eBay Showing Sellers the Door?

Wow! Is it our imagination or is eBay (EBAY) showing their sellers the door? Anyone checking their feedback in the last twenty-four hours was in for a quick reality check. While the new changes to feedback increased overall feedback totals, feedback overall percentages (for many) went straight into the toilet. If you were a seller, who was on the cusp of surpassing that magic number (in total feedbacks) to achieve a new star rating, you might have just went from red to purple but, got double-slapped when you noticed that your overall feedback percentage took a whack as well.

Want to link to your off-eBay store? Guess what? More changes there as well. In fact, the changes just keep coming in waves. The Keyword Spam policy is changing to more of a Search & Browse Manipulation Policy which will level the playing field and ensure that the Buyer Experience is NOT harmed.

Is your DSR below 4.5? Get ready for the Dashboard of Death (for sales) as the system will state to buyers if you "need improvement", are simply a "poor" seller or just "unacceptable" as a seller. If you have a DSR of 4.7 or higher then you just might find yourself at the top of the food chain.

In my humble opinion, all of these changes makes one wonder if eBay is simply showing sellers the door. If eBay is moving more toward an Amazon (AMZN) business model, then it might be that these little announcements (which are not little at all) all add up to the self-removal of many eBay sellers and in essence, showing them the door without any of the fuss that might come along through a variety of legal claims.

How many more changes are on the way? Who knows. However, it might get worse before it gets better and any good news (that comes along) seems to be "good" for the minority and not the majority. If sellers can no longer leave negative feedback for buyers then it would appear as though what might being played out is a modern day version of Gladiator and it's the buyers who will eventually slay the sellers on behalf of the Emperor.

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Comments

[sozzle:]

Not only that, but ebay increased their already exhorbitant fees for selling. When you factor in the "added value fee" and the fee that their corporate son Paypal takes, sellers are into ebay for a lot, and get nothing but the listing in return.
Clearly, ebay is geared toward buyers. The dispute system is set up to favor buyers, which in my estimation will lead to more fraudulent claims.
A buyer can say he never received an item and if the seller can't prove that it was delivered then the buyer is entitled to get his money back.

Let the buyer beware? Ebay is re-writing this old saw. Let the seller beware.

2008 May 21 08:22 AM

[sanchez362:]

That door leads straight to the GLOBAL EBAY BOYCOTT! WE are DONE rolling over and accepting ebay's DICTATORSHIP! What happened to ebay's "we are just a venue" and not subject to any governing laws stand? It's right up there with ebay's trickery with "Paypal's Not a Bank", so we don't have to follow those governing laws there, either.

Now, ebay's plan to sell listing space to unsuspecting sellers and then hide those listings is PLAIN & EVIDENT. Abedding abusers by hiding their IDs and giving them FALSE feedback is also a new POLICY. Ebay is replacing neutral feedback value (given to the sellers by the buyers, NOT by ebay) with negative feedback value for EVERY seller on it's site. Ebay is handing ALL buyers only positive feedback potential from May 19th on, regardless of their abusive actions, past or present.

powersellersunite.com

THE GLOBAL EBAY BOYCOTT HAS BEGUN!!!

2008 May 21 08:53 AM

[parrot-dice:]

eBay was the only place where the regular "Joe or Jane" could actually make a good living buying and reselling. I loved ebay but it certainly isnt loving me back. It seems like eBay sold out to eliminate the private seller and left the seller out in the cold naked and unarmed. You broke not only my heart but also the paypal account with ever increasing fees.
Shame on you eBay!!!

2008 May 21 09:31 AM

[maxbid:]

My advice: Short eBay stock and make money that way.

2008 May 21 09:38 AM

[honeymooner:]

And all of this is only BENEFITTING OnlineAuction.com (OLA.com). If you haven't checked OLA out, now's the time. Rest in peace, Ebay...............

2008 May 21 09:43 AM

[bluesmoke:]

I've tried to keep an open mind about Ebay. As a seller, I've made a lot of money over the years. But it's viability is coming to an end. And Craigslist has been a Godsend. Now I plan to mostly buy, and not sell.

2008 May 21 09:55 AM

[fellowex:]

Wow, look at all the anti-buyer bias! For years it's been all about the sellers, and now that eBay is trying to bring balance, the sellers talk about "buyer abuse"? LIke what? Sending you all pennies? If buyers don't pay, you have recourse. If sellers deliver different than what they promised, or slower, or not at all, buyers now get to leave a reputation score without fear of retribution. Boo-hoo.

If you hate buyers that much, you need to go. And you'll get chased from the next place, too.

2008 May 21 10:13 AM

[A Rothman:]

fellowex, there are plenty of eBay buyers who have simply no vested interest in completing the transaction. Such as the guy who has only one positive rating and won't pay for a auction win because I won't let him pick up his item. The listing clearly stated no pick ups. He doesn't participate much or if at all. He doesn't care if his feedback rating is bad or low. He could just open a new account.

Or the other 'lady' (and I do use that term very loosely), who couldn't come up with the money and declined to pay. Then she pays much later after I had left for vacation. She has the nerve to leave me negative feedback. Again, an eBay member who has a low positive feedback number and doesn't care about her feedback.

Yes, as a seller, I do have recourse. But I just wasted a lot of time listing, going through the motions to get my final fees back from eBay. And if I am selling tickets, time is ticking. Everyday wasted is a day closer to these tickets becoming worthless. I couldn't sell those tickets to the second bidder listed above and I lost $400 in cost of the tickets and my potential profit.

It is these small eBay members who don't care about the rules, do whatever they want, don't read the listings, and want to make up their own rules as they go- they are ruining the eBay experience.

eBay simply doesn't care about the sellers in an effort to attract more bum buyers.

2008 May 21 10:33 AM

[Et tu, Brute!:]

Ebay is moving toward an arena much like Amazon.

The problem with which eBay is completely clueless, is a position of integrity. Ebay has NONE. Soon, only junk will remain, or items I can hop, skip, and jump to pick up at places such as Walmart and places for more highend items. Where returns and exchanges will be much less a hassle.

The unique and specialty items are rapidly disappearing.

Ebay doesn't know the first thing about integrity. Their position is one of pretty much getting away with everything they can possibly get away with.

There are other sites out there. They are growing. Let's repeat that... they are growing. Ebay wasn't built overnight. It was hard work, diligence, and perserverance by the sellers. I admire those folks more than words can tell. They built that site by the most admirable work ethic, creativity, and diligence.

I have left eBay completely. I moved all my items to Amazon and wow, my sales took off! Believe it or not, there are a multitude of customers out there who won't touch places such as eBay. Never. It will never be something they will bother with. The beaurocracy isn't worth it, and the security non-existant. Or they're just not interested. But they will shop on Amazon.

You can sell everything from books, clothes, to depression glass there on Amazon! And it is a snap to to manage, MUCH less time-consuming. Amazon has a businesslike ethic, none of this "We are family". When family stabs you in the back, the fallout is mean and ugly and messy.

Eventually I will expand to other specialty sites. But I am remain, for now, interested in how far eBay will go. I'll never be a seller thru eBay again. Ebay is untrustworty. The ship won't sink overnight. I think over time, possibly several years, ebay will have set sail to a venue of complete mediocrity, and yeah, much of it will be overseas buyers who don't, perhaps, have a Walmart in town. (Now, there's a thought!)

I'm not striking. Striking implies return at some future date. Not happening. I won't be returning in any capacity, buyer or, certainly, not seller.

And I WILL support the growing other sites.

2008 May 21 10:44 AM

[leapingcat:]

Put one one side for a moment the complaints of sellers, valid and important as they are. Ebay's presumed policy of trying to become another Amazon will just not work, Amazon are investing heavily in logistics and IT systems and are beginning to share their expertise and offer these systems with other sellers. All Ebay can offer is outdated systems that are creaking at the seams, leaving customer service to crude automated responses, and policing the site left to its users, with all the potential problems that that could bring. For too long, Ebay have cut corners to maximise short term profits. I think that the title of this article could now easily be changed to 'Sellers showing Ebay the door?'

2008 May 21 10:45 AM

[fellowex:]

Oh yeah, I get it. eBay shareholders benefit by attracting bum buyers? THink about it. Bad buyer experience means lack of repeat buying. Less goods sold. Not only bad for eBay shareholders (after all, this is an investment site), but bad for legit sellers because there aren't as many real users to transact. Sure, you have some bs buyers. Think of all the things that can go wrong on the buy side. eBay is acting responsibly. A quality seller recognizes the occasional high-maintenance buyer as a cost of doing business, but doesn't whine about "abuse".

2008 May 21 10:48 AM

[Et tu, Brute!:]

To leapingcat:

Exactly! Every line, well stated!

2008 May 21 10:54 AM

[desertheat:]

I've been an Ebay member since it's inception. One thing is clear...the sellers ARE the buyers and the buyers are also sellers. Most sellers have 2-3 accounts. One for selling, one for buying and one for posting on forums. It's the sellers that are on the site every day. They buy most of their packing supplies, electronics, etc. on ebay. A seller is not a casual user as many of the people who are only registered to buy are. If ebay continues to brow beat their customers (the sellers) they will lose them as buyers as well. Many sellers are opening their own stores, websites, flocking to Amazon etc. This last ebay blunder put many Ebay Powersellers over the edge. The future of ebay will be nothing more than an empty online discount store with nothing but seconds, factory rejects, etc. The core will be long gone. Thank about it. What drove buyers to ebay years ago in the first place? Something that they couldn't find anywhere else but there (Antiques & hard to find items for their collections). Take that away (the small sellers) and people will have no reason to shop on ebay.


On May 21 10:13 AM fellowex wrote:

> Wow, look at all the anti-buyer bias! For years it's been all about
> the sellers, and now that eBay is trying to bring balance, the sellers
> talk about "buyer abuse"? LIke what? Sending you all pennies? If
> buyers don't pay, you have recourse. If sellers deliver different
> than what they promised, or slower, or not at all, buyers now get
> to leave a reputation score without fear of retribution. Boo-hoo.
>
>
> If you hate buyers that much, you need to go. And you'll get chased
> from the next place, too.

2008 May 21 12:07 PM

[desertheat:]

I've been an Ebay member since it's inception. One thing is clear...the sellers ARE the buyers and the buyers are also sellers. Most sellers have 2-3 accounts. One for selling, one for buying and one for posting on forums. It's the sellers that are on the site every day. They buy most of their packing supplies, electronics, etc. on ebay. A seller is not a casual user as many of the people who are only registered to buy are. If ebay continues to brow beat their customers (the sellers) they will lose them as buyers as well. Many sellers are opening their own stores, websites, flocking to Amazon etc. This last ebay blunder put many Ebay Powersellers over the edge. The future of ebay will be nothing more than an empty online discount store with nothing but seconds, factory rejects, etc. The core will be long gone. Thank about it. What drove buyers to ebay years ago in the first place? Something that they couldn't find anywhere else but there (Antiques & hard to find items for their collections). Take that away (the small sellers) and people will have no reason to shop on ebay.

2008 May 21 12:07 PM

[Nyx DarkSky:]

Ebay was a full time, 24/7 job for me, and paid about 75% of my bills until this past year of their craziness. I have been selling (auctions only) on ebay since 2003, and have managed to keep a 100% Positive Feedback until Monday. NOW it's 99.9 which really torks me off.

I have never worked for anyone and have always been my own boss, even as a kid. So I get customer relations. If you don't have good customer relations than you don't make money to pay the bills. So, I firmly believe in giving 100% good Customer Service as well as 100% Customer Satisfaction.. But with that said, when it comes to ebay, My nose is brown from kissing so many butt, not to mention pretty much giving the house away to keep the feedback, to keep the sales up, to pay the bills. Now, with ebay's new changes, Buyers are harassing sellers by saying either give me 2 for 1 (if they pay at all) or I'm leaving Negative feedback.

I have watched 5 years of my life, not to mention hard work go down the drain at the hands of someone else. That ole School of Hard Knocks has defiantly taught me a good lesson with this one.

I WOKE UP!! I like everyone else am pretty much done with ebay. Why put the $ in their pocket when I can put it in my own. Good Example, the eBay store. Can we say "Wake Up" people! Why pay ebay for a store when it's to easy and FREE to create your own? Trust me when I say, eBay get's very little $ out of me now.

When I stopped thinking that ebay was the next best thing to cheerios, I turned the table on them and used them to my advantage. Now, I use eBay for (MY) non ebay store Advertising. It's all in the wording people... I list a few auctions for pennies, customers buy, then I direct them to my store where I have over 1000 other items for sale. Also, the name of my non ebay store, and the name on my ebay auctions are exactly the same, BUT, on ebay I just left off the .com. The funny part to the whole thing is there's nothing they can do about it other than give me free advertising... Why should I fork out the money for advertising? Let ebay pay my advertising cost. As they say, there's more than one way to skin a ebay cat.

Also, what (I feel) a lot of people are missing is the fact that ebay is a people driven business. Think of ebay like this: Ebay is a big warehouse with a whole lot of empty shelves. People are the ones that fill the ebay shelves. If they do not have stock on their shelves all they have is a big warehouse with a whole lot of empty shelves. Bottom line, No Sellers, No Buyers. No Buyers, No Ebay! It's only a matter of time, ebay has totally shot themselves in the foot with this one.

Last tid bit I promise. As for the ebay fee's, (my 2 cents), you pay fee's for every thing now days. Shoot, Credit Cards charge you a fee just for looking at them, not to mention using them. Also, heaven help you if you have a balance. Credit Card company's are now charging you fee's on your balance twice a month. So, for me the fee thing wasn't a big issue, it was more principle.

Ebay, are you listening? You never push off the people that built you, because trust me, they will tear you down just as fast as they built you up.

Thank you for allowing me to post my 2 cents.
Nyx DarkSky

2008 May 21 02:26 PM

[LilyGail:]

Sure looks like this is eBay's intent. Slay the sellers!

2008 May 21 02:55 PM

[LilyGail:]

WOW! Some great posts here!

Love your idea, DarkSky. Thanks.

desertheat, you took the words right out of my mouth. Great post!

2008 May 21 03:00 PM

[Nyx DarkSky:]

Thank you LilyGail..

desertheat, I totally agree with what you've said...

As for ebay though, I can't tell you how many of my friends have closed their doors, closed their paypal accounts and walked away... Now when you do a search instead of 20 to 30 thousand items, your luck if their's 1000..

Me, personally, I wasn't never a big buyer on ebay.. You'd think after 5 years on their I'd be able to tell a good seller from a bad.. BUT, nope!, the few times I did buy something I got shafted.. So I guess that's what broke me from buying.

If you do the math on it, by the time you buy some big retail'ers item on ebay, and pay shipping, It would of been cheaper to go to Wal-mart and by it, even with gas at $4.00 a gal.

Also, I just read on here (somewhere lol) that with the new search thing on ebay, people have found a way to beat it by typing in "New" 6 times in the title of the item.

2008 May 21 03:14 PM

[desertheat:]

Thank you LilyGail! It's unfortunate but true!


On May 21 03:00 PM LilyGail wrote:

> WOW! Some great posts here!
>
> Love your idea, DarkSky. Thanks.
>
> desertheat, you took the words right out of my mouth. Great post!

2008 May 21 03:35 PM

[desertheat:]

I'm watching the stock trickle down. I'm getting out. Meg dump her shares yet..?....lol

2008 May 21 03:38 PM

[desertheat:]

Also, it's great to see Craigslist standing up to the Ebay Giant. Ebay can't control the party with their 25%. It will be interesting in the next few weeks to watch how that shakes out!

2008 May 21 03:41 PM

[momseller:]

Buyers have not been brow beaten, that is insane. Your feedback does not inhibit you from buying in the least. As a seller and buyer, I know that I have not left appropriate feedback (meaning negatives) for a plethora of buyers who did not pay, were rude/abusive in emails, and even a couple that did a chargeback months after the transaction was complete. Why do those "great buyers" deserve positive feedback? Feedback extortion works both ways, in my opinion, in the cases that involved non payment, I didn't leave deserved negatives because I would get one in return, which WOULD hurt my selling ability. And your listing fees are NOT refunded, only the FVFs , if your item sells on the next relist, then your fees are free for an unpaid item, but if it doesn't, you're stuck paying them again. Not to mention the work involved with each listing.

Sellers cannot leave anything but positive for transactions, however, unscrupulous buyers can leave negatives or neutrals (which both now count against the seller) AND poor DSRs. So sellers end up being placed at the end of searches due to ebay telling buyers that 4 stars are good, but sellers are punished for less than 5. Not to mention the confusing wording of the dsrs- how can something be more than accurate? If it is accurate, that's it.

Over 2500 transactions and I'm gone. One neutral from a buyer who said her 2 yr old found the pants "itchy" and my 100% went to 99.6 with the new system. A neutral because a two year old child has an issue with the material her own mother chose, yeah, count me out.

2008 May 21 03:47 PM

[desertheat:]

I think at one time I was ebay's best "cheerleader". From 1998 to 2005 I spent countless hours teaching people how to use the site. I'd venture to guess that I was among the first in my city to become a seller. It was good for me at the time but like everything else, things move on and progress. Business takes different paths and changes are made ...that is good. But unfortunately for the past year Ebay and I haven't been on the same page. I just hope they don't destroy the entire site. I have a feeling that they are taking this "I don't care about the sellers viewpoint" because they are rapidly trying to expand in the European market. And we all know how that's going for them...downhill very quickly! Europeans don't tolerate as much B.S. as we American's do.

2008 May 21 03:49 PM

[Et tu, Brute!:]

In agreement with desertheat. Europe has now outpaced the U.S. in ebay revenue and therefore seems to be catering to that purpose and expanding also an Asian market. But to what purpose? By the same token, ebay is also rattling these market's cages fairly hard! Getting funds out of Paypal is a nightmare for other countries! Seems like a company bent on eventual self destruct.

Meg Whitman may have been brilliant, but was shortsighted with no long distance vissionary aptitude. In no way did she grow a healthy company able to go the distance with an equally healthy future. Grasping at immediate profit she steered the ship into a corner! Seeing this coming (she's greedy, but not a fool!), a patsy was sought (look at his track record and tell me I'm wrong!) found and groomed. And she's off the hook!

2008 May 21 04:17 PM

[monib1969:]

FELLOWEX.....

One thing you are not realizing is that the extortion on sellers has already begun by buyers that now know we as sellers have no recourse. Even E-Bay isn't considering these threats as genuine.... give me a partial refund or I'll leave negative feedback .... Not to mention that with adding neutrals as negatives many powersellers are now losing their Powerseller status becasue not only has the percentage rate dropped because of this as percentage is now calcualted on 12 months only not total feedback score, but E-Bay raised the powerseller status requirement from 97% up to 98%. Now why would they do this???? Because it fattens EBAY'S bottom line if they do not have to offer Powerseller discounts on listings and benefits that Powersellers receive.

So there is a method behind their madness and it is all about how they can increase theit bottom line and keep more cash in the bank. It'snot for the seller or the buyer, it's a clean simple way to fatten the corporate stock.

2008 May 21 04:36 PM

[bodaman:]

Ebay leadership consists of ruthless, cut-throat, near sighted bureaucrats. It is so simple-bad sellers should get negatives and dead beat buyers should get negative feedback. This is perfect for all the scammer buyers out there. Just bid on bunches of similar items and just pay for some. I think I might try Ebay's new system of WELCOME ABOARD DEADBEATS

2008 May 21 05:02 PM

[bodaman:]

Here is my new POSITIVE Feedback for deadbeat buyers who don't pay

DEADBEAT LOSER DOESN"T PAY UNDER EBAY"S NEW FEEDBACK POLICY

2008 May 21 05:15 PM

[saveyourself:]

I sell new items on Ebay and have only had a few really bad buyers. But I am really afraid of these new Feedback and DRS systems. (People buy these "new" high end items on Ebay because of the great discounts that you can not get in the walk-in stores.) If Ebay is trying to stop a certain tyoe if seller (fleamarket) why not just make the sellers be authoried dealers of the items they are selling. I hate it when another seller buys from me just to turn around and try to sell the items out of their homes. I do not understand how they plan on making a profit. I would love to see this type of seller leave. They do nothing but mess things up on Ebay. If there is a problem with the item, they can not help the buyer like a true dealer can. I love collecting vintage dolls and I have found some great one on Ebay. So I hope sellers of true unqiue items stay and the "want to be" sellers leave!

2008 May 21 05:19 PM

[fellowex:]

monib1969:

The new feedback changes include a policy on Buyer-attempted feedback extortion.

2008 May 21 05:33 PM

[Paypal's in...:]

I could care less about the stupid rule about not being able to leave negative or neutral feedback, because I learned 5 years, when I got hit with a negative, from a deadbeat bidder, that it wasn't worth it. They only retaliate and ruin your feedback. He lied on his feedback to me, saying I threatned him and his family and ebay would never remove it. 750 tranactions later, that has been my ONLY negative feedback. I knew I would never hit 100% again, but I was still proud of my 99.9%. Then, I had one lady, 3 months ago, tell me she did NOT want to hurt my feedback rating, but left me a neutral and was still very happy. So, how does ebay have the right, to go in and change her mind and turn that neutral, into a negative. That is like your bank saying, "Our bank, now charges a fee at OUR atms" and then go in and retroactively charge the fee, for every atm use, prior to the new policy. Would you stand for that?

I closed my store yesterday, ended all my auctions and cleared out my Paypal account and will not sell, until they fix my feedback.

DISGRUNTLED!!!!

2008 May 21 06:06 PM

[Patricia013:]

Its clear to me that ebay is eliminating small sellers - first every change was one against sellers but with some benefit to powersellers - such as powersellers have a 7 day grace period before a buyer can neg him...small sellers can get negged immediately. Powersellers may send to unconfirmed address in Paypal and still be covered - small sellers cannot. Powersellers with a 12 month safe record are deemed "trustworthy" and get discounted fees - small sellers (even me with 10 years of 100 percent - get NOTHING). So, any small seller who isn't scoping out other sites don't be surprised when you find the ebay door locked on you one day - don't be a fool - start diversifying NOW!

2008 May 21 06:15 PM

[momseller:]

fellowex- Yes there is a policy, but you only get canned responses and no results. Ebay is spending all it's manpower on removing false negative comments from buyers accounts that they are not dealing with any problems from sellers.

As well as selling, I bought a lot on ebay as well, I've done no selling or buying there since April and have no interest in going back. The "other" sites may be in their young years, but sellers have been dealt the last straw and the only ones ebay is really forcing to leave are the good, honest sellers who already bend over backwards for their customers.

My loyal customers who I found on ebay have followed me to my new venue and have continued to buy from me. MY customer service is not the issue, ebay on the other hand needs to take a good look in the mirror and reexamine their choices. Once you drive someone away, they will not be back. Trust is gone.

2008 May 21 06:54 PM

[Catlover:]

I've sold on ebay for over 9 years and am SICK and tired of the way they've been treating us loyal sellers. I am checking other selling venues and listed several items on ecrater. It's completely free, no listing fees, final value fees, picture fees, etc. It certainly doesn't have the traffic yet that ebay does, but I'm sure as more & more of us disgruntled sellers leave ebay behind, these other venues will grow. THe feedback issue and the requirement of HAVING to have Paypal as a form of paying (more money for Greedbay) have about driven me out the door. I typed in "ecrater" under ebay's search engine and see that (for now) a few sellers have linked directly to their ecrater stores, though I imagine ebay will end that practice. They do allow a link on your "about me" page, so I may list a few small things and then direct others to my "about me" page so I can hopefully get some of my loyal buyers to follow me to an alternate site. I think ebay's best days are certainly behind them, and they seem intent on driving out the small "mom & pop" sellers away....

2008 May 21 07:29 PM

[pyro261:]

I think eBay has gone mad!
If they think that they will make more money in this way they have a rude awakening when they have to report next quarter’s numbers.
You feedback isn’t the biggest attraction to a buyer as your item.
I have seen this happening little by little over the years and I as my friends who where power sellers on eBay have opened our own websites and the fees that eBay would normally charge us we now use for advertisements.
I hope one day that eBay will burn in their wake of stupidity.
EBay will learn a lesson when all their sellers move to Craig’s list where they can do the same thing and for nearly free! And they won’t need an over charging PayPal to get paid!
I see no reason for the recent PayPal increases if the company doesn’t have any rising expenses every year. They are hurting the sellers who will not maybe but will definitely leave eBay sooner rather than later due to lower profits with new fees and eBay’s stupidity!

2008 May 21 07:32 PM

[Et tu, Brute!:]

Ebay is banking its future on a world market for increasing their coffers of billions. In the process, the contempt ebay has displayed for the peopled foundion of their riches is despicable. Complete and absolute is their contempt. What seller in their right mind could contemplate staying if they've other venue's and are willing to work hard! It's a wonder their "supporters" do not hang their heads in shame! I'd be mortified to be known as the cheerleading side of ebay!

2008 May 21 08:01 PM

[a_e_collect...:]

hello all.
i have read so many post on feedback.it got me to think.
ebay still gets paid. my thought.

you as seller list items .
1. cost money to list.
2 buyer hits buy it now or wins auction. ( closing cost.)
3 buyer don't pay. what to do. hummmmm file npb hope to get fees back and a neg.

or ebay thinks seller wont file npb. because seller don't want neg from buyer.

ebay gets the benefits of final value fees .
now you sell the same item and do it all over again.

my thought is that ebay thought this up more than less for the buyers way so ebay cant refund no money. to you as seller.

did i get it right ebay. you was losing money before this by crediting sellers there fees now you don't have to. well here is your negative feedback . i just told my partner that had a store and ebay running he shut down and moved to different site. i offer dot well i cant say lol

good luck ebay now youll have a rash of crooked buyers that can buy pay with credit cards and paypal get there item then file claims free items and refund and wow and get to keep 100% feedback rating. seller loses money item and as a bonus gets neg feedback. what a trade off .

2008 May 21 08:04 PM

[Et tu, Brute!:]

And it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why Ebay Live! 2008 was cancelled!

2008 May 21 08:17 PM

[ENDER1477:]

SCREW EBAY!

2008 May 21 08:42 PM

[mikedixonpaine:]

From the feedback abuse policy---


Feedback Abuse


Feedback comments containing any of the following are not permitted:


Negative statements that conflict with a positive rating

pages.ebay.com/help/po...


Violations of this policy may result in a range of actions, including:

Listing cancellation

Limits on account privileges

Account suspension

Forfeit of eBay fees on cancelled listings

Loss of PowerSeller status

Feedback rating and/or comment removal

and if you try to leave a positive negative, they can pull it too or suspend the sellers account.

what a joke

2008 May 21 08:49 PM

[LilyGail:]

This is a little off topic but saveyourself mentioned buying vintage dolls. I sell what is called "reborn" dolls. tinyurl.com/52z82l (you'll have to paste the url in your browser)Take a baby dolls, strip it of paint and hair, paint the doll, give it new rooted hair or a wig. Long process and price can vary from $100 to $10,000. (the exception) I would imagine that vintage dolls work the same way in bidding. Get 2 people who really want the doll and you get a really good price. Fixed pricing would really limit sellers in getting a really high price. If you looked at the site, you see there are almost 2000 reborns listed. You can't tell me ebay doesn't make money on items such as these. So far ebay is the only viable market for reborn dolls. Some of us are sellers are trying desperately to lure buyers to new auction sites that are springing up but have had little success. My hope is that more and more sellers will follow us to these new sites once the buyer demands on ebay become too much for them.

2008 May 21 09:21 PM

[afra:]

It's gay.... it's pure gay. The following cases happened to me before the new feedback system was launched. You can expect worse situations are gonna happened from now on !!! <3 eBay


#1 n00b buyers expect you to deliever their goods in person the next min after the payment is made. If it's not arrived on the time {they expect} it to be, NEGATIVE FEEDBACK !!!

"No item after payment is made, BS"
(XXXX you, you pay for $5 for shipping and want me to overnight it to you? You must be out of your XXXXing mind!!)

#2 N00b buyers don't know who the XXXX is doing the delievery. If the item is damaged by UPX, USPX, FEDXX etc, they blame on you !!

" Item is arrived damaged, bad buyer experience, don' t buy again!"
(XXXX you !! You have no idea who the XXXX is doing the delievery. NOT the seller but the shipping carrier u got it huh?)

#3 n00b buyers expect you to reply email and answer phone calls 24/7. If your email is not replied within 5 mins, NEGATIVE FEEDBACK!!
"Sent serveral emails, no replied, called couple times, no one answer the phone"
(XXXX you. You XXXXing sent me an email every 5 mins on saturday and tell me you sent me 10 emails with no reply? What the XXXX is wrong with you !!! i clearly say that our business hour is mon-fri 9am - 6pm pst !!! Learn to read mother XXXXER. You said i don't answer your phone calls ? XXXX you !!!! Don't XXXXing call us at 11PM at night you mother XXXXER !!!!! EVERYONE NEEDS SLEEPING!!!!

#4 N00b buyers never know that everyone can make mistake, they want the item in perfect condition, same as discriped ETC. When you send them a wrong item. They will not resolve it with you but:
File claim on paypal > File dispute > Get back the money > keep the item > laugh at sellers for doing fraud successfully.
"Item is not as discripted, bad seller"
(XXXX you!!! What the XXXX do you still want !!! you are not willing to work with me but just XXXXing file dispute. Now you have both the money and item huh? I'll slap on your XXXXing face with my heel k ? k)


well.... im tired.... someone continue please. Thank you

2008 May 21 09:57 PM

[Et tu, Brute!:]

Do you get this vitriol, ebay?

Ebay does not have our back and we have bounced off the floor one too many times! ! !

It is time for the little naughty ebay child to grow up and get kicked out of the house! ! !

2008 May 21 10:13 PM

[nuncha:]

as a power seller of 8 yrs selling at over 250 grand a year I am done both as a seller and an investor. ebay sucks hope they go down in litigation flames

2008 May 21 11:14 PM

[formerlyadiva:]

I've bought and sold on eBay since 2000. In the beginning, the eBay cheerleaders said, "Follow a business plan; you will succeed." But business plans are a thing of the past. What company on earth could run a business where they have to revise their entire business plan TOP TO BOTTOM on a monthly basis. eBay, get a clue -- too many changes too fast.

I'm still successful. I'm rather stubborn. I won't be extorted. I sell only items I would be proud to own myself. I ship timely. I communicate. Through all the ups and downs, I continue to profit at eBay.

But... if they create an environment where small sellers wlll get suspended -- no matter how perfect -- I will have to go too.

My hubby and I just may open a local record collectors/vintage clothing shop. More fun than eBay at this point. And suddenly, wow, people are enjoying shopping face-to-face again ... instead of shopping in the antagonistic, tremor-ridden atmosphere of eBay.

2008 May 21 11:18 PM

[nuncha:]

how about stock? mine is down 56% and I wonder should I bail>? how do you list on amazon I cant figure out how to get my picture in there etc of the product.

2008 May 21 11:25 PM

[plumnutz:]

Wow .... I thought I was in the minority. I've been on eBay since '99, mostly as a buyer until recently and have a 100% FB rating. I've been ramping-up my selling as of late and was appalled by eBay most recent ruling regarding buyer FB. Then I happened upon this thread totally by accident .... what an eye-opener this has been. I to have had the impression that eBay was making some really stupid decisions lately, decisions that were going to drive seller out the door ..... but I'm definitely having 2nd thoughts about proceeding on the eBay route. I am a heartbeat away from having an independent web site presence in a 'specialty-field' and think I'm going to concentrate my energies on this endeavor instead of putting more $$ in eBay's pocket.

Thanks to each and every contributor to this thread, you've made my mind up ..... and it's NOT in eBay's favor.

2008 May 21 11:26 PM

[nuncha:]

where do you go when you have 3500 items on your ebay store that took you YEARS to list and make a living only on ebay? help?

2008 May 21 11:27 PM

[nuncha:]

how about running up your fees in the thousands, then oops close your pp account just before fees are due. poor sad no pay to feebay

2008 May 21 11:36 PM

[Bigtym2000:]

Nuncha you cant do that. I talked to ebay the other day as i am a powerseller and they can actually come after you if you do not pay your fees. Paypal on the other hand can do nothing to you if you have a negative balance. So just screw ebays little son "Paypal" and then you will be alright.


I am also a seller on ebay and my account was just suspended. They said that i needed to verify my identity on paypal for some reason. I then submitted my information address, id etc.. 2 months ago. But then 2 weeks ago paypal wanted to verify my information again. Quite strange, then bam, my ebay account was suspended for suspicion of fraud. For cryin out loud i am a powerseller and have proved myself and now you say my account may be fraudulent.

Once this happened Ebay contacted all of my buyers and told them my account is under fraud and that they should all file paypal disputes to receive there money, or contact their credit card company to fight the payment. Lovely huh?? Then on top of that my account by paypal is still being reviewed after 2 weeks, numerous phone calls. So paypal is holding all of my money, so how can i pay bills now? I can not because paypal was my business.

So everyone be careful, ebay and paypal run the show, they rip you off, make money on you and then dump you like you are nothing.

By the way why is my $500 still being held like i did not earn it? honestly i am being held hostage and i can not do Squat.

Screw Ebay!!!!!

2008 May 21 11:55 PM

[Et tu, Brute!:]

To nuncha, re Amazon first you sign up (a much lesser headache than is ebay), then if you opt for Pro Merchant you will gain a "create product page" to fill out and you can download pictures there. I'm still getting the hang of all the possibillities, too! It's so easy and simple! Different than ebay, keep that in mind! :~) We're too used to complicated and stress with ebay! Amazon's altogether different. I'm not on the edge of my computer seat all the time, poised and ready to putting out all the off-the-wall potential fires like at ebay. A different world, a different atmosphere! Suggestion: sign up and sell a few books. Get the feel. Go from there! Good luck!

2008 May 21 11:56 PM

[a_e_collect...:]

i just signed up for ioffer.com

wow i got to transfer all 723 feedback and 20,000 trading cards with a click of a button. 20.00 join fee but after research 20.00 well spent.
sight has grown in 3 days time by 5 times. buy sell trade. the worksd.

well ebay im out . cya wouldnt want to be ya..

have fun with your ghost listing to drive up your stocks.
i sold mine at 75.00 a share while back i glad now bought at 39.80 got my fees back one oway or another.

good luck everyone. hibidder.com ebid.net and ioffer.com 3 best sites i have found as of now.

A_E_Collectables

2008 May 22 12:01 AM

[LilyGail:]

plumnutz, you can also check out the ebay discussion boards. Click on the feedback one. Lots of angry ebayers!

2008 May 22 12:33 AM

[SECAPP:]

As an avid eBay BUYER, I am appalled at the IMPROVEMENTS?
The feedback rating system just lost all meaning. The new method is ludicrous. Now petulant newbie shoppers complaining about shipping issues beyond the seller's control are already throwing the curve way off. The old method discouraged the indiscriminate posting of false feedback, and made it easy to filter through feedback quickly to decide the worth of the sellers' reputation VS the buyers'. Now you need to be a mind reader to decide how to tell legitimate from the superfluous.

2008 May 22 01:04 AM

[cashgangnet:]

A buyer who just buys and never sells will always have a lifetime 100% positive feedback now. They will never drop under that because sellers can only give positive feedback! So even if they do not pay an item they have 100%.
What's the point?
Looks like Ebay is being managed by a bunch of 12 year old school kids now!

2008 May 22 03:13 AM

[nobody:]

I am a seller at this moment, but after reading the entire BS, I’m not sure if I should be a buyer or seller. (Maybe buy from eBay & sell in locals?) Here are my opinions…

After I read the new feedback policy, I found out something really funny & would like to share my opinion. On their new policy they said “eBay will ONLY remove the negative feedbacks when buyers refused to reply on the NPB dispute!!” This sounds fair. BUT WAIT!! That is also means once buyers replied (such as HI, okay, or I will pay) on the NPB page, then eBay WILL NOT remove the feedback for you. If I am the buyer, I will start loving eBay, because from now on, buyers can just “bid” or “buy-it-now” the item first then re-think if they really need that merchandise or not. But seller still has to pay the fees.

Copy from CNN: “EBay officials say the feedback change was necessary to counter a growing trend of sellers leaving retaliatory ratings for buyers who give them negative ratings.” So what if the seller received scammer’s payment or purchased? When seller cannot leave negative, that’s mean the scammer can use the same account to scam over & over again. And what if the buyer left seller an unreasonable feedback? (Such as: Item okay, but shipping costs too high, which the buyer should already, knew the shipping costs before buying) what can the seller do? The answer is NOTHING; there’s nothing the seller can do!! It makes me feel like we’re employed by eBay now, which we have no right to speak out our common but just to follow what our customer wants us to do (like, more discounts or request refund after installed/used). Is that really what eBay wants? And is that what an online auction supposed to be? I think only eBay has the answer.
Unfortunately, eBay is the only successful & powerful online auction company in these days and they have very good internet traffic also. List an item on eBay just like promoting your company to the World. But I believed after this BS policy, we should see a new powerful online auction company soon & that’s what I really hope too.
At last, I believed more & more scammers are moving back to eBay or going to eBay. Good luck to all of you.

2008 May 22 04:44 AM

[Wake-Up!:]

Shareholders/Sellers/B...

Ready for the truth? Released May 2008. You do not want to miss this read!

www.archive.org/detail...

Please choose your download from the left of the page. Spread the word!

2008 May 22 01:08 PM

[Jewelry Blo...:]

"And it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why Ebay Live! 2008 was cancelled! "

First, thanks for reading my article. I guess I'm not alone in my thinking:-) As for eBay Live 2008 - Yeah. no wonder they cancelled it as they don't expect any sellers left by 2008:-)

2008 May 22 02:27 PM

[LilyGail:]

Have any of you tried Amazon's Flexible Payments? Looks like it might be a good substitute for PayPal.

tinyurl.com/6bathv

2008 May 22 03:14 PM

[bugsycline:]

ok so...
I was a power seller on ebay.

durring my three years of selling, I had 500 pos feedback 100% positive
after three years of ebay raising rates, laying down new policies and taking any money I made away in high fees, having my identity stolen (ebay nor pay pal did not honor their 100% protection rule)
and hundreds of other head aches with this crummy company, I removed my items and closed my store.

I made this video that every one whom has ever been burned by ebay can relate to...

www.youtube.com/watch?...

check it out stock holders!

you need to be informed.

2008 May 22 05:36 PM

[Jewelry Blo...:]

Great video:-) youtube.com/watch?v=aD...

2008 May 22 07:01 PM

[afra:]

All right, i just have everything setup in amazon. I can finally say "bye bye" for paying $30000 ebay fees / month. Cheer

2008 May 23 07:53 PM

[bugsycline:]

ok, ex 500 positive 100% feedback scored seller.

then may 18 2008

now my account has been suspended for too many neg feedback.

ebay sucks! pay pal is no one's pal.

go here to see my youtube video
www.youtube.com/watch?...

2008 May 23 09:11 PM

[scallywag:]

How do you set up on amazon, any advice welcome please. thanks


On May 23 07:53 PM HTH wrote:

> All right, i just have everything setup in amazon. I can finally
> say "bye bye" for paying $30000 ebay fees / month. Cheer

2008 May 23 10:19 PM

[Jewelry Blo...:]

Go to Amazon.com and click on the following link:
www.amazon.com/Money-h...
If the link does not work, go to Amazaon.com's homepage and scroll to the bottom of the page and click on "Sell Items". Once you land on the page you'll have access to all of the information you need to sell on the river:-) All the Best!

2008 May 24 09:55 AM

[afra:]

Amazon has something simular to Turbo Lister calls ASD (Amazon Seller Desktop). It's a pretty cool selling tool for 500-1000 ish item sellers.

_|_ eBay

2008 May 24 09:39 PM

[User 199280:]

eBay may not want the sellers who helped build them into the giant they are today, but OLA.com does. This time you can help build a site that won't turn its back on you. Guaranteed. Check it out.

2008 May 24 10:00 PM

[CT-User65:]

I have a MAJOR problem with e-bay's new feedback changes, particularly not being able to leave negative or neutral fedback to buyers...

Real recent scenario: On a latest transaction, the woman tore apart the item, threw it away then wanted a refund. When I told her she couldn't get a refund, she left a very nasty negative feedback, when all I did was explain WHY she could not get a refund. She didn't like the answer, so she left negative feedback.

That is completely unfair to sellers. Suddenly buyers are leaving neutral and negative feedback just because they don't like the answer to a question (mostly that a refund won't be sent because the item was non-refundable) and they know they can't get any feedback in return.

Payments are coming late, which messes up my booking system, but buyers know as long as they pay "eventually" they'll be ok, and this system is bogus! So, they can destroy our reputations, but we can't do anything if they mess up our business or trash our reps.

I was always a 100% positive feedback seller! Suddenly, I have less feeedbacks total, and all these negatives for stupid things... One buyer didn't like the look of the item "up close"... seriously, the look of the item that was very clear in pictures. As someone else stated, buyers can hop from one user ID to another, but we have stores to maintain!

I am a VERY fair seller. I am a buyer and seller and I understand wanting a good transaction. But the "buyer-retaliators" who have little reason to "retaliate" are now coming out of the woodwork. I have too much invested in eBay to just walk away! So, what is a little seller like me supposed to do?? The fees are wiping me out, and now this feedback thing.

Anyone who has not been a big seller and felt these blows can't understand what it is like, how hard it is... especially when your living depends on this!!

2008 May 25 01:16 AM

[ihatebay:]

Well, this has been a sad week for me...I can not beleive that ebay does not care about the seller...any one can report your auctions just because you are selling items and they are not...ebay has suspended my account because some jerk keeps reporting me...I am done with ebay i have a 100% feedback score and have sold close to 500 items and its as easy as that, for someone to report you to be an ass...i am done with ebay i just do not feel safe or protected...you hit it right on the nose when you said ebay is showing their sellers to the door because i am one of them...this is a very sad day for me because i have been with them for over 4 years and have never had this problem...i will sell elsewhere...

thanks
michelle

2008 May 26 01:43 AM

[kelly14:]

I have some soda and snack vending machines which I was planning on selling on eBay, but all of your experiences and comments are giving me second thoughts. Is there a site or sites you would recommend for selling large soda and snack vending machines?

Thanks much.

2008 May 26 01:48 PM

[Jewelry Blo...:]

Just been informed of a new site that quietly launched on Monday.

The site is BidJit.com

2008 May 26 09:54 PM

[beebemama23:]

As a buyer and seller for several years, feedback has always been a touchy issue, however, there was somewhat of a balance and there was recourse. Now, if someone does not pay for an item they bid on and won, I can't leave them negative feedback, however they can leave ME negative feedback. Does this seem balanced?

Sure there were those few sellers who left retaliation feedback, but there are also just as many buyers who have unrealistic demands.
I, personally, have always left feedback first as a seller, even on slow pays and had a 100% rating, until eBay retro'd my numbers to include a neutral from last year. (The buyers book was damaged in the mail and she hadn't purchased insurance. Had she contacted me first, I would have refunded her money as I have done for a couple of unsatisfied customers, but she left me a neutral instead.) I have always done what is needed to make it right. Anyway, now my rating is down almost a point for a neutral rating which, at the time I received it, was not supposed to count against you.

I agree with the article that eBay seems to be pushing the smaller sellers out - I am one that will be packing it in after my current listings end. Between high selling fees, postage increases and now, an asymetrical rating system, I just don't have the desire to give eBay any more of my money. It used to be fun and a bit of a thrill to list and see what happened, but not so much. Now it is just a pain. It will be interesting to see how eBay is doing in a year...

2008 May 29 07:58 PM

[newtique:]

I have been a Silver Power seller for 8 years on ebay and worked hard to earn that status. I am so put out with all the new feedback rules and all the fees that I am just sick over the way they are treating people.
Many of us have bills to pay, children to put through college , medicine to get etc.
This is a job to me, not just a fun place to work.. I need to pay bills and have extra money for my grandchildren in school.
It seems as though ebay wants to crush the bugs under the rug, that made them what they are today.
I am now selliing also on 2 other sites and OLA.Com and NEOLOCH.Com. I have to find somewhere to sell so I can quit ebay altogether. I will say I have found of these sites to be helpful and make me feel welcome, they just don't have the power yet that ebay has, but I think OLA.COM is on it's way and I intend to work my buns off to help them

2008 May 29 10:28 PM

[HHR:]

I closed my store this month as a Silver Powerseller. I have been on Ecrater.com with some success Hibidder.com is great but not enough traffic yet. I am also working on setting up on OLA.com. I think we should all list just a few items on ebay to drive traffic to our other venues. Let them pay the search engines to find us. lol

2008 May 30 02:36 PM

[User 202539:]

Ebay is self-destructing! Sellers are quitting by the droves! NEVER have I seen such blatant mean-spiritedness and evil poured forth by a company on those who are making money for them! It's one of the most incredibly STUPID moves in American business history!!

2008 May 30 03:48 PM

[HHR:]

I just got another positive and it again did not count towards my score. They lie yet again. They are only also only using 6 months of feedbacks not the 12 months they claim. Check your score.

The Positive Feedback percentage is calculated based on the total number of feedback ratings received in the last 12 months, excluding Repeat Feedback from the same member in the same week.


Note: This could mean that the number of ratings used for this calculation is different from the same number shown in the Recent Ratings table on the left.


Positives
Positives + Neutrals + Negatives



This member's 12 Month Feedback ratings
Positives: 166Neutrals: 1Negatives: 3

This member's Positive Feedback percentage

166 / 166 + 1 + 3 = 97.6%

Here is the REAL NUMBERS
Feedback Ratings (last 12 months)

1 month = 21 6 months = 166 12 months = 231

231 / 231 + 1 + 3 = 98.3%

According to their new feedback rules even one of my repeat buyers feed back should count as they are over 1 week apart. I have received 10 new feedbacks since my score dropped to 97.6% and it has not raised a point.

2008 May 30 11:31 PM

[Et tu, Brute!:]

I have left ebay ALTOGETHER! Ebay has become a loose cannon I want no part of. I lingered just long enough to get hit with a chargeback (they're coming out of the woodwork evidently now that they have "permission" to be lethal) on a large-ticket item and the upshot is between Paypal and ebay in a 2 week period wrecked my personal checking account! Wrecked it! It'll take months to square and to survive I've had to open another account elsewhere.

To say I'm livid is an understatement... no, that was past. Ebay isn't worth the energy wasted with such depth of anger. Do I watch to see what's going on? Sure. Do I care? No, not for me. I have been fortunate to move successfully to another site.
This is peoples' livelihood. Other folks, however, are struggling. What a horrible entity ebay has become.

The real kicker... I now have a 100% feedback score! Does this make sense? Go figure! ! !

2008 May 31 02:50 AM

[HHR:]

Et Tu Burte:

What site are you on? I just uploaded 75 items to Ioffer last night and their uploader snatched all of them from my feebay ended listings. I have to edit the other 25 that are left so they will upload. Mostly just wrong category errors.
I am now uploaded to 3 sites:
Ecrater (have gotten sales here)
Highbidder (no sales yet)
Ioffer (no sales yet)

OLA (still working on this one)

2008 May 31 11:30 AM

[Et tu, Brute!:]

HHR

I'm at Amazon! Love it!

I like the feel of OLA very much. I believe it will eventually replace ebay with the eclectic choices that built ebay in the first place!

OLA.com has a wonderful feel to it. I'd like to see that site grow. There are several great sites gaining steadily, OLA.com among them.

A site to keep your eye on is ETSY.com, for buying and selling all things handmade. According to Alexa, the site for visitation ranking, ETSY's ranking is about 1,200, which, after Amazon.com at 29, puts favorably in site visitation Ioffer's rank is 4,068; ecrater is 8,543, and so on. (These stats change daily.) Ebay is 19.

Etsy is the site to watch for all things handmade! From incredible handsoap to incredible woodworking. You can get lost on that site for hours! Since it's inception just a few short years back, traffic there has exploded. And it's already International! It's wonderful! Check it out!

There are MANY alternatives to ebay. Go for it! Good luck!

2008 May 31 12:09 PM

[Jewelry Blo...:]

Here's a release on Bidjit.com...

Envois, Inc., announced the launch of Bidjit.com. The site combines a static auction site with real time Global Live Streaming Broadcast technology.

The site offers Broadcast Channels, which substitute as selling categories. Paul Fischer, COO for Bidjit.com stated, "The on line auction industry was ready for something new and as technology has advanced, on line auction sites have become complacent in offering static venues, which offer very little in the way of connecting buyers with sellers. In creating Bidjit, we quickly came to the conclusion that we not only have a responsibility to drive traffic to our sellers listings, we needed to appeal to the buyer on a more personal level hence, we combined two technologies (within one venue) that not only inform but, entertain.

And entertain it does. Bidjit.com reaches out to its viewers through Global Live Streaming Broadcasts.

Sellers list their goods within the static auction side of the site and
Bidjit's Live Broadcast hosts select listings randomly and talk about the items being offered.

"No doubt, people want to be entertained and the best way to connect with both buyers and sellers is to launch Live Streaming Broadcasts (front and center) when they land on our homepage." stated Fischer.

Sellers can list their items auction style or opt to sell at a fixed price. The site also offers Dutch style auctions for those wish to sell in quantity. In addition, Bidjit.com offers Luxury Classified Listings, which appeal to Real Estate and Yacht Brokers.

Is the on line auction world ready for a site which is akin to an on line home shopping channel?

"When we developed out Bidjit.com, it became clear that something so obvious as integrating two pieces of technology, side by side, made absolute sense. Bidjit is a bit different than television shopping channels in that it doesn't work to sell its own merchandise, it works to assist its registered users in selling their merchandise. In addition, our site offers national advertisers the least expensive form of advertising available on the market
today. It's for this reason that we applied for patent and trademark
protection." stated, Fischer.

What about competition? "I think there's more than enough room for many more niche auction style sites to pop up on the net. What we have to offer is a unique venue, which will undoubtedly become a popular alternative to what's presently available. Competition is a good thing and I believe that anyone selling merchandise on the net, needs to have as many tools in their selling arsenal as possible." stated Fischer. The site may be accessed via
Bidjit.com.

<End Release>

I opened up an account and have listed items. I have some bids on items and view counts are high. Bidjit stores will be free and they will be launched on Monday or Tuesday. They will also be offering Bidjit Widgets within a few weeks. As near I can tell, Bidjit has over 18,200 categories and sub-categories. The categories collapse as you browse and it's a pretty nifty concept to just point and click down into your category of choice. There are NO ads allowed on the site and no sending off traffic to off-Bidjit venues. They allow a store URL to an off-Bidjit store address as well.

Take a look as I believe it's worth the trip and the creators took much time and care in developing out the site.

2008 Jun 01 12:30 PM