[Jukebox-list] Re: EBAY

[Wesley Dean]

Well said Bently My hat's off to ya.  I feel that EBAY has RUINED the Market 
for the small business person altogether, also
Roy
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From: <Kuglarb at wmconnect.com>
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Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] Re: EBAY


> Karl,
>
> I agree with you.  This is just my opinion, but when I started buying and
> selling on ebay over 9 years ago, I found it to be fun and rewarding to 
> both the
> buyer and seller.  This was a time that a seller could post items at a 
> fair
> price and still make a little money.  Again, the buyer and seller were 
> happy.  I
> have been both in my travels through ebay, a buyer and seller.  Over the
> years, and like so many businesses and companies, ebay got greedy.  They 
> started
> going up on their rates and it took me awhile to realize it, ebay was the 
> one
> coming out on the best foot.  I sold many items on ebay.  Many of these 
> items
> I'd love to have back as ebay made the most money, I made pocket change. 
> By
> the time I took the time to post the item, took time to photograph the 
> item,
> took time to write up a quality description of the item, took time to 
> package the
> item, took time to take the item to the post office, pay ebay for their 
> fees,
> and pay paypal for the credit card transactions, I lost money in many
> instances.  I would have been better off to have kept the item in my shop 
> or garage.
>
> Ebay has so much control over their customers.  So much so that many
> sellers/buyers are afraid that in talking to a potential buyer 'off-line' 
> they are
> 'doing something behind ebay's back.'  Believe me, ebay makes plenty, I 
> mean
> plenty of money.  They don't care about you the seller or you the buyer. 
> It is
> the money that they care about, first and foremost.
>
> Now, we have the onslaught of 'deadbeat' buyers that we must contend with.
> They have always been around, but it seems that there are more of them 
> these
> days. These are the LITTLE PEOPLE that at the last minute will outbid a 
> good
> honest buyer, and will never pay for the item.  Ebay has that 'we will 
> take care
> of you' attitude/promise, but guess what, they never do anything to take 
> care
> of this deadbeat person, or you the seller.  One thing that ebay will do 
> is
> still take the seller's money!  It is no skin off of their face that the 
> buyer
> did not hold his end of the bargain.
>
> Now, ebay has changed their policy and is trying to make the ebay 
> community
> believe that these policy changes are what the customers asked for. 
> That's
> total.........., well you know what I want to say.
>
> I still browse through ebay from time to time, but have not bought 
> anything
> through this auction in over six months.  I have not sold anything in over 
> a
> year.  I probably won't unless I find something that I just can't live 
> without.
> One example may be a bottle of oxygen if there were no more to breath in 
> the
> atmosphere.  I have made up my mind that I will never sell on ebay again.
> Again, it has not been worth it for me.  Am I boycotting ebay?  Well, 
> kinda sorta
> (we say that down here in the south).  On second thought, I am not really
> boycotting ebay at all.  When one boycotts something, they only stay away 
> from it
> for a certain time period, just enough time for their absence to make or
> prove a point.  The reason this is not a boycott for me is because I plan 
> to never
> go back to ebay.  It's that simple.
>
> Ebay has been on top of the electronic cyberspace auction world for years
> now.  It may be only a short while before another auction takes its place. 
> Every
> dog has his day.  I remember when General Motors was the top dog in
> automobile manufacturing.  Regardless of the quality of their product and 
> the quality
> of their customer service, they were the top dog for a long time.  Well, 
> things
> caught up with them and now we have Toyota, Honda....
>
> Should I say more?  Joe Public is not a fool.  Just give it time.
>
> Thanks for reading and thanks for making this a great and informative 
> thread.
>
> Bently   </HTML>
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