Comments on: Re-trying eBay: How Ebay still sucks https://wjowsa.com/how-ebay-still-sucks/ Things that may or may not be interesting. Wed, 20 Jun 2012 01:11:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5 By: JJ https://wjowsa.com/how-ebay-still-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-1314 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 01:11:22 +0000 http://www.wjowsa.com/?p=535#comment-1314 I couldn’t agree more. I’d been on eBay since ’99 & continued to buy over the years, but hadn’t sold in forever. I had heard complaints from sellers, but thought they were just disgruntled whiners. Then, due to an unfortunate series of circumstances, I found myself in a new state, unemployed for almost a year, but with a house full of stuff I could sell. So I said to myself, “Oh, eBay is the answer! I can list 50 items free each month.” NOT! Despite 1200+ feedbacks at 100%, I was slapped with a ten-item per month LISTING (not selling) limit, and it cannot be lifted until I’ve SOLD $250 and gotten 25 positive feedbacks as a seller (many buyers don’t even bother to leave it). Then there are category limits. Last night I tried to simply RElist the same cell phone that had just gone unsold (that I’d paid 25¢ extra in listing upgrades on), and was informed I could not list any more cell phones for 30 days because it’s a ‘high-risk’ category.

I’ve heard that Donohoe & crew are deliberately driving off the small & medium-sized sellers, discouraging the ‘garage sale’ atmosphere (that BUILT eBay), and wanting to turn it into “Amazon lite” with a mantra of “Buy it NEW, Buy it NOW” (and get it shipped ‘free’ the same day, too!) I’d be interested to know if your ‘inside contacts’ say this is indeed the current agenda.

Seems to me the only sellers who are excited about eBay now are the old-school ones that are well-established, AND often have profitable side (or main) businesses which purport to teach others “How to get rich selling on eBay,” reminiscent of all the real estate investment gurus of the 80s & 90s. There are still a few of those people around selling seminars, but few of them really DOING it anymore, because since the housing crash, it’s hardly possible. In much the same way, these eBay ‘experts’ will still tell you it’s the fastest, easiest, cheapest way for someone to start their own small business, but the reality is it has become an unfriendly venue with profiteering sharks at eBay corporate and mostly scamming vultures in the buying ‘community’ with eBay policy making it easy for them to function with impunity.

It’s so sad they ruined what was once maybe the best site on the web!

]]> By: admin https://wjowsa.com/how-ebay-still-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-1163 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:35:23 +0000 http://www.wjowsa.com/?p=535#comment-1163 In reply to Daniel M. Ryan.

Yep. Amazon is kicking ebay’s ass as far as buyer and seller convenience goes.

]]> By: Daniel M. Ryan https://wjowsa.com/how-ebay-still-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-1159 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:30:48 +0000 http://www.wjowsa.com/?p=535#comment-1159 Cripes, that was awful.

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