eBay

mikal3141 · ‎10-23-2013

well. im done with ebay. tired of getting ripped off. im not the only one to go, and im sure more will follow. hopefully the closure goes smooth. im off to ioffer. thanks everyone for your help and advice.

tikazyg · ‎10-23-2013

love to go somewhere else.
no point staying here if i don't buy anything anymore.. the GSP is driving me away.
unfortunately, i know of no alternatives.

brandeentertainment · ‎10-23-2013

Take care and good luck .. dishonest scum bags will be everywhere you go. ..

gsp programs driving you away ..

so far 8 of the 10 US sellers removed it when i asked have you tried asking

icecutters_hockeycards · ‎11-25-2013

I not ready to give up just yet but I am close, too many dishonest sellers plus G.S.P equals frustration. Ebay take notice, the revolution has begun.

nan*55 · ‎11-26-2013

The US sellers will soon realize the sales they are losing. Some already have adjusted there shipping prices to reflect the extra fees charged by GSP. In theory it's a good program, but you have to be careful.

thebarterersdog · ‎11-26-2013

I don't buy from any seller who uses the GSP program after paying ridiculous amounts on items I normally wouldn't. My clients won't pay it either, so there's no point bidding on things with the GSP attached to it. My buying has dropped from thousands to a few hundreds now. As more and more US sellers are forced into the GSP, or choose to enroll in it... I will be buying less and less U.S.

Now, I see lots at $200 or $300 that would have been sold last year at $80... Greed is also driving buyers away, that and charging and getting away with charging $400.00 for shipping on an item that should only be around or no more than $18. Ridiculous!

Many other sites are opening up for our market and sadly, because I like the convenience of eBay, sellers like us, and buyers like us are looking elsewhere. Hate to see it happen, but there's a train wreck about to happen that interjecting dollar giants will put off for only a short time further, until the absence of quality , small shop sellers will be greatly felt.

Without a strong foundation, any mighty structure will topple...

Janet and Paul

femmefan1946 · ‎11-26-2013

Now, I see lots at $200 or $300 that would have been sold last year at $80... Greed is also driving buyers away, that and charging and getting away with

There are two issues here.

lots at $200 or $300 that would have been sold last year at $80...

Since you are buying for resale, what is happening is your customers are buying directly. I've been involved with auctions for over 30 years and one thing I have learned is that an informed collector can always outbid a dealer, who , after all, has to add all her expenses to the hammer price in order to sell profitably. The collector has no such constraints.

charging $400.00 for shipping on an item that should only be around or no more than $18. Ridiculous!

This was meant to be ended by charging sellers fees on shipping and by giving sellers bonus DSRs for using Free Shipping (including shipping costs in the asking price, which may also make a difference in your first point).

The GSP is not meant to be used by businesses. This was discussed elsewhere. However, since GSP uses a courier for delivery (at a much lower fee than the notorious UPS), the shipping cost will always include applicable duty and tax which are sometimes/susually overlooked by CBSA/Canada Post.

However, as a business, you know that just as you get tax credits on items shipped out of Canada, you also get a refund of taxes paid on any item purchased for resale. It's part of your monthly sales tax report.

i*m-still-here · ‎11-26-2013

@thebarterersdog wrote:

Many other sites are opening up for our market and sadly, because I like the convenience of eBay………………….

EBay is NOT convenient.

It's familiar and there's a big difference.

Other sites are much more buyer friendly and seller-simple.

femmefan1946 · ‎11-26-2013

ice-cutters- is there a specific problem we could give you advice about?

You are aware, I hope that you have up to 45 days to dispute an Item Not As Described or an Item Not Recieved and get your money back , right?

femmefan1946 · ‎11-26-2013

Other sites are much more buyer friendly and seller-simple.

Yes, and I got a sale on one of those other venues just this week.

The Ranch, which will accept your eBay listings holus-bolus. Although they also automatically reduce your asking price by what they believe would be your eBay fees on the item.

Unfortunately, the item had sold on eBay about two months earlier. My bad, I don't remember to update those other sites often enough.

i*m-still-here · ‎11-26-2013

@femmefan1946 wrote:
Other sites are much more buyer friendly and seller-simple.

Yes, and I got a sale on one of those other venues just this week.
The Ranch, which will accept your eBay listings holus-bolus. Although they also automatically reduce your asking price by what they believe would be your eBay fees on the item.
Unfortunately, the item had sold on eBay about two months earlier. My bad, I don't remember to update those other sites often enough.

……… and that's not even one of the sites I buy and/or sell on or know much about.

Sellers stick to eBay because they're afraid of change and like the familiar.

However, every day more and more are wandering from this safe haven and discovering that they aren't trapped here.

EBay has some benefits that other sites do not have (yet).

No site can compete with the exposure of eBay and this is where the newbies first land.

However……… many experienced buyers have left are aren't looking back. Experienced buyers who remain tend to buy for re-sale. Collectors like to be treated with respect and other sites do that better.

Among other issues for non-American buyers the GSP is a huge insult and slap that puts buyers in their place, and some just won't take it.

grannio204 · ‎01-02-2018

eBay is just another on-line mall now.

‘Back in the day’, before all the rules and roadblocks set up by eBay, it was fun. You really could buy and sell unique items. The last dozen or so items I looked at (mostly Lego stuff for the grandkids), are cheaper at Amazon, and even cheaper at Toys ‘R Us and Walmart. I bought a couple of these, only because I had to use up the funds left in my PayPal account.

I don’t understand why people buy this stuff on eBay, unless they live in area where they don’t have a local Walmart.

Of course, they still have a way to buy stuff here (on-line), so why they don’t shop around before making a decision?

You HAVE to use PayPal, for example. For many years, I had 100% success with money orders doing worldwide trading. With PayPal, it takes too long to get paid, they take a cut, and it’s a PITA for new eBayers.

Trying to work within all of their policies is extremely confusing (don’t know if they still have their eBay University).

Their market audience is huge, but shrinks rapidly when you are told (not by eBay, but by helpful users) that if you include a shipping cost to Canada and request buyers to ask for a rate if they are outside of Canada in your listings, ONLY Canadian buyers will see your listings, automatically eliminating all other potential buyers. May as well use eBay’s little brother (Kijii) where there are no fees, no insane shipping charges, and you meet your buyer face to face. Just a bunch of kids playing around, mostly, but I have had great success there with larger items like guitars.

After moving into a smaller home, I have lots of neat stuff to sell. I really hoped this would be the venue to do it. After three months of experimenting with some common items, I’ve had it.

Best of luck to those who stay.

pierrelebel · ‎01-02-2018

This thread was last addressed in 2013. We are now in 2018.

rosscd57 · ‎01-02-2018

@pierrelebel wrote:

This thread was last addressed in 2013. We are now in 2018.

Interesting - looks like thinks have not changed much.

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grannio204 · ‎01-02-2018

eBay won’t die, if that’s what you mean.

But, even you have to admit that eBay has become too complicated and is a monster when it comes to new users. Surely, there must be something negative you can say about the venue to join in the spirit of this thread 🙂

(the cusory smily)

pierrelebel · ‎01-02-2018

"there must be something negative you can say about the venue to join in the spirit of this thread "

I wrote extensively over the years about the many policy and technical problems facing Canadians on eBay. I wrote so many negative comments in the late 20th century and early this millennium that I was invited (all expenses paid) to visit for two days the Head Office in San Jose California and talk to senior management (including president, vice-presidents and CEO) about the many problems facing members, specifically sellers.

Nonetheless, I managed over 106,000 successful sale transaction in my time on eBay before final retirement early last year.

It is a matter of learning what eBay is all about and working within their system.