E-bay, any word ???

[jasmine64]

Sad to say I have only purchased a few times on ebay, I no longer sell my cake supplies there.

[collecture]

What really (REALLY) stumps me about all of this is how ANY seller would go along with this 'no negatives for the buyer' thing.
eBay must really have a lot of people under their thumb! 

[dr galaga]

What really (REALLY) stumps me about all of this is how ANY seller would go along with this 'no negatives for the buyer' thing.

Sadly, I can kind of see this as possibly a good thing.  My only negative came as retaliatory feedback because I left a negative for the seller (I've seen this happen to many people).  Notice how most sellers will not leave feedback until the buyer does?  They do this so they can neg a person who negs them. In other words, they hold their feedback ransom!  I think instead ther should be a safeguard built in so that if one person leaves a negative the other person can not leave a negative.

[Jim]

Because of sellers using this technique, I don't leave feedback to anyone that doesn't leave me feedback after they have promptly received my payment ! ! !  Their feedback should be based on how my half of the transaction took place; not after I leave legitimate feedback(negative) for slow delivery, not described properly or a host of other reasons, period ! ! !

[sodaworks]

Jim, I concure!

[rogerz]

I also think that its total when a seller waits for your feedback!
And I have to make a confession   I bought a round top 56  :biggrin:that came up near me during the strike. Please don't be too  at me.

rz

[Kilroy]

I too seek forgiveness, I bought  replacement chrome pieces for my Seeburg,  it was cheaper  to replace than to  try to repair cracks before rechroming

[MoonDawg]

        If anyone else checks e-bay listings by newly listed items first, you probably
also noticed a much shorter list through that strike week. This weekend newly listed
items have doubled.
        I am sure there were journalists who were watching and studying the cause and effects of the boycott and hopefully we get a report from them soon.

[Kilroy]

Here's an interesting read  on the reason behind the Ebay changes

http://seekingalpha.com/article/66733-ebay-bares-its-ugly-new-fac

The article is geared more toward investors, but  explains what is going on behind the scenes at Ebay.

And  though Ebay  denies it,  I've read  from a variety of sources  that Ebay took a 10-13% in auctions thatweek. Start adding up the  additional fees  for pictures, multiple listings, in addition to the initial  fee and it  adds up to a whole lotta red ink.

 
Edit:  fixed some typos

[bubba]

Kilroy.... very interesting article.. Thanks..