NO LONGER SELLING DUE TO SIMPLE DELIVERY

[rugbyguy1960]

AS OF 15TH APRIL MY DAYS AS A PRIVATE EBAY SELLER WILL STOP AFTER 19 YEARS.

I AM FED UP OF THE GREED OF EBAY AND I HOPE OTHER EBAY SELLERS DECIDE TO NO LONGER LET THE EBAY CONTROL FREAKS HAVE THIS MUCH CONTROL OVER PRIVATE SELLERS.

[dunstun365]

yes because it's even put me off buying on ebay if postage is inflated by SD & my own sales have tanked- 3 years ago had 20-30 orders per month now I'm lucky to get a tenth of that so it's not even worth becoming a business seller except to avoid SD

[dunstun365]

And business sellers will suffer because they need some private sellers to buy their stuff

[dunstun365]

You could got to medium parcel SD was only charging just over £5  

[dunstun365]

Postcards are under 100g so should be exempt from simple delivery

[dunstun365]

I have some pre WW2 postcards which I tried to sell on ebay years ago but to no avail. I could sell as a joblot  if people were interested. I don't like wasting time on ebay listing these days I've simply lost the motivation  

[moonlight-rhapsody]

I was just looking at another well known ecommerce site.  They have recently taken advantage of the dissatisfaction at ebay by opening more and more new categories.  I looked at the arts and crafts category and some of the big names in arts & crafts are selling on there - Hobbycraft, The Works, The Range, Winsor & Newton (brand leader in artists paints) etc.  I also noticed B&M, Dulux, Johnstone's Paint etc. 

It's unbelievably incompetent for a company like ebay to have engineered a situation where the backlash to SD and possibly other recent changes has given competitors the opportunity to develop from a single product range to a serious competitor for many (and probably ultimately all) ebay's categories.  Heads should roll.

[moonlight-rhapsody]

On the Business Sellers board, there are business sellers saying that sales on here are virtually non-existent, whilst their sales on other platforms are holding up, so they are winding down their shops on here and defecting to other sites.  No doubt the latest changes to the promotional fees have played a part in their decision, but I'm sure SD has played a part as well - the fact that many private sellers have stopped selling means that many have stopped buying as well.

It's insane that ebay is doing nothing to stop the rot.

[1956glyn]

Ebay have a cop out for paying compensation if they deem the item was inadequately packed.

I was seaching the terms under SD for packing items.   Wow the packaging would cost sellers a fortune and are very very specific. 

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