eBay Power Seller Gifts to US Power Sellers

[shoplineca]

Once a month I venture onto the US PS Discusion Board
There are currently a couple of complaints about a few Power Sellers who have NOT received their package of gifts from eBay.

However, like everything else eBay paid attention to its US Power Slleres and promptly responded (Rizal) asking that those who havent received anything email him directly and he will make certain that their gifts go out right away.

Now I will never live or die without getting anything from eBay such as the long-promissed coffee mugs and t- shirts, pens, mouse pads, bumper stickers, business card holders and other trinkets they are dishing out now but isnt this getting a little ridiculous.

I mean, as a Canadian I am pretty friggin insulted being treated this way by eBay. Remember we are all equal in eBay land except the Canadians.

eBay should either give all Power Sellers something or give nothing at all but I dont know where they get off rewarding the US Power Sellers over the Canadian Power Sellers.

Hey eBay screw the bloody gifts because it is too late now, just give us a break in fees because I dont see why I should be paying to buy for gifts for the US Power Sellers!!!!!

Malcolm

[recped]

Sorry, but I am tired as being treated as second class by American companies.

It's better than being treated like a terrorist................



Or is it?


"you're either with US or with the terrorists"


And heck quit yer grumbin' ww could be in 3rd class like two thirds of the world's population.

Ben

[shoplineca]

Were getting there.

Malcolm

[thebidwatcher]

I have tons of eBay loot. Come on over and we can go to Starbucks. I'll share. I get it when I participate in Voices, eBay on the Road and eBay LIVE.

Malcolm - .punjab??? ROFLMAO!!!!

[shoplineca]

I worked in private industry most of my life. When a business is doing thousands or millions of dollars in business with various suppliers, those suppliers would either (a) give tokens of their appreciation for the business they were given or (b) not give anything.

However for a supplier (eBay is a supplier of service) to discriminate by giving to the US Power Sellers over Canadian Power Sellers or others from other countries, it is an insult that shakes the very foundation of the community.

The fact that eBay is a major supplier and a major cost for most people selling on eBay and in most instances it is their sole marketing venue.

eBay must promote itself in order to fulfill its end of the business, to draw buyers to the site so that we Sellers can sell our items, thereby justifying existing fees or fee increases.

Of late, there are fewer marketing aids (coffee mugs, bumper stickers, window stickers, business cards or holders etc etc etc) and far fewer television, radio and print ads being made available.

We pay eBay to market themselves and our products and they have almost critically reduced the amount of marketing necessary to drive our businesses forward.

I dont look at them as a community, nor a partner, nor an employer. They are simply a supplier of a service who is now charging too much for the amount of business they are generating.

The "tokens" are just further evidence of their deep pockets being partially open for Power Sellers south of the boarder and not up here however they are still failing in their overall primary responsibility for which they levy fees, and that is marketing eBay to bring in Buyers.

Malcolm

[ospreylinks]

I would rather have Ebay mail a friggin paper cup with their web address to everyone in the free world so maybe they could attract some new tire kickers to this tired old mall.....

Jeff

[shoplineca]

Jeff
I would like eBay to market themselves to get more people onto eBay and encourage others to purchase on eBay. Whether they advertise in print, television or radio, do mass mailings or provide sellers with stuff to
give away to their customers it is of little importance so long as it works.

As chinsie as the business cards may have appeared to some who received them 2 years ago, I used many of them and those people went online and purchased from eBay for a FIRST time.

A little over a year ago I gave one of those eBay cards to a lawyer whose office I worked out of and he ended up buying from me and made at least 5 other purchases within about 4 months of joining eBay.

My son and I wear our PayPal T-Shirts around and if given an eBay T Shirt, I would probably have our logo added and wear it around too.

But for a company that's principle job is to bring Buyers and Sellers together in exchange for fees paid by the Sellers, it is doing a crappy job.

So eBay, mail a paper cup to everyone in the free world or create some new TV ads but do something for our money because you are loosing your Buyer audience and that is the ONLY reason that we are here selling.

Malcolm

[auctiondropnship]

thebidwatcher

Ebay.ca is owned by Ebay.com
This was told too me by the head of the Ebay.ca when we were at Breakfest TV in Vancouver B.C .Ebay.ca was taken back under the wings of Ebay.com recently

This switch happened about two years ago
I understand you may be confused because we get billed and it says Switzerland. This was also commented on within voices

Todd

[nan*55]

gifts from ebay? I haven't even recieved the little goody pack they send out when you first make power seller:( And it's been 2 months!

[catseye*]

what goody-pack? I think someone's pulling your leg!

[shoplineca]

They dont send a goody-pack when you make Power Seller.

They sent a package of materials to all Canadian Power Sellers a few months after they started this discussion board, I assume the same year as .ca began. That was two years ago.

As a Power Seller, you are invited, without charge to attend their across Canada tour and you get a grab bag with a pen and some small items.

If you participate in other eBay forums where you physically attend, you get some trinkets.

That's about it.

PayPal sent Canadian Power Sellers T-Shirts about 2 years ago. That was nice and a good marketing move.

Malcolm

[catseye*]

The shirt Paypal sent me said 'paypal', nothing about being a powerseller.

[shoplineca]

PayPal, while owned by eBay handles payments for people purchasing off eBay or off private web sites that have nothing to do with eBay.

However PayPal sent the shirts to people who were eBay Power Sellers while at the same time, eBay has not sent the Power Sellers anything of equivelant value or marketing use at least not the Cdn Power Sellers that is.

Malcolm

[nan*55]

I thought there was a certifiate (etc) of some kind?

[shooger]

I've been a powerseller for a year and a half, and never got anything (except the PayPal shirt which was from PayPal). And I don't want any stupid eBay card holder! I don't have business cards, nor will I ever. Don't waste 45c to get Taiwan to manufacture a piece of plastic, and then spend $8 to ship it to me, costing me $6 in customs fees. PLEASE DON'T DO THAT. Spend the 45c on lowering fees or increasing service.

Well, what am I saying, I'm closing my store on the 17th anyway.