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    • A Solution for eBay and Its Frustrated Seller Community [view article]
      Did you also know that Ebay is testing putting comments of their own..IN RED...on the sellers auctions stating "This seller has slow shipping". This was found on an auction that had 4/5 stars for shipping, which by Ebay's own standards is supposed to be "Very Good".

      How can that be justified? The seller paid for that auction! If buyers want to see his shipping rating they are smart enough to look at his starts. And if I saw 4/5 stars on a movie, restaurant, hotel, etc. I would think that was POSITIVE.

      And for the poster who mentioned bad sellers and retaliatory feedback. That situation definitely goes both ways! Some buyers are plain awful and know how to play the game. They say something is stained, broken, missing, etc. but they don't want to send the item back....they just want a full or partial refund! They do chargebacks 3 months after the fact with no notice. They say it was bought with "unauthorized funds" so you are out the money and the item. They try to extort positive feedback. I could go on and on. The sellers need protection from bad buyers. How can we know if a buyer is bad if the only feedback that can be left is positive?       Mar 07 09:32 AM
    • eBay Watch: True P/E Ratio, Listings Update, Business/Casual Seller Mix [view article]
      Ebay still has fake listings up. Proof? Go to Ebay and look at the number of ALL listings for Clothing, Shoes and Accessories (for example). It says there are over 25,201 pages of auctions. Now go to page 25,200. Hmmm, nothing there. Now go to page 20,000. Oh, still no listings? Well, let's try page 15,000......none.

      Why do YOU think this is? OK, now let's try another category....same procedure. Where do the actual auctions start?

      Yes, Ebay is inflating their listings. Go to the Ebay boards so you can get informed and have more proof and screen shots of other bogus and dastardly things Ebay is doing.       Mar 06 05:22 PM
    • A Solution for eBay and Its Frustrated Seller Community [view article]
      Let's see,

      Ebay raises final value fees, disallows sellers to leave feedback for buyers,says Paypal can hold sellers' money for up to 21 days while the seller is expected to ship the item to the buyer during that time and just "hope" paypal will disburse the funds to them. Decides that they will give Powersellers a 15% discount on the new inflated fees if their "star" DSR rating is over 4.7 but sellers don't know who leaves bad stars and only a tiny percent of any sellers have stars now over 4.7 (mostly for shipping price, which they buyer agreed to before purchasing). Oh, yeah, and will now sort auctions by "Best Match" with the ones with the highest DSR rating coming up first. They are also putting pay per click banner ads above categories for the same items. For example iPods, would you buy from me if you see a banner ad on that page for the same item but cheaper? So as a seller, you paid for your auction to be listed on their pages and they go an put a banner ad up for the same item.

      Me thinks the author of this article isn't telling the whole story.       Mar 06 05:05 PM
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