When it cost me over $40.00 to list four items (some posters and laserdiscs)
after Hurricane Katrina and they didn't sell, I decided that selling on Ebay
was no longer for me. I still buy things occasionally and will probably
continue but If I decide to sell movie memorabilia items I'll probably look to
consign.
Ebay, like all behemoths (even giant ones!), is looking for a fall.
Joe B in NOLA
Freedom Lover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I started straying from ebay a few months back. If I come across something
in my ebay 'searches', I check to see if it's a member of MoPo before I bid.
If not, I generally skip it. Same thing for magic posters. I just go directly
to their private auctions. Some people, like me, only go behind ebay's back
because ebay is too sleazy/sneaky to do good business with. Of course, you
can't leave feedback that way, but most of us are interested in the item, not
the feedback.
Ebay brought this on themselves. Greedy people always seem to cost
themselves more $$ directly relating to their greed. ... and so be it, no? My
guess is their greed will be their downfall.
Andrea
On Mar 6, 2008, at 3:01 PM, Patrick Michael Tupy wrote:
I agree COMPLETELY! I have had probably 50 times where I have not bid due
to a friend being the current high bidder. OR for me, when deciding how much
to bid and when, to strategically see what other bidder's history's were in the
last 30 days or so could help me gage in some way how high they would
'normally' go in their past auctions. I have ZERO problem with anyone seeing
my past history, etc. and as information is power, we are clearly all becoming
far less powerful on Ebay where there is so little to be had in the first
place. Also, just as an aside, wouldn't being unable to see a bidder's ID
encourage some unscrupulous Sellers to shill bid their items. Anywho, as a
result, I will likely not bid as often on Ebay due to all the current
'improvements' and end up buying from dealers more. In fact, I already have
been.
I actually spoke to a rep at Ebay and complained about the new Seller fees
and not being able to leave negative feedback while buyers still could. He
stated that there was retaliatory feedback happening (yeah, I know, shocking),
to which I replied, great, now any bidder can hurt a Seller's rep with
impunity, how is that fair? His response, "Well, we are putting a huge amount
of dedicated manpower toward resolving any complaints etc. and any banned
buyer's feedback will be removed retroactively." To which I replied, doesn't
the fact that you feel you have to allocate all this new manpower mean that
you've actually created a new problem that requires such action on your part.?
He said they'd had a lot of complaints about this and he'd 'note' my statements
to his managers, etc.
I'm sure my complaint this will solve everything.
Patrick
On Mar 6, 2008, at 11:35 AM, Freedom Lover wrote:
I noticed that, but I don't think it's necessarily a good idea. I mostly buy
and if I want something a friend of mine is bidding on, I'll sometimes let it
go (depends on the piece, of course). Of course, the sellers will say this is
bad for business and they're right. I still liked the option of standing aside
for a bud.
Andrea
On Mar 6, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Kenwick Cook wrote:
Hey gang;
I just noticed that starting today, that "putting your name in the room"
means nothing... I guess it's now truly a 'silent auction'... bidders' screen
names are no longer legible, regardless of the going-price... below is the new
quote on all Bidding History pages:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
To help keep the eBay community safe, enhance bidder privacy, and protect our
members from fraudulent emails, eBay has changed how User IDs display on the
bid history page. Only you and the seller of the item can view your User ID,
all other members will see anonymous user IDs, such as x***y.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I guess as a bidder, I kinda like the limiting of fraud, however, I'll miss
putting my screen name out there because I truly felt that it helped to link
buyers to My Store with that silly little Red Door...
What're y'all's thoughts?
FranKenwick
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