Circa, in your most recent "update" regarding seller profitability you ask the question "Would you be interested in the PayPal debit card and/or PayPal checks?" The thread is locked so I must assume that you are going to limit answers to those sellers that you survey in the coming weeks.
Recent experience indicates that eBay takes a very small sampling and then makes a decision based on the responses received. This makes little sense. Why not leave the thread unlocked and allow PS'ers to respond to your question? Why not allow all PS'ers that use the board respond? Why limit your sampling to the same few CTS posters?
Please don't come back in a few weeks with the report that the project has been dropped for lack of interest. The interest is there - eBay.ca just makes it difficult to communicate.
Bill treasure-pot
Recent experience indicates that eBay takes a very small sampling and then makes a decision based on the responses received. This makes little sense. Why not leave the thread unlocked and allow PS'ers to respond to your question? Why not allow all PS'ers that use the board respond? Why limit your sampling to the same few CTS posters?
Please don't come back in a few weeks with the report that the project has been dropped for lack of interest. The interest is there - eBay.ca just makes it difficult to communicate.
Bill treasure-pot
Key word being supposedly
If that were the case, why haven't Circa's intermediate and most recent posts been posted to that thread? The introduction of the so-called "initiatives" have been launched in new threads that have been locked.
The thread you refer to went dead (for the most part) and required a few bumps to resurrect. In fact, the last post made to that thread by a pink was on Sept. 15th, 2006 by lilybean. Otherwise it appears to have been abandoned except for a few regular posters talking amongst themselves.
If there were some indication that the initial thread was on the radar of eBay.ca I might agree. Unfortunately, the frequent silences that we hear from staffers leads me to believe (once again) that there is more lip service than attention being paid.
Bill treasure-pot
If that were the case, why haven't Circa's intermediate and most recent posts been posted to that thread? The introduction of the so-called "initiatives" have been launched in new threads that have been locked.
The thread you refer to went dead (for the most part) and required a few bumps to resurrect. In fact, the last post made to that thread by a pink was on Sept. 15th, 2006 by lilybean. Otherwise it appears to have been abandoned except for a few regular posters talking amongst themselves.
If there were some indication that the initial thread was on the radar of eBay.ca I might agree. Unfortunately, the frequent silences that we hear from staffers leads me to believe (once again) that there is more lip service than attention being paid.
Bill treasure-pot
Well, hows about that?
More than a month after Circa's post, one of my selling ID's received a request to complete a survey on seller profitability today. Being the good eBay soldier that I am, I complied.
Here is the text of the email sent to me:
eBay Canada would appreciate five minutes of your time to consider and respond to a short online survey.
As we continue to examine Canadian seller profitability, we would like your feedback about some important PayPal topics.
We've heard sellers ask for the ability to withdraw US dollars from their PayPal account without having to convert them to Canadian dollars. We're investigating some PayPal products, which may allow this type of funds transfer.
We would like your feedback to help us understand if these products would be useful for you.
The survey questions focus on your daily experiences as an eBay seller and include information about the currencies you work with as you conduct business on eBay. All information you provide will be considered confidential and will play an important role in helping us offer an expanded range of services to valued Canadian sellers like you.
Thank you for your input!
eBay Canada Marketplace Team
Just so Powersellers are aware, it appears the only issue that Jordan's team are focusing on is the transference of funds from Paypal to Canadian bank accounts. What was really disappointing is that someone at Paypal or eBay.ca sees this as an opportunity to make even more money off the backs of Canadian sellers. One of the questions asks if you would be willing to pay a nominal fee for Paypal to transfer funds to a Canadian bank by means of a cheque written on your Paypal account.
As suspected, and previously voiced, the sincerity of eBay.ca to help the profitability of Canadian sellers is suspect. With all of the suggestions the team received from Canadian sellers, they appear to be focused on how they can turn this into another profit center.
Shame... shame.
Bill treasure-pot
More than a month after Circa's post, one of my selling ID's received a request to complete a survey on seller profitability today. Being the good eBay soldier that I am, I complied.
Here is the text of the email sent to me:
eBay Canada would appreciate five minutes of your time to consider and respond to a short online survey.
As we continue to examine Canadian seller profitability, we would like your feedback about some important PayPal topics.
We've heard sellers ask for the ability to withdraw US dollars from their PayPal account without having to convert them to Canadian dollars. We're investigating some PayPal products, which may allow this type of funds transfer.
We would like your feedback to help us understand if these products would be useful for you.
The survey questions focus on your daily experiences as an eBay seller and include information about the currencies you work with as you conduct business on eBay. All information you provide will be considered confidential and will play an important role in helping us offer an expanded range of services to valued Canadian sellers like you.
Thank you for your input!
eBay Canada Marketplace Team
Just so Powersellers are aware, it appears the only issue that Jordan's team are focusing on is the transference of funds from Paypal to Canadian bank accounts. What was really disappointing is that someone at Paypal or eBay.ca sees this as an opportunity to make even more money off the backs of Canadian sellers. One of the questions asks if you would be willing to pay a nominal fee for Paypal to transfer funds to a Canadian bank by means of a cheque written on your Paypal account.
As suspected, and previously voiced, the sincerity of eBay.ca to help the profitability of Canadian sellers is suspect. With all of the suggestions the team received from Canadian sellers, they appear to be focused on how they can turn this into another profit center.
Shame... shame.
Bill treasure-pot
