Survey: If you could change EBay....

[irv]

Originally Posted by antiquefootball

If you could change EBay to better suit your needs specifically as a buyer or seller of sports collectibles, how would you?

Chris Hornung
www.antiquefootball.com

Make shipping to Canada reasonable, or completely do away with Global shipping which also adds an import fee on top of it.

Fairly new to E-Bay and bidding, BIN etc so I can't comment on anything further.

[baseball tourist]

Originally Posted by irv

Make shipping to Canada reasonable, or completely do away with Global shipping which also adds an import fee on top of it.

Fairly new to E-Bay and bidding, BIN etc so I can't comment on anything further.

Amen. Global shipping program is criminal in the rates they charge.

[Abeabe]

Would like to be able to put more characters in title. If the bin was taken away, you would see reserves on many more auctions, that's for sure.

[Mark70Z]

I liked it when you could view the bidder ID's and also search them as well. At least that way I could see who's collections the items are in if I came out on the loosing end.

Also, don't like all the BIN; like when it was an auction site.

[cfhofer]

Agree with most above. Here are a few others..

- Allow seller option to extend auction 10 minutes from last bid.
- Buyer feedback automatically positive if payment received on time. Buyer can therefore be more honest on transaction.
- All bidder/seller communication regarding a live auction is made public.
- eBay assumes ultimate responsibility for customer satisfaction.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by cfhofer

Agree with most above. Here are a few others..

- Allow seller option to extend auction 10 minutes from last bid.
- Buyer feedback automatically positive if payment received on time. Buyer can therefore be more honest on transaction.
- All bidder/seller communication regarding a live auction is made public.
- eBay assumes ultimate responsibility for customer satisfaction.

Really like this: All bidder/seller communication regarding a live auction is made public.

Would keep all the scum from making off ebay offers to the seller and hopefully keep the scum sellers from pulling auctions and cancelling bids to sell off eBay.

I am not a fan of all the rules eBay has added but they got put there because of people trying to get around paying eBay their fees. I am guilty of it also. Back in the day I would list an item at the least I would take for it and then contact everyone who bid offering one to them at their bid price cutting out eBay even though I used their services to make the sales.

[gashouse34]

Do something...anything to punish non paying bidders appropriately.

[irv]

Originally Posted by baseball tourist

Amen. Global shipping program is criminal in the rates they charge.

It is definitely criminal, no other word to describe it!

After it was brought to my attention, and now seeing this under the card for sale, I don't even open the link anymore as I know, in a lot of cases, the shipping will be more than the actual card.

"Customs services and international tracking provided"

I am not sure how many "sellers" are aware of it, but if I were to guess, most don't?
I am not a seller so I have no idea why some choose it over others but I can only assume, when they sign up as a seller, this is an option that likely stands out and therefore they choose it unknowingly the pitfalls of doing so?

I can't help but think E-Bay or whoever is making out like bandits on the backs of those who use this shipping option?