posted on February 19, 2008 07:17:11 PM new
Both Yahoo and AMZN keep track of it for 7 days,yes,if you go to Yahoo shopping and click on a Yahoo shop website,it remembers .
Say within 7 days,you return to the store and buy an item,Yahoo gets a cut.
This AMZN affiliate arrangement has been around for years,it was popular at first then those websites disappear,so much for AMZN affiliates!
posted on February 20, 2008 09:55:42 AM new
According to the directions that eBaY gives to a buyer, a seller rates four stars if they ship QUICKLY.
If they ship "quickly", the bidder is told to give them FOUR stars.
Then eBaY RED WARNS prospective bidders that the seller has a POOR shipping record???
hmmm...does four stars mean the seller has a four star QUICK shipping record or a four star POOR shipping record?
helloooooooooooo...anybody home over there at eBaY?????????
posted on February 20, 2008 10:29:38 AM new
Please tell me what ALL this URL nonsense has to do with the original post?
The issue is whether ebay has the legal right to discourage bids on sellers who don't meet their arbitrary standards and why I, as a seller, should be paying for advertising of other sellers items in a competing category. The Related Items tab is bull. Under no circumstances do we as sellers who pay the fees give ebay the right to have us pay for our competitors advertising. With the DSR warning effectively ebay is saying "Don't buy from this seller!!"
eBay has gone nuts - in their original release none of the two issues in this post were addressed. We as sellers are so wound up about fee changes and fb changes that they have managed to slip this stuff by without mentioning it anywhere.
It is so obvious that ebay wants all the smaller sellers gone that there is no longer anyway to fight the issue. In life you have to pick your battles and I feel this is one I can't win so it's time to move on. I wish anyone good luck who wants to fight ebay but I can't see the point.
eBay is no longer "just a venue". They have become a clearing house for large retailers. This is the path they choose to take and that's fine. However, at least they could be honest about it and let us know tht's what they want. This subterfuge and attempt to put certain sellers out of business is just wrong on so many levels.
posted on February 20, 2008 11:06:16 AM new
capolady, thanks for getting this post back on track. I was beginning to wonder if bowtiefifty and I were the only ones bothered by this.
Granted, this concept of the RED alerts and the "tab" to click to see other sellers competing items on your listing are part of a "test" being done, but... it sure shows where their minds are and the direction they think things should be going in. So wrong on so many levels.
posted on February 21, 2008 04:34:08 AM newI was beginning to wonder if bowtiefifty and I were the only ones bothered by this.
I think most everyone is concerned about it, but you are also missing the point. Your example, just judging by the feedback left for him/her, is deserving of such actions. The shipping time is slow.
Over two weeks and no item to the buyer yet? Either the items is lost. Not likely judging by the other feedback. Or this seller is only shipping when they get around to it. Which is likely the case. That's simply not good business. If you get paid, ship the item out. Or as Larry the Cable Guy would say, Git R Dun.
