24 Years and This is No Longer Viable

[mos13_2000]

Just a rant here. 24 years selling on ebay and 2024 has made me ready to pack it in.

Fees - crippling. Unless I find it on the floor, buying and selling is now impossible to make any sort of profit. Ebay and couriers make more per sale than me. 

Buyers - 100% feedback on 1200 sales but in the last 20 sales, nothing but issues. A buyer who was 100% trying her luck to claim an item was undelivered (I won but ebay took no action), a buyer with an inability to convers with any manners (this could be a society issue 🤣), 2 buyers who changed their minds after asking questions AFTER the auctions ended... but don't forget, ebay removed the ability to leave them anything but positive feedback years ago. They thrive, we die.

Facebook market place - as much as FB is full of time wasters and muppets, the ability to sell cash in hand means I can charge so much less and keep my money. Ebay response to this threat? Increase fees.

Pay to win - anyone else notice how many things don't exist when you search on eBay? Search through Google and so many more things appear. Is this about promoting items? 

Long term user, first time community poster. Rant not over just TBC.

Thanks for listening 🤣

[tressygirl]

I believe Royal Mail home collections and RM can bring the label,  is still possible under SD.

@rolphybassman 

[valvesgloriousvalves]

Unfortunately I have come to the same conclusion.  This last month has been particularly dire.  I find I'm having to pay more for stock and buyers want stuff really cheap.  This, coupled with the Simple Delivery debacle, has persuaded me to sell all my inventory cheap and call it a day.  

[sml192]

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@valvesgloriousvalves wrote:

Unfortunately I have come to the same conclusion.  This last month has been particularly dire.  I find I'm having to pay more for stock and buyers want stuff really cheap.  This, coupled with the Simple Delivery debacle, has persuaded me to sell all my inventory cheap and call it a day.  

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If you are paying for stock then that surely means that you are a business.  Business sellers are not currently required to use Simple Delivery. 

[42degreesnorth]

I have just made the switch to a business account as eBay tried to get more of my private details from me. I’ve been buying and selling on here for over 20 years, it’s gone from very profitable to zero profit. The fees are over the top, the “ foot fall “ has dropped off by over 90% and I have to wait far to long to get my money ( even after my probation period ) I see what you are saying, it’s really not worth it anymore. I wish I hadn’t bothered setting up a new account, but no way was I giving eBay my financial information, they are big enough thieves without handling my details to a minimum wage kid who is actively encouraged by unscrupulous people to sell them. 
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[rhadliegh2012]

I just never used them - if others do the same then it will shut down

It needs to shut down because the foot fall is none existent and they hardly ever advertise in places I used.
I don't watch Tv channels like I used too....I do stream, I watch catch up TV and apps like Britbox and Prime and Pluto. These plat forms along with social media like Facebook, Twitter now X etc is where I would now be found.

I never see any adverts for EBAY not one in the last 3 years.

They are probably using old style channel advertising and not streaming services and so they waste their advertising on out dated platforms.

They still have in UK 99 pence starting pricing..... when you remove the costs such as commissions, comms on packaging, comms on payments and then your time wrapping items, driving using fuel to get to a post office, parking fees, time waiting in line at the post office....your pounds inti debt on a 99p deal.

When your selling items never worn which cost originally £29,99 and some jerk then can offer you 99 pence you are basically going to pay fuel, parking and an hour of your life maybe more to hand over a £30 item and its actually costing you to hand that to some jerk.

You may as well just hand it to a charity shop.....

The costs of postage on parcels has risen way ahead of inflation and that puts off buyers.....

[infinityandbeyonddotuk]

how do those boots taste?