http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2009/08/03/is-craigslist-truly-an-alternative-to-ebay/ Driving currency from change - News and comment from the world of online multi-channel selling Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:14:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2009/08/03/is-craigslist-truly-an-alternative-to-ebay/comment-page-1/#comment-7947 Erika Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:12:01 +0000 http://www.vendio.com/vendable/?p=442#comment-7947 Doesn't this sound like an ebay employee trying to dissuade people from selling on craigslist? Ebay fees and paypal fees can cut into profit margins, ebay buyers have all the control over the sale, there is less and less control for the seller to leave feedback, or deal with issues if the BUYER is dishonest. So we pay higher fees all around and we are supposed to believe we get more security in the sale, but Ebays continued rule changes work against sellers who are not performing in a tightening arena of rules where ebay buyers with only 1 feedback can extort merchandise and destroy a buyer's rating with a negative feedback when the buyer may be a vindictive person. So, read the above with a grain of salt and realize someone employed by ebay.com probably wrote it. Doesn’t this sound like an ebay employee trying to dissuade people from selling on craigslist? Ebay fees and paypal fees can cut into profit margins, ebay buyers have all the control over the sale, there is less and less control for the seller to leave feedback,
or deal with issues if the BUYER is dishonest. So we pay higher fees all around and we are supposed to believe we get more security in the sale, but Ebays continued rule changes work against sellers who are not performing in a tightening arena of rules where ebay buyers with only 1 feedback can extort merchandise and destroy a buyer’s rating with a negative feedback when the buyer may be a vindictive person. So, read the above with a grain of salt and realize someone employed by ebay.com probably wrote it.

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