If I had had one single item go missing, if I had had one single item get damaged in the post, I would not have a problem paying this ridiculous scam money that goes only to eBay, for a couple of months and providing there were no further infractions, go back to normal.
The fact I have to pay this ( we’re all lowering the price of our items so the buyer doesn’t have to pay it, right? It’s the only GD way anyone will even look at your listings) despite having no missing or damaged items, and in fact extremely happy buyers without exception, is offensive to me. eBay is saying “we don’t trust you”,
despite an impeccable record, and that is disgraceful. I don’t care if it’s the law, eBay
should pay it until a seller gives them a reason not to.
The handling of this absolute debacle, and forcing me to declare my HOBBY as an additional revenue, (when we all know that what we make in sales we only reinvest in order to keep going. I’m not profiting off my cards - and now I’m lucky to get ONE VIEW A DAY on my listings, even though they’ve been undercut by others so many times that they are barely worth half of what they were two weeks ago) is pathetic. Why there is no in between, I don’t know. Even if I didn’t reinvest on other cards and used the money from sales to try and keep bills paid and myself warm and fed, I would’ve been homeless after a month and starving after two.
I don’t blame others for undercutting, although it is annoying and selfish, but this is some people’s livelihood, and due to the sheer ineptitude in the way it’s been handled, people are get desperate.
Imagine ruining a huge chunk of your user base’s ability to enjoy their hobby as a hobby, then alienating another huge chunk with the way you handle fees, then destroying all credibility and reputation of your multi billion dollar company with a faulty product, removing the ability to make any money at all from 90% of your user base, and removing the ability FOR YOUR OWN COMPANY to make any profits.
It is an unprecedented failure on so many levels it’s hard to believe. It might be the single biggest implosion of a successful mega corporation ever.
I can’t see it getting fixed and I don’t want to think how long it will take to gain back their reputation and trust - it will take an immediate and significant change in the way they treat buyers and sellers, and even then it probably won’t work.
Jesus Christ, eBay, you have messed up historically. If it’s any consolation at all, whoever is calling the shots will be remembered for a long time for their sheer ineptitude and shortsightedness.
