I Will Never Sell On eBay Again

[BobbyStrawberry]

Yeah, eBay really, really sucks now. It's mostly museum listings and junk now.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Yeah, eBay really, really sucks now. It's mostly museum listings and junk now.

Still better than COMC.

I am guessing most of eBay sucking is from when everyone thought they might get a 1099 since many on there are actually running a business they called a hobby. I would love to hear how the audits turned out from those that got them.

[G1911]

I don't really get the objections so far.

1) eBay must have fees. They don't seem to be out of line; aside from collecting final value on sales tax.

2) The seller sets the shipping, not eBay. Undercharging for shipping is clearly not their fault.

3) I'm not clear why a new seller would object to having to follow through before payment.

4) The sales taxes and 1099's, whether one is for or against, is not eBay's choice and they have no choice at all.


I think a better criticism is that eBay employees at fairly senior levels have mailed death threats, stalked, and placed GPS tracking devices on the vehicles of some criticizing the platform. But that's just my opinion.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by G1911

I don't really get the objections so far.

1) eBay must have fees. They don't seem to be out of line; aside from collecting final value on sales tax.

2) The seller sets the shipping, not eBay. Undercharging for shipping is clearly not their fault.

3) I'm not clear why a new seller would object to having to follow through before payment.

4) The sales taxes and 1099's, whether one is for or against, is not eBay's choice and they have no choice at all.


I think a better criticism is that eBay employees at fairly senior levels have mailed death threats, stalked, and placed GPS tracking devices on the vehicles of some criticizing the platform. But that's just my opinion.

$421 sales, $337 after sales - eBay's fees are too high.

Can't get paid via PayPal, now have to use bank account, and have to wait until items received. Fair enough, reduces or eliminates fraud.

eBay computed the shipping. One item, a vintage program, worth WAY more than it sold for (nice, but I could live without it) was stated in description clearly would only be sent Priority Mail, due to scarcity and desirability. Buyer complained that $10 for eBay-computed was UNREASONABLE, quote. Ended up costing $19 to ship.

Each item ended up costing more than computed by eBay, $55 for 7 items, and eBay demanded tracking for each item.

I have sold on eBay, but not since 2017. I don't remember it being this annoying. But things have changed. In retrospect, I would have kept the items. I will not sell on eBay again.

Perhaps if I sold more, things would improve over time. I believe payouts come faster once you regularly sell. Also, the more high-value you sell, fee percentages lower.

It's not for me.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by jingram058

$421 sales, $337 after sales - eBay's fees are too high.

Can't get paid via PayPal, now have to use bank account, and have to wait until items received. Fair enough, reduces or eliminates fraud.

eBay computed the shipping. One item, a vintage program, worth WAY more than it sold for (nice, but I could live without it) was stated in description clearly would only be sent Priority Mail, due to scarcity and desirability. Buyer complained that $10 for eBay-computed was UNREASONABLE, quote. Ended up costing $19 to ship.

Each item ended up costing more than computed by eBay, $55 for 7 items, and eBay demanded tracking for each item.

I have sold on eBay, but not since 2017. I don't remember it being this annoying. But things have changed. In retrospect, I would have kept the items. I will not sell on eBay again.

Perhaps if I sold more, things would improve over time. I believe payouts come faster once you regularly sell. Also, the more high-value you sell, fee percentages lower.

It's not for me.

I don’t think you can reach many people without ~20% to the platform/house. That’s nornal, and on eBay is pretty much the top end only. One need not like it but that’s normal.

It is news to me that sellers no longer set the shipping cost and eBay forces them to use an undercharged amount set by eBay. Have never heard of this before or experienced it.

I really don’t understand the problem with providing tracking? Why would you not provide any evidence of fulfilling your end?

[raulus]

Welcome to the party, pal!

Pick your poison in terms of selling venue. If eBay doesn’t work, then I’m sure the BST here will be much better. At least if you sell through a non eBay AH, then you don’t have to deal with whining from the buyers.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Very few auction houses if any are going to take $60 items I wouldn't think. If you hate ebay fees, use the BST, but you're reaching a small fraction of the buying pool.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by raulus

Welcome to the party, pal!

Pick your poison in terms of selling venue. If eBay doesn’t work, then I’m sure the BST here will be much better. At least if you sell through a non eBay AH, then you don’t have to deal with whining from the buyers.

Agreed! I will do so. I rarely sell anything. BST is the way to do it going forward.