Did you know about the new eBay rules?

[Alan R]

Paperless payments only—effective late October, 2008—checks/money orders will no longer be allowed as a form of payment (with the exception of "Payment on Pick-up.") http://pages.ebay.com/sell/August2008Update/Payments/
Fee changes—effective 9/16/08—lower insertion fees for fixed-price listings; increases in final-value fees for fixed-price listings (with the exception of items in certain media categories, where the FVFs actually decrease.) http://pages.ebay.com/sell/August2008Update/BasicFees/
eBay Motors fee changes—effective 9/02/08—eBay is eliminating the insertion fees on the first four vehicles you list in a 12-month period. Insertion fees on the fifth and any subsequent vehicle listing during that period is reduced 50% to $20 per listing. On the flip side, successful vehicle listings will pay a much larger "Successful Listing" fee—as much as 150% higher than the old fee. http://pages.ebay.com/sell/August2008Update/FeatureFees/
Specified shipping in listings—effective 8/25/08—all listings must now have the shipping cost/service specified. http://pages.ebay.com/sell/june2008Update/faq/index.html#39
Limits on shipping/handling charges in media categories (Books, DVDs & Movies, Music and Video Games)—effective 10/05/08. http://pages.ebay.com/sell/August2008Update/MaxShipping/
Specified return policy/handling time required—effective late October 2008—specify a return policy (even if you don't accept returns, you still have to state that) and enter a handling time for shipping. http://pages.ebay.com/sell/june2008Update/faq/index.html#37
Special incentives for free shipping—effective October thru December 2008—sellers who offer free shipping during the holiday season will get a free subtitle upgrade and PowerSellers will get double their FVF discounts. http://pages.ebay.com/sell/August2008Update/OtherFAQ/index.html#2
New item page—effective late 2008 or early 2009—a new revamped Item Page with larger photos, real-time countdown timer, tabs to organize shipping and payment information, and much more. For a preview click here: http://pages.ebay.com/newitempage/
ebay.uk/ebay.ie (http://ebay.uk/ebay.ie) changes: http://www2.ebay.com/aw/uk/200808.shtml#2008-08-20110529
Recent sales history a factor in "Best Match" search results—effective mid-September—recent sales of an individual item will now be a factor in Best Match search results. http://pages.ebay.com/sell/August2008Update/OtherFAQ/#5

General Overview of all the changes: http://pages.ebay.com/sell/August2008Update/Overview/

[tennesseemom]

I can't afford to list on ebay anymore, the 8% the are taking is bad enough, then you figure insertion fees, then paypal fees. But in October, they are going to 12%! I don't understand why they are changing.. again. They have oodles of money, are they trying to make is so that big business sells most things?

[paperdragon]

They have oodles of money, are they trying to make is so that big business sells most things?


If I recall right, just before my mom stopped selling on there she read some little press release on the site that pretty much said that was the case.

[Alan R]

Seems to me that if that were the case, it wouldn't really be eBay. I don't go to ebay to shop for new stuff.

[galen]

ebay really sucks nowadays. for sellers its ahrd since one can no longer leave negeative feedback to some of these buyers who buy stuff, claim in paypal it dont work or soemthing, get their money back in full (plus they got your item) and then they leave negative feedback. that site has gone to the dogs.

[Alan R]

ebay really sucks nowadays. for sellers its ahrd since one can no longer leave negeative feedback to some of these buyers who buy stuff, claim in paypal it dont work or soemthing, get their money back in full (plus they got your item) and then they leave negative feedback. that site has gone to the dogs.

Why can't you leave negative feedback? I haven't sold on there in almost a year. I agree it sucks. As a seller, I never left negative feedback anyway. Only because if I did they buyer would retaliate and leave very undeserved negative feedback in return. If you are a serious seller that undeserved negative feedback really stings.

[TwoTankAmin]

I do not use to Ebay.

I have never used Ebay.

Ebay is the devil's site- every visit you loose a little piece of your soul :angryfire: :devil: :mad2: :silly:

The above nonsense aside, their goal is to convert from mostly auctions to mostly fixed price sales.

It is also interesting to note they are laying off employees and their stock is trading at en extremely low level. Australia is also investigating them for their tie ins with their PayPal operation.

[Alan R]

I do not use to Ebay.

I have never used Ebay.

Ebay is the devil's site- every visit you loose a little piece of your soul :angryfire: :devil: :mad2: :silly:

The above nonsense aside, their goal is to convert from mostly auctions to mostly fixed price sales.

It is also interesting to note they are laying off employees and their stock is trading at en extremely low level. Australia is also investigating them for their tie ins with their PayPal operation.

Most stock is very low right now. That doesn't really say anything about ebay.

[Mgamer20o0]

they been driving away a bunch of the bigger power sellers too..... yet letting buy.com list stuff for free. it sure isnt ebay of old........ hope something comes up to replace what it used to be.

[Cheech]

^^ agreed.

All ebay's good for is finding anything you want. In the end however, you'll have to pay for it if you really want it.

[Alan R]

I still buy from ebay occasionally. Just bought some replacement filter cartridges for my emp 400 this morning.

[Fishy_Fun]

i gotta admit ebay is becoming a joke.There is absolutely NO protection for sellers

[Cory Keeper]

regarding oodles of money. This is a free market system (or at least SHOULD BE) and they have a product or a service, they can charge whatever they deem fit and that will be supported. Once a product becomes too expensive, people will stop using said service and Ebay, will understand that and lower the price.

Just because they have lots of money and you don't doesn't mean you need to launch class warfare. They are every bit entitled to that money. Same goes for just about any business. If you think its too much, fine, stop buying/selling from them, but don't launch an all out assault on them.

[sed03f]

thats terrible for sellers, and I actually wanted to start selling things there. anyway,

if you know, let me know, I purchased 100 Opae Ula shrimp on ebay last month, the seller shipped them through usps(she told me she would use fedex).

She put 50 shrimp in a water bottle with less than an inch of air at the top. NOthing to hold onto, and put them in a sealed foam cooler inside a larger box. they all died.

she said she would replace the shrimp with no extra charge, but its going on the 3rd week she said she would ship, and still has not sent them.

I told her how to ship them, and she didnt take my advice, if this happens again, or if she never sends the shrimp am I out of my money?

[Alan R]

thats terrible for sellers, and I actually wanted to start selling things there. anyway,

if you know, let me know, I purchased 100 Opae Ula shrimp on ebay last month, the seller shipped them through usps(she told me she would use fedex).

She put 50 shrimp in a water bottle with less than an inch of air at the top. NOthing to hold onto, and put them in a sealed foam cooler inside a larger box. they all died.

she said she would replace the shrimp with no extra charge, but its going on the 3rd week she said she would ship, and still has not sent them.

I told her how to ship them, and she didnt take my advice, if this happens again, or if she never sends the shrimp am I out of my money?

If you paid with Paypal you can submit a dispute. I have only had to do this once. It took about 2 months, but Paypal did eventually refund my money.
If you didn't use paypal then yes, you are probably out your money.

[sed03f]

i did use paypal thankfully, thank you

[Fishy_Fun]

When i say theres no protection for sellers i really mean it.I once read an article in ebay where a person bought a 400.00 camera said it didn't work contacted the seller and he said to just return it.Well needless to say he got a box in the mail but it wasn't a camera but a box of rocks.So the seller was out the money and camera

[Alan R]

When i say theres no protection for sellers i really mean it.I once read an article in ebay where a person bought a 400.00 camera said it didn't work contacted the seller and he said to just return it.Well needless to say he got a box in the mail but it wasn't a camera but a box of rocks.So the seller was out the money and camera

So you are saying the seller is an idiot for refunding the money before receiving the item? That situation could have easily been avoided with very simple common sense.
That doesn't mean that sellers have no protection. It means that it is up to the sellers to protect themselves. As they should IMO. It isn't hard to take very simple precautions as a seller. I sold successfully on eBay for awhile. Just like anyone else, I got the occasional scammers. It's not very hard to avoid them by taking some precautionary measures which is the norm in e-commerce. Just as one example, not shipping an item before a check clears. IMO it shouldn't be up to eBay or anyone else but the sellers to protect the sellers.
They try and protect buyers simply to try and diffuse some of the fears of purchasing on eBay hence promoting sales on their site.
Any seller who doesn't take the time to protect themselves shouldn't be a seller.

[Fishy_Fun]

I agree to some extent but when the person pays through paypal and paypal sucks the money right out when the person says they shipped the item back(even though it was a box of rocks) and prove it with a tracking number.How will anyone know?It will his word against the others

[Alan R]

To be honest, I have not heard anything about that story until you told it. I can't debate what I don't know. All i can say is that I have been using Paypal for years. I have never had any problems. As I stated earlier, i have been fortunate enough to only have one issue buying online that I needed to file a dispute. Paypal was slow (imo) to resolve it, but they did eventually resolve it. Something about that story just doesn't add up the way you told it.

[Alan R]

I just went to eBay to leave feedback for some filter cartridges I just recieved. When i clicked on "Leave Feedback" a notice popped up stating that buyers can no longer leave feedback for sellers? WTF? I looks to me that it's the buyers that will need protection. The feedback system is the only way I we have to determine if a seller is worth buying from or not!