Buyer Protection makes selling complex

[westyuk]

Not happy with buyer protection. Actually it should be renamed Seller Obstruction. Without sellers there will be no buyers, so why make it harder and complex to sell?

I am a private seller and tried selling for 9.99 but now my listings are 11.11 so the chance of it selling for more is not likely. I now have had to reduce down to 8.91 so it lists at 9.99

A lot of effort and complexity making selling no longer easy. So why bother?

Also have been offered 5.02 for something that’s listed as 6.95 with BPF. I guess the 5.02 is what I get but the buyer actually offered 6.00 which included their BPF

It’s all too complex now, and it used to be easy to sell with fees. I felt I was in control and now I am not. I’m looking at other platforms to shift my items on now.

[akemp1]

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@westyuk wrote:

I’m looking at other platforms to shift my items on now.

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Good move, it hadn't occurred to me to start buying and selling elsewhere until these stupid changes were announced so it was a bit of a mental hurdle to do the signup but now I'm glad I did.

I started buying a few small items (from my ebay wishlist) that were also listed at the other place to get my feedback above zero and learn the ropes from a buyer's perspective then took the plunge and started listing and selling items. Every so often I move a few more items away from ebay to replenish my listings at that place.

I'm using the platform that also has a buyer fee and managed delivery however they do it so much better than here (for various reasons) that people don't hate it there is seems very reasonable. The more I use that place the more sorry I feel for ebay making such a mess of themselves and dumping on everyone that ever loved them.

Now I have no loyalty to any platform and will use whichever platform has the best proposition for the item I am buying or selling. That's how it should be. Ebay should never have become so dominant. It's a good thing for the consumer they are screwing up creating an opportunity for competitors to develop faster.