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Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198420] Sun, 08 February 2009 16:59 Go to next message
Anonymous
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Originally posted by: Chris

I as looking at something I wanted to buy and I found out that ebay
will not allow sellers to accept money orders or checks as payments
and instead is basically forcing merchants to pay for the paypal
service (whose fee's I'm quite sure will be going up).
Who is ebay to tell you what payments you can accept and that your
checks are no good? I personally am boycotting ebay and have written
their customer service. I suggest you do the same. Guess what is
coming next? A tax bill from your state for things you buy (sales
tax) and things you sell (income tax). It seems everyone wins, except
the public (as usuall)

Chris
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198423 is a reply to message #198420] Sun, 08 February 2009 17:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: winston19842005

On 2/8/09 4:59 PM, in article fcluo4lvddi97j1vt9gsgl343ngkvusc01@4ax.com,
"Chris" <christo9@notalotofunwanted.aol.com> wrote:

> I as looking at something I wanted to buy and I found out that ebay
> will not allow sellers to accept money orders or checks as payments
> and instead is basically forcing merchants to pay for the paypal
> service (whose fee's I'm quite sure will be going up).
> Who is ebay to tell you what payments you can accept and that your
> checks are no good? I personally am boycotting ebay and have written
> their customer service. I suggest you do the same. Guess what is
> coming next? A tax bill from your state for things you buy (sales
> tax) and things you sell (income tax). It seems everyone wins, except
> the public (as usuall)

Personally, I've moved most of my business to Amazon. Most of the items I've
seen also have a link to other sellers through Amazon ("new and used").

I bought a book last week for $0.01 ($3.99 shipping)... Another I was
interested in was $0.35... And I feel much more comfortable shopping
with/through them than I ever have with eBay...

Another site I use for most of my tech items is Buy.com...

I must admit I don't often buy older computer equipment through these sites,
but then I have more than I need at present...
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198438 is a reply to message #198420] Mon, 09 February 2009 01:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mark McDougall is currently offline  Mark McDougall
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Chris wrote:

> I as looking at something I wanted to buy and I found out that ebay
> will not allow sellers to accept money orders or checks as payments
> and instead is basically forcing merchants to pay for the paypal
> service (whose fee's I'm quite sure will be going up).

Heh, they tried that here in Australia but we have laws against that, so
instead they force the seller to _offer_ paypal, but under Australian law
they must also accept other forms of payment!

Regards,

--
| Mark McDougall | "Electrical Engineers do it
| <http://members.iinet.net.au/~msmcdoug> | with less resistance!"
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198452 is a reply to message #198420] Mon, 09 February 2009 21:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: Joel Koltner

"Chris" <christo9@notalotofunwanted.aol.com> wrote in message
news:fcluo4lvddi97j1vt9gsgl343ngkvusc01@4ax.com...
> I as looking at something I wanted to buy and I found out that ebay
> will not allow sellers to accept money orders or checks as payments
> and instead is basically forcing merchants to pay for the paypal
> service (whose fee's I'm quite sure will be going up).

Agreed, this is scummy.

> Guess what is
> coming next? A tax bill from your state for things you buy (sales
> tax) and things you sell (income tax).

At least for income tax (selling), you were supposed to be doing this
anyway... it's just that of course few if anyone actually does.

Note that eBay definitely doesn't support those new tax bills, since it makes
them less competitive and hence they figure they'll lose money.
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198455 is a reply to message #198420] Mon, 09 February 2009 22:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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eBay has become a train wreck. Every change they have made over the
years has pissed people off and alienating customers and sellers
alike. eBay didn't since it seemed for every person leaving, 2 newbies
would take their place. It would seem that they have *REALLY* gone too
far this time. The changes over the last 6 years is making tons of
high volume sellers and even some buyers leave for good.

http://forums.ebay.com/db2/topic/My-Ebay/My-Ebay-Moderated/5 20077825&start=0

I am a Gold Power Seller and I am working on FINALLY making my move
off eBay for good in the coming months.
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198456 is a reply to message #198455] Mon, 09 February 2009 23:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Feb 9, 10:57 pm, amiga...@bellsouth.net wrote:
> eBay has become a train wreck. Every change they have made over the
> years has pissed people off and alienating customers and sellers
> alike. eBay didn't since it seemed for every person leaving, 2 newbies
> would take their place. It would seem that they have *REALLY* gone too
> far this time. The changes over the last 6 years is making tons of
> high volume sellers and even some buyers leave for good.
>
> http://forums.ebay.com/db2/topic/My-Ebay/My-Ebay-Moderated/5 20077825&...
>
> I am a Gold Power Seller and I am working on FINALLY making my move
> off eBay for good in the coming months.

Eeek! Did I really type this??

> eBay didn't since it seemed for every person leaving, 2 newbies would take their place.

Should be..

eBay didn't seem to care since it seemed for every person leaving, 2
newbies would take their place.

and..

> The changes over the last 6 years is making tons of high volume sellers and even some buyers leave for good.

Should be..

> The changes over the last 6 MONTHS ARE making tons of high volume sellers and even some buyers leave for good.
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198466 is a reply to message #198420] Tue, 10 February 2009 07:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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"Chris" <christo9@notalotofunwanted.aol.com> wrote in message
news:fcluo4lvddi97j1vt9gsgl343ngkvusc01@4ax.com...
> I as looking at something I wanted to buy and I found out that ebay
> will not allow sellers to accept money orders or checks as payments
> and instead is basically forcing merchants to pay for the paypal
> service (whose fee's I'm quite sure will be going up).
> Who is ebay to tell you what payments you can accept and that your
> checks are no good? I personally am boycotting ebay and have written
> their customer service. I suggest you do the same. Guess what is
> coming next? A tax bill from your state for things you buy (sales
> tax) and things you sell (income tax). It seems everyone wins, except
> the public (as usuall)
>
> Chris

Where was this announced or discovered? I've seen nothing to indicate this.

Sean.
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198468 is a reply to message #198420] Tue, 10 February 2009 08:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: ianoid

An alternative auction site to eBay has been around almost a year,
www.chasethechuckwagon.com . They have almost 2000 users at this
point. They have a Commodore section. It's not my site, but I do
appreciate what the website is doing. Check it out!

I hunt there a bit, and have listed a little bit. It's video game
oriented, although I have bought a bunch of classic computer software
there.

No upfront listing fees, which is a plus when trying out a new auction
site.

ian


On Feb 8, 3:59 pm, Chris <chris...@notalotofunwanted.aol.com> wrote:
> I as looking at something I wanted to buy and I found out that ebay
> will not allow sellers to accept money orders or checks as payments
> and instead is basically forcing merchants to pay for the paypal
> service (whose fee's I'm quite sure will be  going up).
> Who is ebay to tell you what payments you can accept and that your
> checks are no good?   I personally am boycotting ebay and have written
> their customer service. I suggest you do the same.  Guess what is
> coming next?  A tax bill from your state for things you buy (sales
> tax) and things you sell (income tax). It seems everyone wins, except
> the public (as usuall)
>
> Chris
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198485 is a reply to message #198468] Tue, 10 February 2009 20:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I have sold a lot of stuff on ebay too.. The trouble is their fees are
getting so high, and the final value percentage you have to pay.. Then
on top of all of that, you get knocked a few bucks for using paypal
too.

However, in their defense, the amount of scammers working on ebay has
really caused them to have to spend a lot of money combating the
fraud. Paypal is good because it protects the buyer and seller, and
is more difficult to commit fraud with. I refuse to accept checks
because I would have to hold the item for a month before I'd be
convinced the check was any good.

It would definitely be a good thing if there were a decent competitor
to ebay, though. Unfortunately, right now ebay is the biggest player
so any seller wants to reach the widest audience possible and has no
incentive to move to some other auction site that only serves 1% as
many people. I think it would take a startup auction site millions
and millions of dollars in advertising in order to attract enough
users to ever compete.
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198503 is a reply to message #198485] Wed, 11 February 2009 15:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: Joel Koltner

"David Murray" <adric22@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have sold a lot of stuff on ebay too.. The trouble is their fees are
> getting so high, and the final value percentage you have to pay.. Then
> on top of all of that, you get knocked a few bucks for using paypal
> too.

Their push to get sellers to offer "free shipping" is also a little sneaky,
since obviously shipping isn't really free, so even if a buyer figures, "hey,
that should cost about $10 to ship, I'll bid $10 more than I otherwise would
have" eBay now gets a chunk of that extra $10.

I realize they did this somewhat in response to shipping costs being a very
common buyer complaint, and clearly many sellers were using shipping as a
profit center, which I don't feel is right. But even those sellers who were
charging actually shipping costs tended to get dinged a bit -- many people
don't realize the huge difference in "per package" shipping costing for some
guy selling a couple items per month vs. one who signed a contract with UPS
guaranteeing 1,000 shipments per month (e.g., Amazon).

---Joel
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198510 is a reply to message #198503] Wed, 11 February 2009 17:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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> I realize they did this somewhat in response to shipping costs being a very
> common buyer complaint, and clearly many sellers were using shipping as a
> profit center, which I don't feel is right. But even those sellers who were
> charging actually shipping costs tended to get dinged a bit -- many people
> don't realize the huge difference in "per package" shipping costing for some
> guy selling a couple items per month vs. one who signed a contract with UPS
> guaranteeing 1,000 shipments per month (e.g., Amazon).

Yes, I would actually say more sellers were fudging on shipping than
were being honest. I always tried to price my shipping honestly, and
in many cases lost a few bucks on shipping because it ended up costing
more than I planned. But so often you'll see a memory chip being sold
for $5 and then $15 to ship it. We all know they are going to stick
it in a padded envelope and mail it for about $1.

I, for one, and glad about the new crack down on shipping. However,
there is the issue that shipping anything via UPS tends to cost at
least $6 no matter how small or light it is. This is where people
should really investigate using the US mail instead. It really ticks
me off that I order things from Mouser Electronics, which is only
about 5 miles from my house. But they no longer allow customer
pickups there anymore, and the only shipping you can use is UPS. So I
can order 50 cents worth of resistors or something and I have to pay
almost $6 to have it shipped to me. And that is the ground service,
which fortunately gets here next day since I am so close.
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198550 is a reply to message #198420] Fri, 13 February 2009 09:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Chris wrote:
> I as looking at something I wanted to buy and I found out that ebay
> will not allow sellers to accept money orders or checks as payments
> and instead is basically forcing merchants to pay for the paypal
> service (whose fee's I'm quite sure will be going up).
> Who is ebay to tell you what payments you can accept and that your
> checks are no good? I personally am boycotting ebay and have written
> their customer service. I suggest you do the same. Guess what is
> coming next? A tax bill from your state for things you buy (sales
> tax) and things you sell (income tax). It seems everyone wins, except
> the public (as usuall)
>
> Chris

I sell things on eBay and have not run into that restriction. Of course
the protections of PayPal aren't there but sellers are free to accept
any type of payment they wish. The seller may have been BS-ing you.

Tom Lake
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198556 is a reply to message #198550] Fri, 13 February 2009 22:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Tom Lake wrote:
> Chris wrote:
>> I as looking at something I wanted to buy and I found out that ebay
>> will not allow sellers to accept money orders or checks as payments
>> and instead is basically forcing merchants to pay for the paypal
>> service (whose fee's I'm quite sure will be going up).
>> Who is ebay to tell you what payments you can accept and that your
>> checks are no good? I personally am boycotting ebay and have written
>> their customer service. I suggest you do the same. Guess what is
>> coming next? A tax bill from your state for things you buy (sales
>> tax) and things you sell (income tax). It seems everyone wins, except
>> the public (as usuall)
>>
>> Chris
>
> I sell things on eBay and have not run into that restriction. Of course
> the protections of PayPal aren't there but sellers are free to accept
> any type of payment they wish. The seller may have been BS-ing you.
>
> Tom Lake

As a seller, I can vouch that eBay did indeed restrict payment options
to disallow MO or Check as of January of this year.

http://pages.ebay.com/HELP/POLICIES/ACCEPTED-PAYMENTS-POLICY .HTML

I think the requirement is less nefarious than it is perceived. eBay
gets a lot of complaints concerning payments (I'm sure a sizable
percentage is Paypal complaints as well), so as a business owner, I can
definitely see the rationale behind wanting to restrict payment options
to channels they can deal with better or have some power to work with in
correcting issues.

However, as a buyer, I lament the lack of choices. Since I actually
like Paypal (I know, hate me if you must, but it's easy for me to use,
I've not had issues, and it provides some nice features that help as a
seller), the lament is somewhat academic. Still, I think the OP has a
valid point.

Those with strong views are happy to shout "I told you so" when I
finally fall victim to some Paypal or eBay craziness, of course.

Don't misinterpret this post as a defense of eBay and that I'm a
"fanboi". I just tend to believe eBay make a decision that, while it
has some sound business implications, creates a perception that they are
shafting the sellers and consumers. As well, it's just my opinion, and
I have been known on occasion to be less than perfectly correct in my
statements. YMMV, IANAL, FWIW, HAND, TTYL.

Jim
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198557 is a reply to message #198556] Sat, 14 February 2009 03:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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"Jim Brain" <brain@jbrain.com> wrote in message
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> Tom Lake wrote:
>> Chris wrote:
>>> I as looking at something I wanted to buy and I found out that ebay
>>> will not allow sellers to accept money orders or checks as payments
>>> and instead is basically forcing merchants to pay for the paypal
>>> service (whose fee's I'm quite sure will be going up).
>>> Who is ebay to tell you what payments you can accept and that your
>>> checks are no good? I personally am boycotting ebay and have written
>>> their customer service. I suggest you do the same. Guess what is
>>> coming next? A tax bill from your state for things you buy (sales
>>> tax) and things you sell (income tax). It seems everyone wins, except
>>> the public (as usuall)
>>>
>>> Chris
>>
>> I sell things on eBay and have not run into that restriction. Of course
>> the protections of PayPal aren't there but sellers are free to accept any
>> type of payment they wish. The seller may have been BS-ing you.
>>
>> Tom Lake
>
> As a seller, I can vouch that eBay did indeed restrict payment options to
> disallow MO or Check as of January of this year.
>
> http://pages.ebay.com/HELP/POLICIES/ACCEPTED-PAYMENTS-POLICY .HTML

Hmmm. They haven't enforced it with my transactions. I didn't ask for
checks or money orders but that was worked out after the sale. My
ads asked for PayPal only but I do accept other forms.

Tom Lake
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198559 is a reply to message #198485] Sat, 14 February 2009 11:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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David Murray wrote:
> I have sold a lot of stuff on ebay too.. The trouble is their fees are
> getting so high, and the final value percentage you have to pay.. Then
> on top of all of that, you get knocked a few bucks for using paypal
> too.
>
> However, in their defense, the amount of scammers working on ebay has
> really caused them to have to spend a lot of money combating the
> fraud. Paypal is good because it protects the buyer and seller, and
> is more difficult to commit fraud with. I refuse to accept checks
> because I would have to hold the item for a month before I'd be
> convinced the check was any good.
>
> It would definitely be a good thing if there were a decent competitor
> to ebay, though. Unfortunately, right now ebay is the biggest player
> so any seller wants to reach the widest audience possible and has no
> incentive to move to some other auction site that only serves 1% as
> many people. I think it would take a startup auction site millions
> and millions of dollars in advertising in order to attract enough
> users to ever compete.
>


While I can sympathize with the majority legitimate sellers, after
having been ripped off by several unscrupulous people over the years, I
won't touch an item on eBay that doesn't offer PayPal...as a buyer your
crazy if you don't insist on it. While PayPal's buyer protection is
hardly perfect, It does offer a measure of protection.

In the days before paypal, when I payed for everything with postal money
orders, if there were problems with an item, or it took forever things
to get shipped, or stuff never showed at all, there wasn't much you
could do. eBay's dispute resolution was pretty impotent, and even if
you got a crooked seller banned, they'd just start a new account... and
I've filed several mail fraud complaints and that never got me back a thing.

It's unfortunate that there aren't good alternatives to eBay for those
sellers that feel it no longer fulfills there needs and expectations,
but as it is the biggest and best known online auction service on the
net, if you want to take advantage of that, you have to expect to pay
for it... I'm not saying it fair, it's just a cost of doing business.

eBay is a not a public service, nobody's forcing sellers to use is, so
if they don't like the fees then they should stop paying them and go
else where. If enough sellers left, and they started to feel a pinch,
I'm sure eBay would restructure it's fee's, but I wouldn't expect PayPal
to go away. While I think sellers should be able to take payments in
forms other then PayPal, as a buyer I do feel that forcing EVERY seller
to accept PayPal as a payment method is needed to insure that there is
some form of protection for the purchaser and accountability from the
seller.
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198561 is a reply to message #198557] Sat, 14 February 2009 12:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Tom Lake wrote:
> Hmmm. They haven't enforced it with my transactions. I didn't ask for
> checks or money orders but that was worked out after the sale. My
> ads asked for PayPal only but I do accept other forms.
They can only enforce that the ad not ask for Check/MO. How you
actually complete the auction is not enforceable. Basically, they are
stating that you can't ask for Check/MO in the listing. If someone has
an issue and calls eBay on it, eBay is within their rights to say: "They
didn't offer those as payment options, so there's nothing we can do"

Jim
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198562 is a reply to message #198561] Sat, 14 February 2009 14:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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> They can only enforce that the ad not ask for Check/MO. How you
> actually complete the auction is not enforceable. Basically, they are
> stating that you can't ask for Check/MO in the listing. If someone has
> an issue and calls eBay on it, eBay is within their rights to say: "They
> didn't offer those as payment options, so there's nothing we can do"

They could compare the completed transactions against the use of approved
payment methods and if there's a completed sale that doesn't have a
corresponding approved payment, flag the seller's account.
(Only if they wanted to be Big Brother, of course!)

Tom Lake
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198568 is a reply to message #198562] Sun, 15 February 2009 00:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Tom Lake wrote:
> They could compare the completed transactions against the use of approved
> payment methods and if there's a completed sale that doesn't have a
> corresponding approved payment, flag the seller's account.

I can see legitimate reasons it would not show as completed via Paypal
(buyer and seller agreed to cancel, local pickup with cash, etc.)

I think the fact that they aren;t going after Check/MO transactions
bolsters my point that they simply want to contain the complaints around
transactions. If it's not shown on the ad, then eBay doesn't have to
deal with it.

Jim
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198579 is a reply to message #198568] Sun, 15 February 2009 14:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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"Jim Brain" <brain@jbrain.com> wrote in message
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> Tom Lake wrote:
>> They could compare the completed transactions against the use of approved
>> payment methods and if there's a completed sale that doesn't have a
>> corresponding approved payment, flag the seller's account.
>
> I can see legitimate reasons it would not show as completed via Paypal
> (buyer and seller agreed to cancel, local pickup with cash, etc.)

According to eBay, those are not legitimate reasons.
Those would all be flagged according to eBay's rules.
You can't cancel once the sale is complete. eBay will
still exact their "pound of flesh".
Local pickup would still need payment through PayPal so
a cash transaction would be flagged.

Tom Lake
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198582 is a reply to message #198579] Mon, 16 February 2009 00:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Tom Lake wrote:
> According to eBay, those are not legitimate reasons.
> Those would all be flagged according to eBay's rules.
> You can't cancel once the sale is complete. eBay will
> still exact their "pound of flesh".
> Local pickup would still need payment through PayPal so
> a cash transaction would be flagged.
Not that I care except for curiosity, but can you point to some ebay
links where they state these things?

I can;t find anywhere in the rules where, once an auction has completed
and the buyer and seller are in the payment phase, the buyer cannot
arrange with the seller to *not* buy the item. If the seller and the
buyer agree to not complete the transaction, then nothing has been done
wrong. eBay still gets their "pound of flesh" on the listing, though
they won't get it in Paypal fees. So, if that is allowed, I see no
reason why an auction with a cash sale on local pickup cannot be handled
the same way.

If you can point to rules on their web site that say otherwise, I'll
stand corrected, but all I can find are statements that note that eBay
does allow cash for local pickups, just that you cannot refuse Paypal as
a viable payment option.

Thus, until evidence is given to the contrary, I still maintain that
there are legitimate reasons why a sale with Paypal as the payment
option would not be listed as completed via Paypal. As such, accepting
cash/check/MO is still possible. I will agree that advertising that you
accept any of those items is not allowed, which means that buyers will
have to contact you ahead of time, or visit a web site of your that
states the additional payment options (the link would have to be
non-obvious, because I recall the rules states that you cannot link to
information about other payment options either).

Jim
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198587 is a reply to message #198582] Mon, 16 February 2009 07:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Jim Brain wrote:
> Tom Lake wrote:
>> According to eBay, those are not legitimate reasons.
>> Those would all be flagged according to eBay's rules.
>> You can't cancel once the sale is complete. eBay will
>> still exact their "pound of flesh".
>> Local pickup would still need payment through PayPal so
>> a cash transaction would be flagged.
> Not that I care except for curiosity, but can you point to some ebay
> links where they state these things?

I was talking about a paranoid view of an eBay future where they clamp
down on all transactions. I sometimes forget that, when typing, people
can't see the nuances of a conversation such as body language, facial
expressions, etc. Sorry about that!

Tom Lake
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198774 is a reply to message #198456] Sun, 22 February 2009 19:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 2月10日, 下午12时07分, amiga...@bellsouth.net wrote:
> On Feb 9, 10:57 pm, amiga...@bellsouth.net wrote:
>
>> eBayhas become a train wreck. Every change they have made over the
>> years has pissed people off and alienating customers and sellers
>> alike.eBaydidn't since it seemed for every person leaving, 2 newbies
>> would take their place. It would seem that they have *REALLY* gone too
>> far this time. The changes over the last 6 years is making tons of
>> high volume sellers and even some buyers leave for good.
>
>> http://forums.ebay.com/db2/topic/My-Ebay/My-Ebay-Moderated/5 20077825&...
>
>> I am a Gold Power Seller and I am working on FINALLY making my move
>> offeBayfor good in the coming months.
>
> Eeek! Did I really type this??
>
>> eBaydidn't since it seemed for every person leaving, 2 newbies would take their place.
>
> Should be..
>
> eBaydidn't seem to care since it seemed for every person leaving, 2
> newbies would take their place.
>
> and..
>
>> The changes over the last 6 years is making tons of high volume sellers and even some buyers leave for good.
>
> Should be..
>
>
>
>> The changes over the last 6 MONTHS ARE making tons of high volume sellers and even some buyers leave for good.- 隐藏被引用文字 -
>
> - 显示引用的文字 -

Hola, saludos cordiales,
Quiero introducir una compa ía comercial de you.Because de la mala
gestión, es que se enfrentará con el peligroso now.In de la quiebra a
fin de recuperar las pérdidas, Ahora están vendiendo todos los nuevos
products.If usted está interesado en la compra ellos, visite sitio
web.El que sitio es: www.click-ceo.com . Usted también los puede
contactar por correo electrónico o MSN.
Su dirección de correo electrónico es: Clickceo@msn.com
él es de MSN es: Clickceo@msn.com
Re: Ebay just gets worse and worse! Boycott them! [message #198775 is a reply to message #198587] Sun, 22 February 2009 19:48 Go to previous message
Anonymous
Karma:
Originally posted by: akmalhalabi

On 2月16日, 下午8时49分, Tom Lake <tl...@twcny.rr.com> wrote:
> Jim Brain wrote:
>> Tom Lake wrote:
>>> According toeBay, those are not legitimate reasons.
>>> Those would all be flagged according toeBay'srules.
>>> You can't cancel once the sale is complete. eBaywill
>>> still exact their "pound of flesh".
>>> Local pickup would still need payment through PayPal so
>>> a cash transaction would be flagged.
>> Not that I care except for curiosity, but can you point to someebay
>> links where they state these things?
>
> I was talking about a paranoid view of aneBayfuture where they clamp
> down on all transactions. I sometimes forget that, when typing, people
> can't see the nuances of a conversation such as body language, facial
> expressions, etc. Sorry about that!
>
> Tom Lake

Hola, saludos cordiales,
Quiero introducir una compa ía comercial de you.Because de la mala
gestión, es que se enfrentará con el peligroso now.In de la quiebra a
fin de recuperar las pérdidas, Ahora están vendiendo todos los nuevos
products.If usted está interesado en la compra ellos, visite sitio
web.El que sitio es: www.click-ceo.com . Usted también los puede
contactar por correo electrónico o MSN.
Su dirección de correo electrónico es: Clickceo@msn.com
él es de MSN es: Clickceo@msn.com
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