Sunday, August 30, 2009

Does Ebay Care About Sellers ?

It just hit me that Ebay really doesn't care about its sellers. They value the buyers twice as much as they do sellers. The new feedback changes only benefits buyers. I've been selling on Ebay since 1999. I've recommended Ebay to over 1,000 people thru the years. Almost all are now Ebay members. The double stomach punch by Ebay to raise the final value fees and to disallow negative feedbacks to thieving and lying buyers is too much to take. The buyers do not pay any monies to Ebay. Even their Paypal accounts are not charged like we sellers Paypal accounts are charged. We sellers pay list fees,upgrade fees,picture fees,final value fees,and Paypal fees. The buyers pay no fees. Infreakingcredible ! How can Ebay even claim this as being fair to its sellers ? Every seller knows that we basically handle the entire transaction on every sale. Ebay is just a vehichle to get the items to the buyers. And their fees and feedback policy was pretty fair in the beginning but has steadily gravitated to favor only the buyers. I honestly should have a 100% positive feedback rating with no negatives. I have 7 negatives, all from lying buyers. I hope someone at Ebay is reading all the blogs from its sellers. We love Ebay but cannot be treated unfairly. Ebay is a multi-billion dollar company that can survive without the increased final value fees. But its sellers, many whom make a living off Ebay, cannot absorb the increased fees. This is not a personal vendetta from we sellers but just to let Ebay know that we are aware of the forthcoming troubles these newly implemented changes will have on all Ebay users.


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