Ebay is it declining?

[stevesoller]

Hello

I am beginning  to  wonder  if  eBay  is  on  a  rapid  decline!  Speaking  to  some  other  users  I know personally  we  are  all saying  that,  with  all the  recent 'revisions' that  have ocurred  recently  the  sales  have  declined. I have  seen  this myself  and  I feel  that  buyers  are  going  elsewhere  these  days.

I am very disappointed  with  this  situation  having been a user  for  20Years  using  my  current  eBay name  and  around 15  years previously  using  a different user name (  we moved  house  and  my user name  had a reference to the old house  name,something  I would never  do these days!)

Just  wondering  what others  think

Steve

[2010nancy2]

They have changed there policy on what courier the seller uses and have no say so in contacting them if goods are damaged. Bought something recently and courier damaged the box and some of contents. I did complain ( seller wasn't at fault as box was well packed up]. Standards are not what they were in e bay ( been a buyer for a few years and since they ditched PayPal, its unfair that sellers are treated differently. The latest gripe I have is the AI when you are searching for a particular item particularly if you have an interest in art, [ I noticed the name in the listing didn't match the description]. I pointed this out to seller who was miffed and pulled his listing off. Its not the first time I have noticed this. Standards have certainly fallen in the last year.

[moonlight-rhapsody]

"The latest gripe I have is the AI when you are searching for a particular item particularly if you have an interest in art, [ I noticed the name in the listing didn't match the description]. I pointed this out to seller who was miffed and pulled his listing off. Its not the first time I have noticed this. Standards have certainly fallen in the last year."

It was astute of you to contact the seller rather than ebay, because ebay couldn't care less whether the description is accurate or not.  And it's not just AI that couldn't care less - if you complain to Customer Service, they condone inaccurate descriptions as well.  I couldn't agree more with your last sentence.

[maarsy]

you have to go trough packlink , only royal mail will direct deal with a claim i have noticed . yodel and evri wont if its bought on ebay.

[punkwroc77]

Yes , I agree. I think it is 12 years using this ID and we were selling on Ebay in the first or second year of Ebay being available in the UK.

Since simple delivery/buyer fee came in and all my listings were changed remotely I have seen sales plummet. No offers either.

Never thought I would se this happen but in August sales on Vinted out numbered sales on Ebay by 13 to 1. 2 sales on Ebay 26 on Vinted.

Even the items that people have on their watch list have dropped. Up until recently there were normally around 20-30 of my items being watched at any one time. For the past 2 months that number has never been more than 6.

Even things like leather biker jackets which used to sell in hours are not even getting any views.

Just not a good place for private sellers now.