentous commitment. These programs were different from the OP's idea, but my point is that eBay has proved historically it cannot handle service programs.

eBay has enough trouble just being eBay, to then attempt such an undertaking as you suggest.

oneblindcat · ‎10-25-2021

Most companies do this to avoid being sued by someone claiming that they used their idea without compensation.

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dnasilver · ‎10-25-2021

or any other money processor that they do not have a contract with......but this really was not about that now was it!

gracieallen01 · ‎10-25-2021

It is an interesting idea that has been floated in the past but, unfortunately, the logistics of it are not feasible. And, who's going to be paying the thousands of people the McD's minimum wage of $15/hr to man a huge facility (how many of them world-wide) to process everything expensive (define) that goes in and out, build the roads and man the loading docks and build the roads for the airports, etc., etc., etc.? What army is going to police the place(s)?

Do seller's get to foot the bill?

Not saying 'NO' doesn't mean 'YES'.

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dhbookds · ‎10-25-2021

They do this now on: Expensive Handbags, watches, sneakers and have had remarkable success, according to ebay. They certainly looking at doing it for other expensive items..........

eleanor*rigby · ‎10-25-2021

@dnasilver wrote:
or any other money processor that they do not have a contract with......but this really was not about that now was it!

@dnasilver

My reference to PayPal had nothing to do with the money-processing side of the transaction. BUYERS can still use PayPal to make a purchase and take advantage of PayPal's 180 dispute time frame. That's what Message #2 and Message #3. Weren't you aware of that? Did you not know eBay still allows buyers to make purchases with PayPal?

Previous poster had mentioned buyers filing disputes through their credit card company, and I added a PayPal to that. Both those posts were about BUYER PROTECTION. Neither post was about money processing.

The point of those messages you must have misunderstood was that the OP's suggestion may apply to eBay INAD outcomes, but not those filed by buyers through PayPal or their credit card issuer, which was what the original post was all about . . .

If I can make this any more clear for you, just let me know.

sextons-sweet-deals · ‎10-25-2021

great comments!

I have read posts the sellers have had issues with the sneaker program. I believe the one that stuck out was about the turn around time and the buyer opening a case "not received".

I'm at the point that if I have something expensive to list, I make it a pick-up only and pay then after buyer inspects.

I remember when it was just eBay and PayPal working together. Things ran a lot smoother.! Cases were actually reviewed by humans and not a cheap software program today. You didn't have to go through Facebook to contact C.S. and have Facebook collect your information. Wonder how much longer that will last with all the heat on Facebook. Buyer and seller were protected back then.