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LarryWe have done a lot of business on E bay and we are not happy with recent changes especially allowing feedback to be left only by the buyer.
A boycott may only give e bay a small shot and as stated, & they will increase their prices accordingly.
We have spoken many times to reps, e bay's trust and safety and it is a stone wall at this point. However, I can understand some of e bay's position as buyers do get held hostage by bad sellers with retaliatory feedback so I told e bay that they can correct this by allowing sellers with 98% feedback and over 100 different or better a right to leave feedback say if they file an unpaid strike fvf and the buyer does not respond but leaves the seller a negative. Our first and only negative came from a disgruntled, piece of manure that never paid us or responded and all we did was ask for our fees back and he left us a negative so we did the same. Fortunately, so did three others so according to e bay, when the new policy takes effect, this guy would be naru'd and feedback would be reversed. I find this extremely doubtful so I think seller's only options:
1)call e bay everyday about this treasonous action
2) drop paypal once this goes into effect, you are not required to use paypal if you are existing seller in good standing.
3) I will not leave any feedback one way or another unless the customer specifically asks, that may aggravate a few buyers but then they could complain to e bay also that sellers now do not care about feedback system. If a buyer nicely requests feedback, I would still leave it once paid.
4)I would not take any other seller tools or additional costs to "make my site more efficient' as they are pushing now.
5)Use private auctions for better cards(over $1000)since buyers premiums are zero, document this and e mail e bay that these cards are not being offered thru e bay as they occur.
This probably will do nothing but it may dent the e bay bottom line if enough sellers know their exposures and costs.
Either way, e bay is becoming a nightmare for sellers that depend on it and should be held more accountable for their actions.