EBay it’s the end for private sellers.

[baddie74]

Well finally after changing the format of their selling platform it seems every couple of weeks you have come up with the ultimate level of stupidity with this latest total ridiculous set of changes. Nobody is going to wait what could be weeks to be paid for a item they have sold who ever dreamt up this idea much be so far from reality as needing to push every part time seller off the site. I knew when they came up with the idea of free selling it wouldn’t be long before the idiots that run eBay came up with totally and ridiculous idea to claw back the money they have lost the whole senior management team at EBay must seat round a table all wearing clown costumes saying what is the most stupid idea we can come with to really get rid of half of our customers and the biggest clown wins with this idea and all the other yes people follow. Well I had started selling a few bits again but never again and will not be using EBay again to sell anything it has become a total joke of a company I hope your poor and flawed decisions finally catch up with this once great place to buy and sell has become a total joke.

[jonatjonatjonat]

out of the big players - ebay was the only one who actually paid up at the point of sale.

Vinted don't, Amazon don't, Etsy don't, TikTok don't They all put a hold on funds of some kids post delivery confirmation. Some longer than others.

Think of it this way around - you were having it good for years on ebay, now they just work the same way as everyone else.

[incredible_how]

I don't remember Etsy working like that - but it's a long time since I sold items on there

[jennycattifer]

Perhaps but are not most sellers on those platforms, businesses, whereas over here on ebay there are lots  of individuals just selling bits and pieces.  Have to be honest I'd rather it were still only sometimes free to list and with  final value fees payable, but where payment was made direct to members.

I get that it is what it is and it will mean that ,  whomsoever decides to stick with it, will just have to be get used to it, but, you know..........

[jennycattifer]

A quick peek there shows that you can choose weekly payments or monthly, presumably the latter being the default method.

[ruby*ryan]

Maybe funds are needed to pay a recent bill, or make an emergency purchase?

[sml192]

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@ruby*ryan wrote:

Maybe funds are needed to pay a recent bill, or make an emergency purchase?

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Maybe, but what happens then if the buyer doesn't receive the item or isn't happy with it and wants a refund?  Where will you get the funds from if you have already received and spent the sale proceeds? 

[cassidy_r_private]

Possibly, but credit cards were invented for that, not ebay.

[ruby*ryan]

If someone is in the position that they need to sell something to pay a bill or make an urgent purchase, I doubt very much that they would have a credit card.

Anyhow, what it is used for is immaterial. The buyer pays the seller, the seller then has the money to do what they like with. Now the buyer pays eBay, and they hold on to it as long as they possibly can 😞

[albert-jackson]

I personally have no issue with Ebay delaying forwarding the money, your money onto you to gain the interest to replace the free to list and sell that worked perfectly,  what I do object to is that it is now reliant on confirmation of delivery coupled with customer being 100% happy with his purchase, it has also made a customer satisfaction paramount before you get paid, its more or less made a level playing into a system heavily in favour of the buyer.

Times many I have sold items that I have not received confirmation of delivery FROM the buyer, or confirmation it was as described,  some of these relate to new unused items.

If the buyer does not see fit to acknowledge reciept or satisfaction,  theres only so many times you can contact them without being a pest.

AJ.

[jennycattifer]

I love this answer.  I love my cc's, especially those with long periods of 0% interest on purchases deals.  I use them judiciously and find they're the only way I can survive. 

[kath3735_wxmjn]

life was fine before mobile phones, computers etc etc but things change and not always for the better.

[theramblingambler]

I agree and would also like to point out that by charging the buyer this so called protection fee, they have to take away a seller's protection when he/she uses economy postage even with proof of postage, otherwise it would appear not only two faced but make a mockery of the buyer protection charge, never mind the extra cost to them as well. This just goes to show how cynical and brazen they have become. I have no doubt this will cost them in the long run with legions of sellers abandoning their platform and other selling sites coming to the fore. They have obviously adopted an aggresively pro active approach and am sure they will come to regret it.

[west_country_oak]

Absolutely spot on

[wilcojohnson]

It gets worse.

Just received an email from Ebay saying the new Simple (ha) Delivery method is compulsory from April 15th. Using the old (now called advanced) method of choosing your own courier will be removed.

Under the new Simple Delivery system the Seller has to package up the item, weigh and measure it BEFORE listing, as once listed there is ZERO ways to change or cancel the postage label.

So far over 60% of my sales under the new system have had an incorrect Ebay generated guess on the size and weight of the final packaged parcel. There is nothing I can do about it except write off the cost of the label and buy another one from the Post Office.

22 years with Ebay. I am done.

[johnwash1]

Yes, I've just had the same email.  Insane.

So I'll be switching all my items to local collect on the 15th.  Probably made my last ever sale today, after more than 20 years.  At last my wife may get her wish and I order a skip for her birthday.

[andha-21]

@johnwash1 

Are you aware of the local collection/MBG that allows buyers to claim not as described after collecting?

If not, have a read of the threads here.

eBay's standard response seems to be ordering the seller to pay for return postage. If they don't the buyer gets a full refund and gets to keep the item.

Collection should come with a health warning for sellers.

[albert-jackson]

Well this confirms that Ebay ahs little or no interest in private sellers as they head toward business sellers only.

I retain a multitude of cartons, all different sizes and will only select one at the point of sale if they do not want to collect.

Looking back, times many,  at the point of parcelling up  I can be out or borderline with both dimensions and weight, it certainly looks like this new mailing system  will weigh heavily in Ebays favour to saddle you with a penalty for incorrect details, couple this with the new delayed payment system and the lunatics are in charge of the asylum....

AJ.

[johnwash1]

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@andha-21 wrote:

@johnwash1 

Are you aware of the local collection/MBG that allows buyers to claim not as described after collecting?

If not, have a read of the threads here.

eBay's standard response seems to be ordering the seller to pay for return postage. If they don't the buyer gets a full refund and gets to keep the item.

Collection should come with a health warning for sellers.

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I'm aware, but I think the risk depends very much on the kind of item.  Sell an expensive mobile phone?  Yes, that would be idiotic, asking for trouble.  But the kind of things I'm clearing out, not so much.  I've sold quite a number of things for collection and never had a bad experience.

More to the point though, it will massively impact the number of buyers I'm likely to get.  I'm only doing it as a way to keep my listings, in the hope that after a few months ebay will figure out what a bad idea this was and relax the requirements.

I'd love to be in the boardroom and watch as someone says "You're fired!".

[sebastian4ever]

Adios Amigos

[k.eleven]

as long as I can opt out of using evri and the only service ebay is using for royal mail is trackable service then it wouldn't matter too much to me. The only annoying thing is revising all my listing with accurate weight and dimension just so the buyer wouldn't have to overpay on postage.