tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post6092206280927634284..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Flip Flop eBayDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-24199986117294805962010-02-06T23:25:22.525+00:002010-02-06T23:25:22.525+00:00Ebay just seems to rip us off all of the time with...Ebay just seems to rip us off all of the time with their outrageous pricing. I'm tired of it! I switched to a site that is easier and less expensive called <a href="http://www.sellbits.com" rel="nofollow">sellbits.com</a> Sooooooo much better...Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04070884597458779250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-69373295294818816382010-02-01T16:47:20.093+00:002010-02-01T16:47:20.093+00:00eBay do different cuntish things in different terr...eBay do different cuntish things in different territories. Not so long ago it was going to be Paypal only for payments on eBay.com.au, until the Australian regulator told them they couldn't do it. That might sound like the state doing something useful for a change but I'm not sure eBay's much smaller competitor Oztion, not to mention the Trading Post, would agree. I expect they were hoping for a lot of pissed off eBayers to head their way. As it is when selling on eBay Australia you can't leave negative feedback even if the buyer turns out to be a tyre kicking fuckwit or even an attempted fraudster. Nor can you put a reserve price on your item unless it's above a certain value ($100 I think), which fucks up everyone who might want to sell something as long as they can be certain of getting at least five bucks. Still, eBay's is a private business and they can run it how they like. If they want to alienate the very people who made their success and drive them off to sites that are run the way eBay <i>used to be</i> that's their lookout. Personally I won't sell through eBay again. I'd rather take it down the charity shops.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-47732832369546772072010-01-31T23:16:22.346+00:002010-01-31T23:16:22.346+00:00Ray & Totty: Personal experience which concurs...Ray & Totty: Personal experience which concurs with the article, excellent.<br /><br />I remember eBay a while ago dreaming up the word 'rehome' for unwanted items sold there. The free P&P policy will just 'rehome' anything in those categories to the local landfill.<br /><br />Seller gains no cash, eBay gain no fees. Everyone loses. Way to go, eBay.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-3402805822956736752010-01-31T20:30:14.749+00:002010-01-31T20:30:14.749+00:00eBay no longer permits the selling of e-cigs, a no...eBay no longer permits the selling of e-cigs, a non-Big-Pharma product - yet permits and encourages the vast black-market underground of sellers touting old, stale, dented, expired Nicorettes and patches plucked from the grungy back-bins and scooped off the filthy floors of pharmacies throughout the world, where they were apparently unable to be sold for lack of enough market desire for these products in the first place. eBay is politically-correct lunacy and with illogical thinking like that in fashion, beholding to Big Pharma fascists first, consumers second, no wonder they have a wishy-washy change in fees schedules on a continual basis. They'll be the next ones to fail one day for being micro-managed to death and policies based on political expediencies instead of a concern for customer comes first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-36416559138440181272010-01-31T20:19:37.103+00:002010-01-31T20:19:37.103+00:00Great post Dick.
Last year I sold a 20 inch Crumpl...Great post Dick.<br />Last year I sold a 20 inch Crumpler laptop bag which originally cost me over a ton. <br />However, when listing, E-bay stipulated that postage on such an item had to be free FFS!<br />Clearly this monster of a bag was going to cost a bit to post so I ended up charging for the postage within the actual advert! As IF I was going to throw in a fivers worth of free postage!<br />Anyway - note to self - beware of E-bay trickery! ;-)Cate Munrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963747104011256865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-8363169647263941182010-01-31T20:18:28.339+00:002010-01-31T20:18:28.339+00:00I used to sell a few bits and bobs on eBay - old H...I used to sell a few bits and bobs on eBay - old Haynes manuals for vehicles I no longer had and so on. I gave up on selling on eBay a couple of years ago. It is almost as if they are carefully thinking about what would be the best business decision and doing the opposite!Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538802307406472626noreply@blogger.com