BBC Radio 4 You & Yours re: Ebay changes

[vintagewishesnk]

Having posted a comment on a thread about lack of sales since changes early February to Ebay fees including buyer protection plus 4% up to £300, then 2% £300 - £4,000; I have been asked to go onto Monday's edition of Radio 4's consumer programme You & Yours.  They are asking Ebay to come onto the programme too and I will go on around 12.50pm.  Apparently, they have received numerous emails about people who have traded for years and seen a complete drop off in sales.  Please note, this is just about private selling, not business.  I, like many, just sell clothes and items from the home as a way of supplementing our household income.

[action_man]

@kath3735_wxmjn 

FREE TO SELL (FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION). Here is what was communicated to the public on 30 September 2024:
https://www.ebayinc.com/stories/news/ebay-uk-announces-it-is-now-free-to-sell-across-its-categories/

FULL INFORMATION (FOR INTERNAL EBAY STAFF). Here is what was communicated to eBay staff on 01 October 2024:
https://www.ebayinc.com/stories/news/ebay-announces-free-selling-in-the-uk/

Note how the communication to staff is only one day later.

Seems pretty sneaky to me.

[nellyboylesemporium]

Good on you. 

[vinylscot]

So, how did it go?

[lucy_farmer]

'So, how did it go?'

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I listened to the ebay section on You and Yours: one buyer and one seller (the op)..... basically the one thing that was the biggest problem to both sides was the lack of 'transparency' in the way all this carp has been introduced.

(Both sides felt p'eed off with the biz bullsh** spin trying to turn all this into something new and wonderful that hadn't been there before and was all for 'enhancement of the buyer's experience'. )

Both sides could cope with the new rules *at the time of recording*..... They really should have waited until the 16th of April to do this piece!