The effect of eBay's upcoming changes on prices?

[galactiboy]

Until some other auction site has traffic that rivals, Ebay can pretty much do whatever it wants. They screw the sellers for all they can and cater to the buyers.

Pretty much sums up my feelings. I still use eBay as I can sometimes get a really good deal (or find something I'd never locate in person) and it's still the place where you get the sale price and convenience are about as good as it gets as a seller.

 

[SwedishHeat]

I just don't see how eBay is worth it anymore at all. The site is so pro-buyer, the seller puts his money and products at risk every single time. If it wasn't for sellers, eBay would have nothing, yet eBay continually treats them like crap. Buyers are able to claim anything is wrong, and eBay will take the money out of a seller's account and give it to the buyer. That's theft. The real problem I suppose is PayPal, the fact that the two companies are in cahoots.

eBay is pretty much BS, and I doubt I'll ever sell anything on there again. I mean, it's not going to ever get better. . . it can only get worse. At the rate eBay is going, they're going to start making sellers ship first. . .

 

[Nitro]

I absolutely agree. I've seen firsthand how eBay screwed over a buddy of mine who sold a $450 autographed baseball card. The buyer claimed he never received it (even with a delivery confirmation) only for the same buyer to relist it weeks later (it was a #2 of 4 card). eBay and Paypal did absolutely nothing. It was a stolen good and they let that guy get away with it. After seeing that happen, I'll never (ever) sell on that site.

 

[darthviper107]

Yeah, it's pretty crappy, but if you really need to sell something there's no good alternative. That's why they get away with the ridiculous final value fees on top of everything else.

 

[316what]

I absolutely agree. I've seen firsthand how eBay screwed over a buddy of mine who sold a $450 autographed baseball card. The buyer claimed he never received it (even with a delivery confirmation) only for the same buyer to relist it weeks later (it was a #2 of 4 card). eBay and Paypal did absolutely nothing. It was a stolen good and they let that guy get away with it. After seeing that happen, I'll never (ever) sell on that site.

Did your buddy have signature confirmation for the package? That is a requirement for anything $250 and up. If your buddy didn't pay for signature confirmation, then it's his fault, NOT EBAY's, for not following the rules to protect himself.

It doesn't matter that the "buyer" listed and sold the same card....your buddy CANNOT prove that the "buyer" got the card from their transaction.

 

[Darth Cruel]

My own experience has been that when I have had things go wrong, there has been something I did not do that would have protected me me.


But I learn from my mistakes and recently that paid off. I had a buyer who claimed that there was damage on an item that I sold him. When I told him I had pictures of the item from the time that I packaged it, offered to send them to him, and asked him to send pic of the damage...he disappeared.

 

[jonny88]

My own experience has been that when I have had things go wrong, there has been something I did not do that would have protected me me.


But I learn from my mistakes and recently that paid off. I had a buyer who claimed that there was damage on an item that I sold him. When I told him I had pictures of the item from the time that I packaged it, offered to send them to him, and asked him to send pic of the damage...he disappeared.

that's what you got to do. it's sad that on ebay now as a seller you have to treat your buyer like your worst enemy who is going to try and screw you, you have to take every precaution to protect yourself. that's why l only sell sell my stuff on threads like these where there is at least some trust.

 

[Deeznutz6]

Im starting deezbay, whos wants to lend me about 20 Mill?