Re: New ebay policies: WTF?!

To play devils advocate here a little bit... if you do the math (and were
already using a gallery picture before) it's actually cheaper now to sell a
10 dollar item. Ergh... 9.99 item.

Anything above that, though, and you're getting hosed. Everything I ever
sell is above 9.99 so this totally screws me. The feedback thing is
rediculous.

Ron

P.S. ultimately, don't be fooled into thinking that Ebay cares or will
change anything to help anybody. The growth they've spurred year after year
can't sustain itself, eventually it's stock and company will have to crash.
Anybody that cared about the company is long gone with their share of the
fortune.

"Madoc Owain" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ebay turned me off after their last set of rate increases, which mostly
affected those who were selling using Ebay Store. It seems as though this
round of changes puts the nail in the coffin of the low-priced-item
seller. If I have a bunch of arcade game manuals to blow out at $10/each,
it stopped being worth it to list it in a store.. now it's not worth it to
list them individually.

What I find ironic is that the very thing that made Ebay successful - an
easy way for people to sell small items that were not practical to list in
their local Classified ads - is now looked at as a burden to the company.
I mean, could Meg Whitman sell Pez dispensers profitably on Ebay today?
Not unless they cost more than $25, I suppose.

So it would seem Ebay is abandoning the 'little stuff' market to
Craigslist? Who else is a good niche player in that range?

Oh well..

M.O.
http://www.madocowain.com
http://www.playmaille.com

micrologix1500@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
As al you have probably read by now, ebay is making MAJOR changes to
just about every aspect of their operation. Not surprisingly, they're
raising their rates, and pushing everyone a little closer to a paypal-
only payment policy. They're making it more attractive to be a
powerseller, which i suppose makes financial sense, given economies of
scale. But what's really got me baffled is what they're doing with
feedback.. "Buyers will only be able to receive positive Feedback."
Huh?? Think about that for a minute.. I guess feedback doesn't apply
to the buyer AT ALL anymore! As a seller, I'm VERY wary of this. How
can you hope to get a fair shake from everyone, when they know they
have zero accountability for their comments? and then there's the
"safer payment option".. for "higher risk categories".. like
computers. yikes! sounds like the "buyers have the seller over a
barrel" policy to me! Paypal holding seller's payment until they get
a positive feedback? from someone that has absolutely nothing to fear
about getting a negative? hmmm.... yeah, i guess i needed another
reason not to use paypal :) oh wait, that's pretty much all they'll
accept now!

Well there's one good thing, it looks like they're nice enough to give
us a month's warning. guess what I think I'll be doing for most of
february? you guessed it.. selling off just about everything i've got
that i think i would want to sell on ebay!


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