11-09-2013 11:37 AM
I have been a member of Ebay for 14 years. A few months ago I was a Top Rated Seller and power seller. I had 16,000+ feedbacks with a 95% positive feedback rating. About a month ago, all my 750+ listings were removed because I did not meet their performance standards. I recently recieved "out of the blue sky" notification that I was permanently banned from ever selling on Ebay again because of my low performance. Where in the world are they coming from? They totally interrupted my business with this outrageous action. They also shot themselves in the foot as they will no longer recieve their $20,000.00+ payment per year they recieved from all my fees previously. When is this madness going to end?
11-09-2013 03:30 PM
When they are put out of business just like they put you out of business!
11-09-2013 04:36 PM
THAT'S A BIG HELL YA!! CANT WAIT FOR THE DAY
11-11-2013 11:54 PM
wow you made me feel no so bad (sorry)..as a business person i carry several credit cards..do you know what my PREFERRED CARD IS???AMERICAN EXPRESS..DO YOU KNOW WHY/..BECAUSE THEY BACK THEIR MEMBERS /CARD HOLDERS..BY WITH HOLDING PAYMENT IF WE ARE NOT SATISFIED..ebay need to take a cue from AMX
11-11-2013 11:55 PM
PS AND I DO MEAN THIS FOR THE SELLERS EBAY SHOULD BACK SELLERS
11-22-2013 11:29 AM
Every time I see ebay stock take a dip in the stock market. I celebrate. I can't wait for the day I hear they closed their door's.
11-22-2013 12:23 PM
11-22-2013 12:41 PM
yes, EBAY SHOULD BACK WHOEVER IS RIGHT AND THEY HAVE A WAY TO DO THAT IF THEY SPENT MORE TIME DOING MORE BIASED SIDING INSTEAD OF ONE SIDED,, BY TRACK RECORD FOR ONE
FOR ANOTHER,, ALL THEY OBVIOUSLY THINK ABOUT NOW IS MAKING MORE MONEY AND SCREWING PEOPLE BY GETTING RID OF THE OLDER MORE EXPERIENCED SELLERS THATKNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING THE NEW SELLERS DONT REALLY KNOW THE DIFFERENCE AND EBAY MAKES ALOT MORE MONEY OFF OF THEM
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WATCH THE STOCKS DAILY AS WELL,, I CANT WAIT EITHER!
WEBSTORE
12-18-2013 01:04 PM
Every time I see ebay stock take a dip in the stock market. I celebrate. I can't wait for the day I hear they closed their door's.
Umm- the eBay stockholders like those dips in price. Because eBay does not pay dividends to stockholders the only way they can make money is if they buy at a low price and sell when the price rises.
Since eBay senior staff get some of their income in the form of stock options, the business is setup to have dips and rises.
How does this help the company? It doesn’t. It only helps the shareholders.
And yes, if that sounds more like gambling than investing, you’ve got a better grasp of economics than many business reporters and economists.
Full disclosure, I made a fair bit of money by selling my eBay stock after every split in the early noughts. Now I only buy stocks that pay dividends because if the company isn’t making money, there will be no dividends.
What if Walmart told their shipments of goods they didn't want any more merchandise from them? What would happen?
WalMart would carry a different line of goods that was cheaper or more up to date or more popular. And their customers would be happy about it, save for a few who like the dropped line of “liquorice flavoured crunchios” and don’t like the new “organic strawberry munchios”.
The shippers depend more on WalMart than WM depends on the shippers.
12-18-2013 01:11 PM
I should add that one way they make the stock price rise is to report rising numbers of listings. And they do that by offering Free Listing promotions just before the auditors come in to report on how the business is going.
Those Free Listing promotions do nothing for long term and professional sellers. If a seller has to depend on Free Listings to make money (that is if saving a dime per listing makes a difference to profitability) then that seller has very little grasp of how retail works.
Free Listings flood the site with underpriced, underdescribed product from new and occasional sellers. This hurts pro sellers and experienced 'hobby' sellers, by making our items hard to find. (I'm making the assumption that we are pricing and describing sensibly because we actually understand our product.)
Cui bono?
The gamblers who hold stock, and will sell it as soon as it rises after the quarterly report comes out.
And who is hurt?
The professional seller whose product is never seen.
The new seller who gives up after making no sales.
The buyer who cannot find the good product she wants or who buys the bad product she finds first.
12-21-2013 03:56 PM
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12-21-2013 06:04 PM
I agree. Why spend money sabotaging the competition when you can use the same money and energy to grow your own business? The few times I have seen such a strategy tried in over 35 years in business, the sabotage not only failed, but the person (it was never a company, just a jealous small minded competitor) lost his own business through neglect.
12-21-2013 07:02 PM
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