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Diana,
>EBay is no longer just an internet garage sale, so to speak, and
even the
> US Government and other government agencies sell on it.
> We are small potatoes.
Exactly. Which is why I thought 2 1/2 years ago that it made sense for all
of the poster sellers to begin moving away from eBay into their own exclusive
movie posters-only auction site where they would be the Big Fish -- pulling
their existing customers along with them as they transitioned away from eBay
over time. Heck, I even created a place for them to go, http://www.MoviePosterBid.com... but,
in typical short-sighted fashion most of the sellers felt they had to stay on
eBay exclusively because "that's where all the buyers are"... never grasping
that since they have the all the Real Power (the inventory) that if they moved
en masse away from eBay to another auction venue that "all the buyers" would
follow them. They could still make that move, but my guess is they will remain
in their niche, content to be small mice scurrying after the crumbs eBay
lets fall from the table.
-- JR
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Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 14:11
Subject: Re: [MOPO] ebay profitting from BAD FEEDBACK
Another problem is that eBay is on the stock exchange, and its
first responsibity is catering to the demands of its stockholders...the
more they make, the happier I am sure the stockholders are ( By the
way, as they say on TV, "in the interest of full disclosure," I do not own stock
in eBay!!).
So while eBay would not even exist without those of us
who sell there, it is in the "big time" now and the game is all about profits
and the stockholders. So of course those who sell more and make more and
therefore make more for eBay are going to benefit more in many ways.
EBay is no longer just an internet garage sale, so to speak, and
even the US Government and other government agencies sell on it. We are small
potatoes.
Diana
JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
In reaction to eBay's feedback system having been broken for so many
years we set up the feedback system on http://MoviePosterBid.com so that it
keeps all feedback on file for reference, but only counts the most recent
100 feedbacks when calculating the "feedback score" it displays. That way,
every recent individual feedback comment counts for 1 percent of the total
score -- and the users are always looking at a feedback score which reflects
the sellers reasonably current business practices. This is a simple thing to
do, but it ensures that feedback remains a viable system. eBay could easily do
something similar, but as always, they simply don't care any longer. Haven't
for many, many years.
-- JR
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Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 10:23
Subject: Re: [MOPO] ebay profitting from BAD FEEDBACK
Seriously--------Why do you expect a FOR PROFIT company to give
you anything free? Ebay has made it very very clear through the years
that they will maximize their profit in any way possible. They are
constantly looking for ways to make more money and this is very evident in
every aspect of their existence. I would be shocked if they gave
anything away after 10 years of watching them.
Ebay is still the most dominant auction house on the internet and
by now everyone knows the game plan and frankly, whether you like it or not,
those are the rules and you do have a choice. (Your choice is to play by the
rules or leave ebay)
I think their feedback system is worthless when a seller reaches
over 1000 feedbacks. At this point the seller can cheat you by simply
not replying to any complaint you make and accept your negative. I
believe a very simple solution would be for ebay to reset all feedbacks to
"zero" every calendar year. This way a seller would have to earn your
confidence again. If zero is too harsh, they could reset them by
allowing the last 25 so that you do not look like a newbie. This would
prevent sellers from ignoring you. I recently bought a poster from a
seller and it was not as described. He just ignored me and there is
nothing I can do as I prefer not to get a retaliatory negative for a $40
item. He had over 2000 feedbacks. Unfortunately ebay caters to big
sellers and cares little about small buyers.
CJL
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