posted on October 20, 2010 06:32:27 PM new
They are looking for items not made in China.
But they want to pay in Chiense dollars!
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There is no 'Global savings glut',only wild horses and loose bankers.
[ edited by hwahwa on Oct 20, 2010 06:32 PM ]
posted on October 21, 2010 08:09:19 AM new
I'm surprised how many buyers are rating ebay so low. I don't buy very much on ebay so I guess I don't see their frustration.
posted on October 21, 2010 08:36:58 AM new
sad as it is... eBay just posted huge profits and people went crazy yesterday buying eBay stock.
sites like this don't deter eBay. eBay follows one rule... PROFIT. eBay could care less about anything else. Sellers are expendable, eBay employees are expendable. There is nothing that stops this other than if their bottom line declines.
until more sellers leave eBay, this will not change.
I've just checked into selling items on Amazon for the first time. Not that this is the cure all of the headaches, because Amazon is not, however I am sick of the lack of respect eBay gives hard working sellers.
eBay is two faced. case in point: customers. It is an eBay customer when eBay makes money. It is an eBay customer when they have a problem and open a dispute. It is a SELLER's customer when a Seller has a problem with a buyer. Sellers can't promote their brand name, we can't promote our business. It is always about EBAY.
[ edited by shagmidmod on Oct 21, 2010 08:38 AM ]
posted on October 21, 2010 09:07:19 AM new
Ebay posted increased profit but a lion share of that increase comes from Paypal,not the marketplace.
There is such thing as diminishing return,more listings,cheap listings,less FVF,more sqabbles,more work to resolve squabbles,more software programming to add rules,Ebay is digging deeper into that retail segment reserved for dollar store,Walmart,flea market and junk yard.
AMZN has guarded categories -jewelry,electronics and toys to protect the profit margins of the established AMZN sellers,Ebay should consider the same in certain categories,e.g.is it necessary to have auctions on packing supplies such as 'FRAGILE','HANDLE WITH CARE' labels?
How can good retailers who ordered cable modems from wholesalers/manufacturers sell side by side with deadbeat individuals who sell used cable modems they stole from their cable companies ?
Putting high quality items side by side with used,worn,dirty,scratched items is not going to help the good sellers .
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There is no 'Global savings glut',only wild horses and loose bankers.
posted on October 21, 2010 11:30:40 AM new
For the first time in over 10 years, I haven't listed anything on ebay for months.
Higher ebay fees, increased postage costs, and added paypal fees have created economic restricions for selling many lower priced items which originally made ebay popular.
posted on October 22, 2010 04:09:41 AM new
Many dont seem to realise AMZN has higher fees than Ebay,15% commish,99 cents transaction fee and shipping barely cover postage,handling and packing supply!
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There is no 'Global savings glut',only wild horses and loose bankers.
posted on October 22, 2010 07:00:30 AM new
I experimented with Amazon and listed the exact same items on Amazon and Ebay.Only competitor for my items on Amazon was Macy's who sold the items for full retail. My items were 50% off of retail. I never sold one item on Amazon.I do not know if Macy's ever did either.
On Ebay the items were bid up over the 50% starting price and I could determine shipping costs, unlike Amazon that dictated the shipping costs many times way below the actual cost (not that it mattered since nothing sold!!).
posted on October 22, 2010 07:19:39 AM new
Merrie, perhaps the problem was how steep the discount was compared to Macy's.
Some items such as media (cds, dvds, etc) do well at huge discounts, but other items may not because people may think there is something wrong with the item. It may be a factory reject, etc.
As crazy as it sounds, I have had many items in our store that were priced too low and don't sell. So, I raise the price and within a day or two they are gone. There is some psychology in this. Now that I think of it, I haven't done this in quite some time. Maybe I need to get back on it. lol.
posted on October 22, 2010 08:08:48 AM new
shagmidmod: Maybe you are right, but there is not way of knowing on Amazon if any of this merchandise sold discounted or retail. The items sell on Ebay, so I do not know if there is a completely different mindset on Amazon.
posted on October 22, 2010 08:19:12 AM new
AMZN is the most visited site,but AMZN buyers buy,receive the item and many dont leave feedback,unlike Ebay where buyers are also sellers,sellers are also buyers.
They dont come back to AMZN until they need to buy something.
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There is no 'Global savings glut',only wild horses and loose bankers.
posted on October 23, 2010 09:07:06 AM new
when feedback was mutual it was a good system. nowadays it is nothing more than an obnoxious extra thing we have to do.
posted on October 26, 2010 06:07:19 PM new
Many on AMZN and Yahoo shopping dont bother to leave feedback,they paid for the item,it arrived so thats all .
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There is no 'Global savings glut',only wild horses and loose bankers.
