Is eBay actually dying? Or is it just private sellers that are suffering?

[simplybygone]

Ok I know I only sell a handful of things but I'm getting no views and few watchers. Things were much better a year or so ago. Are auctions falling out of favour?

[incredible_how]

Do you mean you are buying from private sellers who ought to be business seller?
I'm a private seller and I buy from other private sellers, because of the type of things I am looking for (but also buy them from business sellers). They are not scammers and neither am I! They are selling their stuff - or stuff they've inherited.

Unless I really can't find something elsewhere I avoid buying from private sellers who really should be business sellers - lots of new stuff - because it's not right really. 

And not just sales but views are down, because private sellers are encouraged to act like business sellers and promote their items now there are no seller fees...just buyer fees

[suelel1968]

@incredible_how

Hi, i think private seller bashing will be an Olympic sport at the next games!  I have had dodgy antics by Business sellers over the years that private sellers have never tried. But i read some stuff on the forum usually about mobile phones and cameras which make me understand the vitriol. Tarring everyone with the same brush is stupid. We are just good sellers and bad sellers subject to largely the same guidelines which ebay fail to police properly or even understand themselves. 

[bigjdeee]

I for one am leaving having been a member from its inception. As a buyer I am fed up with eBay withholding my money for items that their useless courier Evri have failed to deliver. They simply get Evri to update the status every 10 days with ‘at our depot’ or out for delivery’ and eBay then claims it gives them the right to extend the refund claim for another 10 days. This could literally go on for months. Obviously the way they train their staff to shut down conversations with ‘is there anything else I can help you with’ knowing this is just the equivalent of screw you there is nothing you can do. 
so I am shorting eBay shares and intend to spread the word about eBay’s demise. Good riddance to them.

[yorks_guy67]

Totally agree.

My account is just going through the closure process.

Regards

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[gjalp]

As far as I could tell, they looked to be a private seller and whilst the item was new, it appeared to be a one off/unwanted gift. Turns out it wasn’t since if it had been, the description would have been correct. I had checked their other items and it seemed the seller was having a clearout with the majority of items used…even I have the odd new in box item I purchased in a sale then changed my mind on, so have sold it. I gave them the benefit of the doubt. 

[gjalp]

I’ve experienced that and it ended with Evri changing the status from ‘at the depot’ to ‘delivered’ 3 weeks later and it hadn’t been delivered at all. I lost out on the money and the item. I asked to see the delivery photo and GPS and wasn’t given it. I got ‘its been delivered so contract has been fulfilled’.  Evri is notoriously bad in my area. You either don’t receive your delivery or you discover its been left in some random place that is someone else’s address and the chance of getting it is virtually zero.

[incredible_how]

Evri have only lost one of my eBay items I sold. The tracking and GPS showed that it hadn't been delivered. I was refunded the postage cost and the buyer their payment. I made a few phone calls about it but they did sort it in the end. Perhaps I was lucky.

[mariacwnn]

its like the last few days of blockbuster or woolworths.....rip ebay

[gjalp]

You got lucky I think. Our local pages are full of photos with ‘this is my parcel, its not my house’ posts and people asking others if anyone recognises the location. Nearly always Evri parcels.

[incredible_how]

I know that we are lucky with local Evri delivery. We are rural, so less houses to make mistakes with maybe , and the family of the people who run it locally, were the local milk delivery people, so I guess they know the area pretty well. And technically they are our next but one neighbours but that's quite a distance... A number of younger/newer delivery people, do leave the parcel on the doormat rather than the chair in porch that says please leave here! And one didn't notice he was leaving half a long box, which was empty.

[dsm330]

Ebay have teamed up with  thieving crooks Evri for delivery. Can’t rely on anything getting delivered anymore. 4 out of my 5 last purchases went missing/were stolen and ebay couldn’t care less. As long as Evri notifies as delivered - that’s evidence of delivery enough for them so no refunds. No point in me ever using ebay anymore.