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New eBay policy starting late October
Posted By: Richard Dwyer
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New eBay policy starting late October
Posted By: leon
I know a lot of folks think ebay is STILL the best thing going...and it might be. But, this action is going to cost them dearly......imo.....What a tremendous mistake.......This might be their biggest one yet...again, imo... |
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Posted By: Dan Bretta
Well by the time ebay is completely run into the ground by their new CEO I hope there is a law against the golden parachute I'm sure he is hoping to retire on. |
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New eBay policy starting late October
Posted By: D. C. Markel
Amazing isn't it how a company that basically has a monopoly for on-line selling with the common folk can do such a stupendous job of running a business into the ground. I plan to dump the remainder of my inventory before this "Paypal only" policy is enforced. It's crystal clear to me that the people running this outfit don't have a clue of the dynamics of everyday buying and selling that goes on. |
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Posted By: Ed Hans
PayPal is a bad joke and I will not accept it as a form of payment. I wonder if someone will challenge the new policy in court. It's been a great eight years selling on ebay, but like you, I'm going to dump as much of my post war inventory as I can for the next six weeks. I'll set up at a few more shows and use the B/S/T for the better stuff. |
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Posted By: whitehse
I have not sold anything on Ebay in almost a year and to be honest I really dont miss it. I was not going to bash them because my not selling was a matter of me just being burned out on listing, emailing and shipping! But now I think I will bash. This is the worst idea they have come up with and it will cost them dearly I believe. |
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Posted By: Chris
As a 10 year seller on Ebay, I understand the argument made here, but have to tell you that while I am a small-time seller (once was a power seller briefly), that currently allows buyers to use paypal or money orders, over 90% of them choose to use paypal. My purchases are all made via paypal, and if it isn't accepted I am faced with heading down to the Post office or bank and paying a service charge to buy a MO. I just don't have time for this. If you aren't working elsewhere full time and have to kids, etc. perhpas the ease of paypal is not a bonus, but for me, I think it works well. chris |
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Posted By: Lance
I guess Ebay is just trying to reach the same plateau of our wonderful oil industry. |
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Posted By: Richard Dwyer
Once a seller gave me the wrong email address to send the money to using paypal. (email address was wrong by one letter) Paypal refused to stop that payment, and double charged me $400 twice. I ended up having my bank cancel the credit card, and reissue another. Paypal likes to screw people and then draw interest over their own mistakes. |
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Posted By: D. Bergin
Saw this coming from a mile away. |
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Posted By: leon
I agree with you about the ease of taking and sending paypal. That is not a dispute from me (though the horror stories I have heard have a lot of merit). The problem here is FORCING a square peg into a round hole. Many, many folks absolutely hate paypal.....I see this move as hurting ebay's bottom line...in the short, mid and long run.... |
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Posted By: Jay
As a buyer only I love the change. I tend not to bid on non-paypal auctions just because it is too slow a process. |
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Posted By: brian
I think Leon is correct and this policy will be the one that cooks eBay's goose. I have always preferred to pay with checks and money orders, but will finally have to sign up for a PayPal account in the next couple of days and not happy with having to do so. One of my favorite sellers just posted their very 1st auction with "PayPal only" allowed. And they have listed an item that I have never seen listed on eBay before and maybe only 4 times in the last 20 years. Incredibly, the same item is also for sale in another internet auction right now, but it ends today and the bid is a little more than I am willing to pay. |
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Posted By: robert a
Ebay is losing me. Why do they continue to alienate their sellers? |
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New eBay policy starting late October
Posted By: Mark
Did anyone else receive the Ebay Magazine recently sent in the mail? It was insulting/condescending, and encouraged things like "Offering free shipping to increase your DSR Rating" They also want you to include colored packing slips, and thank you notes in professionally-packed boxes. Things that few people have extra time for (those of us with other jobs, anyway...) |
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Posted By: Iggy...
I can't wait until PAYPAL raises its fees! Hopefully, early next year. Aferall, providing the best customer service and most secure method of payment has associated cost(s). |
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Posted By: Rob Fouch
Ebay seems to have declared war on sellers -- or at least small-time ones like me. I'm a tag sale junkie and go out every weekend looking for records, books, etc. to sell for extra cash. I've been able to make an average of $200-$300 a week -- sometimes more if I make a nice find -- just doing it in my off hours from my real job. But ebay's making it tougher and tougher. |
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Posted By: Alan U
I've always preferred to pay via paypal, but the chargebacks do scare me a little bit when receiving payments. |
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Posted By: D. Bergin
Sorry, but I've yet to run into anybody who has had their checking account hijacked after sending somebody else a check. |
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New eBay policy starting late October
Posted By: boxingcardman
I can see the hamster wheels turning in their brains: 'If we limit the choices to our integrated payment system and some fictional third party system, we will pick up 3% of every sale in addition to our fees." They probably did a Ford Pinto cost/benefit on this one and decided that a % drop in traffic is worth the % gain in fees. That they will erode the best brand in the business by alienating an entire segment of the populace is irrelevant to them, I guess. As far as Ebay's long term planning and client interactions go, a nutless monkey could do a better job: |
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Posted By: leon
I had my checking account hijacked about a yr ago....it had nothing to do with cards or ebay or paypal though. It was a check my wife gave to get my little girl a haircut. Bank of America was awesome and said..."sorry 'bout ya' vendors".....I had my $500 back within 24 hours.....and the folks that took the check(s) were out of their money (they didn't get good id on the person cashing them).....It can happen....but other things are more probable..... |
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Posted By: LetGoBucs
I can understand them putting something out that requires sellers to offer buyers the option of using Paypal....but to mandate using it doesn't make a lot of sense to me. |
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Posted By: Steve Dawson
Well, as a buyer, I love Paypal for it's ease and quickness. Very rarely do I bid on an auction where Paypal is not accepted; and I flat-out will not bid if the seller only accepts money orders. I am not blind however, and can tell that if ebay pisses off a majority of it's sellers, and the sellers leave, there will be very little to nothing for us buyers to buy. Then, we buyers will be pissed off. |
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Posted By: kogara
i know im finished with ebay. enough is enough. |
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Posted By: Kenneth A. Cohen
"I guess Ebay is just trying to reach the same plateau of our wonderful oil industry." |
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Posted By: Matt
EBay announced today that they are letting go 10% of their workforce (1000 employees)... |
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Posted By: Dan Bretta
Wow! That new CEO of theirs sure is the bee's knees. |
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Posted By: paulstratton
Don't you mean golden shower? |
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Posted By: Bruce Babcock
I've gone from averaging one ebay transaction per week as a buyer to one in the last 90 days. I'm certainly not the only one. |
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New eBay policy starting late October
Posted By: Dan Bretta
I have seen a dropoff in the number of auction items and a huge increase in the number of fixed price listings. What genius thought EBAY would be better off turning into Overstock.com when they had 99.9% of the market share of internet auctions? |
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Posted By: Steve Murray
"Wow! That new CEO of theirs sure is the bee's knees." |
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New eBay policy starting late October
Posted By: davidcycleback
I had read that eBay used to be the envy of online sellers, as it never physically had or handled the merchandise. They made their money on stuff they never touched-- what a sweet deal! Other sellers, like amazon.com and Barnes and Noble, had the cumbersome and costly task of owning and handling the merchandise. Today, the situation has switched. As amazon owns and ships most of the merchandise, they have control over shipping time, authenticity, packaging, etc-- and their quality control is excellent. eBay on the other hand has had problems with these things and is at the mercy of the eBay sellers. Thus, eBay is trying to take more control over shipping, authenticity, etc by clamping down on the sellers. As amazon has increased its inventory-- food to vitamins to CDs to microscopes to clothes-- many every day customers prefer to go there for their needs. So much of ebay's back breaking competition hasn't come from auction houses, as many envisioned, but from online sellers who physically handle and control the merchandise. |
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New eBay policy starting late October
Posted By: scott fandango
i think some of you may be missing EBAY's point.... |
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New eBay policy starting late October
Posted By: davidcycleback
The PayPal only policy isn't designed to please sellers or buyers, but to make money. If they wanted to please buyers and sellers, they would allow eBay users to use the payment method of their choice, including PayPal. Many users, including I, use PayPal, but many prefer different payment methods. |
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New eBay policy starting late October
Posted By: Alan U
With the increased % of fixed price items listed, it sure does seem to promote "outside of ebay" deals between good sellers/buyers. That can't be good for ebay. |
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