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I was informed today by one of my repeat buyers that she received an email from eBay
the email had a message saying this is what you bought here (my store my items) you can also buy these items here (other eBay stores)
The email was specific to my store- it didn't have any of the other types of items she purchases (CDs) from else where or suggestion to purchase those types from someone else.
So clearly this is beyond outrageous - almost unbelievable if we were talking about any other place but eBay. So I emailed some of my other frequent repeat buyers to ask if they had received a similiar invitation from eBay. One replied a few minutes ago and she said she too had recieved an email similiar to what I was describing.
So, apparently eBay has now decided to market other eBay sellers to the customers of eBay sellers.

Mechelle of CA 10:10PM February 26, 2008

I just talked with PayPal. They corroborated that they are holding hands with eBay and PayPal will hold seller's funds for 21 days until the BUYER either posts positive feedback or the time passes. That means that Sellers will have to send merchandise and WAIT for 3 weeks to be paid - if ever. During those 3 weeks the Buyer can post negative feedback or complain and the SELLER is out the $$ AND the item. Exactly, WHO can live with such a system???? I bet ebay wouldn't wait for 3 weeks to be paid. I bet PayPal wouldn't wait to be paid. What a totally ridiculous and heinous "policy". Who died and made them God????? What is the rationale???? No one seems to know except that they want to make the marketplace "nice" for buyers. Well, Who Will Be The Remaining Sellers? Sears - has a 96.2% positive feedback rating - GUESS NOT!!!!

Jean of VA 9:18PM February 26, 2008

If you want a view of an eBayer's opinion regarding these issues take a look at Item # 488590 over at Online Auction.
http://www3.onlineauction.com

Nick of VA 9:04PM February 26, 2008

I think you need to differentiate between what ebay says as slashing fees.
They only lowered fees in most categories by only a nickle but up to 67 percent fee INCREASE when it sells.
Most people would have no problem with lower fees and higher final value fees if the lower insertion fees were actually good like 20 cents from 40 cents instead of 40 cents to 35 cents.
ebay is saying this is what sellers wanted, lower listing fees and ebay is doing what sellers wanted
5 cent decrese per listing is notwhat sellers wanted when you are jacking up the FVF by that much of a percentage. This is a huge fee increase and not a decrease like ebay is trying to tell people
sellers wanted REAL lower listing fees, put up 100 things at 9.99 each it will still cost you $35 instead of $40 to list, that is still a lot of wasted money when sell through rates are so low.
With postage rates going up AGAIN in may this is a serious blow to all sellers on ebay, small and large and ebay does not seem to care, listings continue to slide every year,traffic is down,sellers are down,buyers are down and instead of doing something to rejuvinate ebay they screw over the sellers once again.
ebay does not get it.

dave of NY 8:50PM February 26, 2008