Hi,
I have a few items listed at fixed price ($0.35). I checked on eBay.com (without log in) to see where my listings (ending in less than 1 day) were located in the BEST MATCH results. I browsed from page 1 to 8 and didn't found them, while items (from USA) ending in 6 days were showing in the first page, so I stopped (45 pages of results!).
I have 100% score, more than 1100 feedbacks, my DSR is 4.9, 4.9, 4.9, 4.6... Since the beginning I do exactly what eBay suggests me to do. I do it BY THE BOOK since 2006, and never complained before. But thing is, like many Canadian sellers, I have a bad SHIPPING CHARGE DSR even if I don't make a damn penny of profit on shipments. I am calling this one the "Canada Post's rating" (not mine). This is the only weakness I have as a seller, which I guess can penalizes me in the BEST MATCH algorithm (along with the fact that I am located in Canada and not in the US).
As BEST MATCH is now the default setting on eBay, I was wondering if it was legal to not offer the same quality of service to all customers (sellers, in this case). I mean if we all pay the same price, we should all receive the same quality of "product" (or service) from eBay, isn't it ? From a legal point of view, as we are all customers and have rights in Canada, can they offer a very variable quality ?
P.S.: One last thing, is BEST MATCH a US economy protectionism tool ? We Canadian sellers are definitely pushed away from the US market place...