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    • Wed Mar 5th 20:43 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      eBay's Death by a Thousand Cuts
      ebay stated in 2006 it wanted to get rid of the attic sellers go more upmarket to the Condo market. This was when they got rid of the Visibilty by default.
      Then we had less visibility for the same fees.
      With ebay refusing to let the buyers know they would have to search differently to find International items.

      Over the last year there as been one change after another with numerous glitches.

      Now we have ebay saying that the site looks like a fleamarket.

      IMO it is ebays intention to rid itself of the small sellers.
      They will then become a search engine directing buyers to Large Companies items. e.g General Motors, Sears, Walmart etc.

      It was also remarked last year by ? that ebay would milk the small seller before getting shot of them.
      The new fee hike disguised as a cut in fees will be guaranteed to milk the small sellers dry.

      Then we had the DSR with ebay telling buyers 4 was a great score to leave a seller, then ebay tell the sellers 4.3 is not good enough, their items will be dumped at the bottom of searches. With all sellers paying the same fees, but some sellers having a lesser service. Add to this the best match with ebay telling the buyer what is best for them.

      Power sellers will get a discount.

      Only a small, very small percentage of the top power sellers may get a discount in fees.
      The DSR will ensure that not to many sellers if any will recieve a discount.
      IMO even the majority of Power Sellers will be classed as not big enough to compete / stay on the new ebay when the big companies are brought on board..

      Then we have the better protection for power sellers. Power sellers will have paypal protection on all items buyers buy wether the buyer is verified or not.
      Again the small seller is left out in the cold without the added protection.

      Feedback not being able to leave a bad buyer a negative to warn other sellers of this bad buyer.
      Small volume sellers will not be able to afford to take a hit from a scamming buyer unlike a big Company, small sellers will be be at the mercy of unscrupulous buyers if they wish to remain at the top of searches, get any chance of selling their items.
      This feedback change will not affect Power Seller as they can have their solicitor issue a Stat Dec, or have their Account Manager intervene on their behalf.
      Another little thing the small guys are not privy to.

      After the Visibility change last year my sales took a nose dive, while checking my old sales to see why my sales had gone Poof I found I was experiencing Geographic sales. My sales were only going to certain parts of a Country at any given time. Throughout the year my sales have rotated to certain parts of the Country at given times on a regular monthly pattern.
      Could this be down to some sellers items going onto very obscure servers?.

      Will more and more sellers sales be affected. When the big companies come on board will there be room for the smaller sellers items on the servers?.

      Sellers check your past and future sales for a Geographic location pattern.
      There are a number of sellers I am aware of with a similar pattern.

      Ebay state the changes have been made for a better buyer experience.
      If that was the case why did they not rid the site of the bad sellers instead of taking their money pushing them to the bottom of searches.
      Hypocritical to take money then do that to their listings IMO.

      Get rid of the real Postage & Packaging gourgers £0.99 start price £60 postage. They could of dealt with them under the fee avoidance procedure.

      Retalitory feedback ebay know who the sellers are that use that practice, what did they do tell buyer & seller to work towards a Mutual Withdrawn feedback.
      Sellers ending up bribing buyers to remove Neg feedback???????

      Well after the Visibilty change, then cottoning on to the Geographic Sales where I had to throw more money at ebay for relist after relist after relist fees I decided to stop giving ebay £600 in month in fees. I started taking some of my eggs out of ebays basket and putting them elsewhere.

      One auction site I have started selling on is

      www.ebid.net/

      Here you can get a lifetime free listing for a reasonable price, they have a half price promotion at the moment that should not be missed.
      Great Customer Service.
      They are open to suggestions. Will implement all good suggestions. New category etc just ask.
      Scammers are thrown off permanently.

      I also intend to have my own website.
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    • Sun Mar 2nd 14:51 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      eBay Bares Its Ugly New Face
      I dont know why ebay do not tell the smaller low volume sellers they are no longer wanted.

      Lets see how can we get shot of these pesky low volume sellers. Lets change the feedback system.
      Only positive feedback can be left for buyers, even the minority of scamming buyers. They can then blackmail the sellers for a cheaper item, free postage, get freebies from low volume sellers by saying item not recieved when in fact the buyer as the item.

      Their DSR will lower, putting them to the bottom of searches where their item as no hope of a sale due to lack of visibility. All this can be done under the disguise of better buyer experience.

      Low volume sellers will pay higher FVF to negate the lower listing fees, numerous relist fees that will be paid in the hope of getting a sale in the distant future.

      Buyers I have news for you. The Bad Power sellers will still issue you with Stat Decs ( solicitors letters) Power Seller Account Managers can still intervene to get bad feedback removed.

      Sellers you need to look at other venues to sell, maybe spreading items over numerous smaller sites that offer free listings. The one below is excellent with a half price life membership promotion on at the moment.

      On the ebid.net site I have visibility by default to International Countries, this is something I no longer have on ebay.

      I have decided to build up establish myself elsewhere using ebay less and less as I establish myself on

      ebid.net other specialist sites, my own web site.
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    • Sun Mar 2nd 14:45 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      eBay Bares Its Ugly New Face
      I dont know why ebay do not tell the smaller low volume sellers they are no longer wanted.

      Lets see how can we get shot of these pesky low volume sellers. Lets change the feedback system.
      Only positive feedback can be left for buyers, even the minority of scamming buyers. They can then blackmail the sellers for a cheaper item, free postage, get freebies from low volume sellers by saying item not recieved when in fact the buyer as the item.

      Their DSR will lower, putting them to the bottom of searches where their item as no hope of a sale due to lack of visibility. All this can be done under the disguise of better buyer experience.

      Low volume sellers will pay higher FVF to negate the lower listing fees, numerous relist fees that will be paid in the hope of getting a sale in the distant future.

      Buyers I have news for you. The Bad Power sellers will still issue you with Stat Decs ( solicitors letters) Power Seller Account Managers can still intervene to get bad feedback removed.

      Sellers you need to look at other venues to sell, maybe spreading items over numerous smaller sites that offer free listings. The one below is excellent with a half price life membership promotion on at the moment.

      On the www.ebid.net site I have visibility by default to International Countries, this is something I no longer have on ebay.

      I have decided to build up establish myself elsewhere using ebay less and less as I establish myself on

      www.ebid.net other specialist sites, my own web site.
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