Posted By:
David SmithRichard,
eBay does not need to go out of business but they DO NEED to change their business practices.
1) eBay needs to allow honest Feedback. If a buyer or seller rips you off or just sucks in general, the Feedback should be allowed to show this.
2) Hidden ID's and Private auctions should be banned. This only allows for shill bidding and keeps honest buyers and sellers from alerting potential victims of trouble. ACOFIND is a KNOWN seller of reproduction posters and store signs and reprints of Mickey Mantle cards, yet they are a Power Seller who uses these two things to stay in business. This, even though, I and many other people have reported them NUMEROUS times for selling FAKE items.
3) the new management needs to STOP trying to force the company into becoming just an on-line store with fixed prices.
4) eBay needs to allow for at least five pictures to be shown on a listing and those pictures should be free. As it is now, only one picture is free, whereas just a couple of months ago, they allowed up to six free pictures in a listing. They also need to change the selling page back to allow for pictures to be imported from outside sources more easily.
5) As far as graded cards go, only SGC, PSA and maybe Beckett and GAI should be allowed to be auctioned without some type of notice. If cards are in PRO, AAA, NASA or some other third rate or unknown company's holder, then a warning should have to be included in the listing saying that there is a good chance the card/s are altered (if authentic), cut outs from newspapers or magazines or are just flat out fakes or reproductions and that the buyer should be aware and bid accordingly.
Just my two cents,
David