posted on October 15, 2008 05:58:07 AM new
I heard the people of Australia fought Ebay on Paypal payments and they backed off and will except checks and money orders. Is there any body fighting for our rights in the USA so we can take checks or money orders??
posted on October 15, 2008 08:36:17 AM new
Zippy: If we can't solicit checks or money orders, most of our buyers will assume PayPal is the only method they can use. And most of us small sellers do not have, and do not want, our own merchant accounts so we can accept credit cards.
I'm happy that the Australians won this one. I do wish we had a strong advocate to help us in the US.
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posted on October 15, 2008 08:54:02 AM new
Roadsmith
That's what I want to hear. I do not want to use Paypal to many nightmare stories. I as a seller I'am in control with checks or money orders, not ebay in control of my transaction.
Its just not right what ebay is doing.
posted on October 15, 2008 08:54:48 AM new
What buyers assume is not the issue. Reality is the issue and the reality of this situation is, while the new policy is annoying as can be, it is not illegal and only a lawyer with serious brain damage would take the case.
Believe you me, it pains me deeply to type that but it is the truth.
posted on October 15, 2008 12:14:38 PM new
ladyjewels...I think the CORRECT answer to that question is:
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posted on October 15, 2008 02:31:25 PM new
TRUST...reliance on the integrity, veracity, etc. of a person; confidence
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Gulag-a Soviet era concentration camp is now reincarnated as EBAY with 13,000 rules.
posted on October 15, 2008 06:19:05 PM new
For those of you who can not decipher what "rhpepsi" was trying to say, let me translate:
From ebay to sellers:
You, as a group are like ducks in a barrel. you have always been ducks in a barrel and will always continue to be. We, at ebay have utter disdain for you and we don't like your mothers either. We at ebay LOVE buyers. Buyers are like babes in the woods and we must protect them at all costs. Now if we did not have a severe case of craniotomy-rectal disease (figure it out) we would know that the more sellers we drive away the lower our buyer base becomes. But rest assured that we at ebay do not have and will never have the sense to properly run a business unless it is into the ground.
posted on October 15, 2008 08:28:59 PM new
My comment about TRUST;
Back when I first started on ebay and it WAS just a venue, buyers and sellers had A LOT more trust for each other. Nowadays, as sellers, we think everyone is trying to scam us, as buyers we want the product first before we pay. 10 years ago I had auctions with NO photos, maybe a line or two for a description. NOW, because ebay is NO LONGER just a venue, we have to add so many disclaimers and "policies" as a seller just to list an item. I accepted CASH - CHECKS and a majority of the time if the buyer said the "check was in the mail", I MAILED the item BEFORE payment was received!
That trust is not out there like it was, everyone is finding ways to put that extra $$ in their pocket by scamming, suing, deceiving, etc....
That includes the companies like eBay...give me a legitimate reason why we CAN NOT see when/who/what our DSRs are when that plays a major part of the way we are to do business on ebay. That is pure bottom line MANIPULATION(Shrewd or devious management, especially for one's own advantage) from eBay.
posted on October 16, 2008 06:17:41 AM new
I have been on Ebay mostly as seller since 1996,back then 20,000 listings was a BIG DEAL!
I would set my alarm to get up and bid at 3 am in the morning.
Anyway,there were dishonest sellers then,one jewelry seller sold the same pictures over and over again and finally skipped town right before XMAS.
Yes,back then you dont need a picture to sell,one jeweler would refer to Simon and Schuster book on gemstones page xyz to describe the color of his stones.
Ebay does not pre qualify its sellers,anyone can sell,so it has to find a way to protect its buyers.
If you have ideas to make Ebay a better place,Ebay will listen.
AMZN seems to be more diligent in screening its sellers,could be fixed price selling allows the seller to make a decent profit,so less misrepresentation,more willing to accept returns and higher level of customer service.
Or does it have to do with the merchandise available on AMZN-upc code and gated categories?Only time will tell.
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