posted on February 9, 2008 08:59:01 AM
""I'm scared because there isn't anywhere else to go," he said. "I've looked at other sites and there's no one there." ""
That's the number one reason why this boycott (like the others, the famous million seller march, the "I'm taking my listings to Golds Auction" never make a dent. Ebay runs the numbers. Will they lose some sellers, sure. But they would have lost marginal sellers anyway, and sellers booming enough to move to their own e-commerce site would have done so anyway. So, bottom line, eBay is still dominant enough to set the rate structure on this.
The other main reason these boycotts don't work is that sellers simply don't know or care about your unhappiness as a seller. It would be like me saying I won't go to Sears because they didn't get a favorable lease from the mall. Customers would only be affected if a majority of sellers left, and eBay probably has as many sellers die each week of natural causes as they have in this boycott.
posted on February 9, 2008 09:22:41 AM"Lancaster echoed a common sentiment expressed by eBay business owners in this week's uproar: concern that the site is transitioning to a marketplace only for professional sellers, with no room for smaller vendors or hobbyists. John Donahoe, elevated to CEO-elect two weeks ago when Meg Whitman announced her impending retirement, fed those fears with an oft-repeated dismissive comment to the Financial Times in December, complaining that "our home page still looks like a flea market."
"Lancaster said she is sad to see eBay becoming a marketplace only for businesses that "buy inventory by the boatload."
"They already have a place for that," she said. "It's called Wal-Mart (WMT, Fortune 500)."
Ralphie & I would have said AMAZON.COM, but, the idea is the same...
posted on February 9, 2008 09:30:43 AM
What HUBRIS!
"EBay says it's unworried by the rebellious rhetoric.
"We have a passionate community, and we are not surprised to hear them voicing concern," eBay spokesman Usher Lieberman said via e-mail. "However, when our sellers have had ample opportunity to evaluate the entire package we now offer and consider the traffic and trading velocity we deliver every day,we are confident that they will conclude eBay remains their best business partner."
You can have ANY color phone ya want, just as long as it's BLACK and made by WESTERN ELECTRIC!
OF COURSE feeBay remains our "best business partner..."
But ONLY because it's our ONLY PARTNER...
We need TEDDY ROOSEVELT, TRUST BUSTER but instead, we have DUMBO W, Saudi butt-smoocher!
Geesh! WTF is the toothless JUSTICE DEPT?
Oh, I forgot! It's too busy going after little old gray grandmothers who protest Dumbo's Iraqui adventure...
posted on February 9, 2008 02:17:54 PM
If funds are frozen after a sale, PayPal will release them after the buyer leaves positive feedback, three days after the item's confirmed delivery, or at the end of 21 days without a dispute, whichever happens first///////////////////////////////////////
Well,3 days after confirmed delivery is not bad,a seller will get his fund 3 days after item is delivered,depending on how fast the carrier updates its delivery confirmation online system.
People are not doing too well these days, more people work for themselves,the mortgage brokers and independent construction workers,handyman,consultants etc ,they cant file for unemployment compensation and some dont even fund their SS,what is to stop them from coming to Ebay and list many items with just a pretty picture and take off with the money without shipping??
Even veteran sellers can do this,thats why Ebay is placing a limit on how many items a seller can list at one time.
Say if I list 10,000 items and ran up a big Ebay bill,2000 items sold,collect the money and disappear.
What can Ebay do?I can always cancel my credit card saying it has been stolen,download from my Paypal account to my bank account and close the account or better yet,withdraw the fund using ATM card.
posted on February 11, 2008 08:19:32 PMPayPal will release them after the buyer leaves positive feedback, three days after the item's confirmed delivery, or at the end of 21 days without a dispute
Are you kidding me? Who in their right mind is going to ship the item before the funds are released? They are completely out of their minds.
As a seller, I will never, ever ship an item unless the funds have cleared. And anyone that does, deserves their doomed consequences.
posted on February 12, 2008 04:58:07 PM
"PayPal will also offer PowerSellers protection on items sent to any address (not just confirmed addresses, the current policy) and expand its merchant coverage for international sales."
never make a dent. Ebay runs the numbers. Will they lose some sellers, sure. But they would have lost marginal sellers anyway, and sellers booming enough to move to their own e-commerce site would have done so anyway. So, bottom line, eBay is still dominant enough to set the rate structure on this.
