jay dee

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    • ON: Thu Oct 2nd 17:04 PM
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      eBay Looks Cheap Even with All The Negatives
      Yeah Disgruntled I'm with you.

      I can not believe what a DESPICABLE UNDERHANDED company EBAY HAS BECOME :

      I am one of those old school people who prefers to deal in money orders, cash, etc.
      I am a ebay seller and even though they railroaded me into having to use Pay Pal - I try not to deal with Pay Pal.
      All my listings state that I only accept "other" payment methods.

      My buyers are vintage automotive enthusiasts - they have no qualms about paying with money orders - they have just searched the globe for that part they need, and are willing to make payment whatever way that will get them that part.

      The UNDERHANDED part :
      When I go to send an invoice - there is an automatic message from ebay that acknowledges that I don't take Pay Pal.
      Then it goes on to state that by sending the buyer invoice the YELLOW PAY NOW (Pay Pal) button WILL appear on the invoice.
      Now here is the real DESPICABLE part - ebay (intentionally) deletes my mailing address from the buyers invoice.
      The idea behind all this, I assume, is to force the buyer into clicking on thr PAY NOW button as there is no address to mail payment to and the only way they are shown to submit payment, is to click the (Pay Pal) PAY NOW button.
      Man talk about extortion by manipulating transaction details and conditions !

      Awhile ago ebay notified the sellers that pretty soon in the USA non Pay Pal payments will be a "VIOLATION" of ebay policy. You will only be allowed to accept payment via Pay Pal - cash, mo's etc will be AGAINST ebay POLICY .
      They go on to coach the sellers on what to tell BUYERS who don't want to use Pay Pal - talk about communism !!

      We are now being pressed into selling EBAY'S doctrine to our customers : one of the lines we are supposed to parrot: is that it will give the customer "QUICKER DELIVERY" ! Who is actually going to carry out this quicker delivery promise ?? The sellers !!
      The sellers are now be expected to have whatever item just got sold, ready to ship pronto !!
      I do not run a store with items nicely packed and ready to be pulled of the shelf and shipped.
      Many of my items take HOURS to properly pack (after locating suitable boxes, crates etc) - I only pack after items get sold - it would be ludicrous to have everthing nicely packed, weighed, shipping calculated for all corners of the world - but that is what Ebay is promising our buyers.
      Ebay is using (raping) the sellers with their marketing promises - They now have the buyers expecting immediate delivery because they paid for the item with Pay Pal (immediately).
      To add insult we have the DSR rating system where the buyers have no clue as to what the implications are for the sellers - They get to rate you on Shippping Time as well as Shipping Cost.
      So BillyBob in who knows where gets to seriously affect my selling status because he didn't get his item next day and would have to have paid less for shipping - regardless that it took me 3 hours to pack his $75 item so that it would survive any possible peril.
      And then if he had paid with Pay Pal BillyBob gets to say he never received the item - Pay Pal then will take the money back out of my account and the only thing I receive for all my work along with the item is Negative feedback.
      We the sellers are now the migrant workers toiling away for the benefit of Ebay shareholders and investors who have no loyalty or sympathy for us whatsoever.
      This is like the Ukrainian Holocaust where ebay just squeezes out every last penny out of the seller peasants.
      Amen !
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    • ON: Mon Sep 15th 12:13 PM
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      How Would an eBay Layoff Impact Sellers?
      What a load of more ambiguous financial gobbledy-gook - I don't have a clue as to what all your acronims and analysis is about.

      I am a small seller - I list, I sell and I mail in my fees to ebay.
      The only ebay seller contact I have are the obnoxious notices from ebay
      that I should lower the price of my items (so ebay can make their cut) or that they haven't received my payment soon enough (they have received it within 30 days - but still want it sooner).

      Ebay is way overstaffed with nerds who have nothing better to do than dream up ways to aggravate the shit out of people with their so called improvements, constantly changing forms and procedures that have been working fine
      They really don't get the simple premise that drives the whole thing : people list items, other people view them and if they NEED or WANT the items, they purchase them.
      No amount of "improvements&quo... and flowers and fancy borders in the ads will make someone buy something they don't want or need. They (ebay designers) are pretty stupid if they think otherwise.

      There is a saturation point in our society / world that only so many people want to shop or buy in this manner.
      I am not a conspicuous consumer and buy virtually nothing on ebay - I prefer to see and examine what it is I'm buying. I like to deal face to face and know where to go if I have a problem : ala AJ Foyt with tools (Sears / Craftsman TV commercial).
      All Ebay and the financial world think about is how to try and ensnare the whole universe into buying every last thing online.
      Maybe all you financial "brains' should purchase your spouses on ebay too - no test "drive" - what do you think of that idea ??
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    • ON: Tue Jun 10th 13:16 PM
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      eBay Feedback Changes Getting Negative Feedback
      Hope they don't hold their breath waiting for me to show up in Chicago - I just registered to mess them over.
      Only way I'd go to Chicago is carrying my baseball bat !
      I check ebays stock every day and cheer everytime it sinks further.
      Way to go John - How do you like that noise !!
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    • ON: Wed May 14th 19:13 PM
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      eBay Motors Experiencing Slump in Auto Demand
      Ebay Motors has benefited from the efforts of sellers like myself who sell parts for collector cars. The collector car hobby has gone through a big surge the last couple of years.

      Now that Ebay has tried to strong-arm their sellers into using ebay owned Pay Pal all under the guise of protecting buyers, many sellers have stopped selling.
      Ebay's spin is that mandatory Pay Pal is to protect the buyer, when in fact ebay does very little about complaints, the Pay Pal requirement is just an added revenue stream.

      Many of us have very little faith and trust in internet payment methods and prefer do deal in the more cumbersome but simpler money orders and cheques which gives many of us have a greater comfort factor.

      We are waiting for John Donahoe to be ousted for his underhanded and shabby treatment of the people who made ebay what it is.

      You investors should visit the ebay discussion boards and see for yourselves why ebay sales are dropping off - the many large and small sellers who are refusing to sell on ebay under Donahoes dictatorship.

      Thank you for reading this,
      Jay Dee
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    • ON: Fri Apr 11th 12:31 PM
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      Not Seeing a 'Better & Safer' eBay
      Bassmanpete - thank you for the reply.
      Etu brutus - I really appreciate the link - gives me hope that there are some viable alternative internet auction's- haven't looked into them yet.
      ola-seller- I don't know if that key makes it "really safe" - seems like it's greatest feature (their words) is that "it's easy to use".
      Can't figure how you use it though - stick it somewhere (up my butt) ??

      I just don't like all the shenanigans it seems you have to go through to physically get your money with paypal - I live in Canada and like to be paid in US cash.
      Seems like you have to get your credit card involved, which I wouldn't jeopardize with something like paypal.
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    • ON: Thu Apr 10th 13:28 PM
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      Not Seeing a 'Better & Safer' eBay
      I have been with ebay 3 years as a hobby seller - selling my accumulation of collector car parts.

      I have gone through numerous frustrating ebay listing and selling revisions "for the better".

      The items I sell do not get many bidders (people don't buy parts that don't fit their car), but when my items do sell, I do well and ebay does well.
      Because of the cost of listing and reserve fees I found that many times I was paying anywhere from $3 to $5 to list items that didn't sell.
      So now I have only been listing when ebay periodically offers flat rate low cost (10 cent etc) listing days.
      I get to list many items ecomically, and ebay and I both benefit.

      Whenever ebay canvased their sellers for improvement suggestions, I repeatedly pleaded with them to give us a flat rate listing fee and pointed out that I would gladly pay the selling fee or commission but can't afford to keep paying high listing fees.

      You can imagine my elation recently, when I read that "ebay had listened to it's sellers and was responding with lower listing fees".
      As I went to read the announcement details, I was wishfully anticipating 20 cent or maybe even 10 cent listing fees.
      You can imagine my shock and dismay when I read that listing fees had been reduced 5 cents - 5 lousy cents !
      So now insted of paying $2 or $3 to list an item (that may not sell) it would only cost me $1.95 or $2.95.
      I can not believe that someone could announce something like that with a straight face - John has a great career waiting for him in acting !

      Well along with the great savings announcement we were also told that sellers would now be strong armed into paypal based on the conditions listed earlier (DSR less than 4.5, feedback less than 100, certain "high risk item categories).
      All to protect the buyer (supposedly).

      eBAY was already keeping sellers honest through the feedback system along with the threat of terminating seller accounts for unscrupulous practices.
      So I don't understand how forcing us to offer paypal was going to protect buyers any better.

      All I ever heard and read about were the myriad of problems and scams with paypal - so I chose not to offer or deal with paypal.
      I try to keep my life simple - I don't need the added complication and concern about internet payment scams.
      I only accept postal or bank money orders - they work perfect.
      I receive and cash the MO and then mail off the goods - works perfect !

      Well now under the "Better and Safer" edict, because I have less than 100 Feedback (transactions) I am deemed less trustworthy. Regardless of my demonstrated high level of customer satisfaction based on the ebay DSR rating system ( my DSR is 4.8, ideal is 5.0 )
      I now am barred from selling unless I accept paypal.

      I have about 25 sales per year with an average transaction price of $200.
      Am I a less trustworthy seller than some trinket reseller who had one thousand $5 sales in the same time ?
      Surely I am a more effective seller for ebay.

      Ironically yesterday Ebay Canada had a low price listing day - I worked all day to prepare ~ 120 listings.
      I was hoping to sell enough to push my feedback level up over the "100" trustworthy benchmark.
      Alas you can understand my dismay when I went to list and received the message that unless I offered paypal, my listings would not be accepted.
      Ironically on the same day by some (underhanded ?) coincidence ebay "central" decided to implement the mandatory paypal conditions.

      Well ebay has made my May 1st boycott decision for me LOL !

      BASSMANPETE please give me the name of the other auction site you just registered on - thank you.
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