Moved2OLA

Is eBay's Strategy Working?

I'm trying on onlineauction.com since they do still offer a true auction format and not a fixed price. Other posters, which other sites offer the true auction format? Does bonanzle, ecrater, or the others? I prefer the auction market price format over fixed price, and really want to find the best site that offers this format. Please post and I will look them over - thanks!

Is eBay's Strategy Working?

ebay+++ - do me a favor - start selling on ebay. I'll be happy to but your items and pay for them through paypal. Then, once I receive them, I will call for a chargeback because your item is not as described, so I will get all my money back and keep your item. Then you will be stuck with no inventory, you will have lost money because you will still pay a listing fee, paypal fee, FVF, and whatever you paid to ship the item to me (since we all know shipping isn't actually free). How long do you think you would keep selling on ebay if people kept doing that to you? How did I stop that from happening to me? I stopped selling on ebay.

The Skype's the Limit

I didn't say give me your ebay ID ans password, I said show me the itemID#, you know, that string of numbers that represents the auction you're claiming you won? I just want to prove that you are both liars, that's all... pony up!

eBay Buyer Incentives Are Not a Good Bargain

Shirley try onlineauction.com, they're not perfect yet but neither was ebay in its infancy. I am seeing views pick up a lot, meaning there is more traffic, sales are slow for me so far but I see others doing brisk sales - I guess it's all about what product you're selling, and letting the buyers know where to find them.

eBay Buyer Incentives Are Not a Good Bargain

The link I refer to in the above message is the 'my website' link, by the way....

eBay Buyer Incentives Are Not a Good Bargain

Dinah, I can answer your question because I've already asked legal counsel about this - it's iffy if they can legally ban legal tender (cash), and they certainly cannot legally force people to use Paypal only - but ebay is doing neither of those things. If you read enough of the fine print you can see that although sellers are prohibited from stating expicitly or suggestively that they can and will in fact still accept cash/check payment, "...if a buyer requests to the seller that they pay using standard forms of payment the seller can at their discretion accept that form of payment". They go further to say that they will be keeping an eye on the transaction completion rates and any seller that has a high percentage of non-instant payments will be investigated. In other words, if you sell a product that traditionally sells to a demographic that prefers not to put their personal financial information online, eventually ebay will shut you down for taking too many cash payments, even though you are doing nothing wrong.

As for requiring paypal? Again, nobody's FORCING you to use it, credit card payments are also acceptable, (and apparently cash if you read the above) so there is no way to file a successful anti-trust suit against them for forcing the use of paypal. They are merely forcing you to offer it as a choice, untimately it is the buyer who will make their choice of what payment system to use.

How is this seller dealing with the changes ebay has made in the past year? Click on the link I added to this comment and you'll see. Then please go to onlineauction.com and see all the items I am now selling there for lower opening bids that I would have had on ebay, since I will not incur any additional fees to sell there I can afford to list them for less.

lookingwst

The Skype's the Limit

I'd like to see how much money ebay is wasting by paying ebay+++ and ebayrocks to post false positive transaction comments here. I am calling you liars out!! Please prove me wrong - you both claim to have 'just bought' fantastic bargain items on the bay, list the item ID#s so we can look at completed items and verify your claims by product and sale price. I can only assume that was within the past 30 days, otherwise you would have not 'just' bought them, and if they were more than 30 days ago, then it would not reflect the current state of the bay's failed status. Please, give us proof of your fantastic dealings - otherwise SHUT UP. We ex-sellers know the truth about where ebay is heading much more so than paid-for cheerleaders.