Rip-off delivery pricing.

[sean5302]

I see that ebay will now only let us use simple delivery.

The prices there are at least double what I can find on Parcel2go, ParcelMonkey and even Royal Mail.

The same couriers that simple delivery uses, in fact.

Ebay must think we are simple. Looks like I won't be selling anythingf on ebay until they arbitrarily decide what they're doing next. Nobody ever seems to agree to their changes. Take it or leave it, eh?

[style_wise]

I can see you're still buying and selling with eBay. What made you change your mind?

For me personally, it was how little extra work Simple Delivery was but with better protection (as a seller), and how much cheaper it was for most things (as a buyer).

[theelench]

For most things  --  perhaps, but not for the postage that most sellers use.

WORKING  AS INTENDED  --  making more for ebay.

NOTHING more for sellers  --  except extra work and inconvenience.

[sean5302]

Your listings show that you only deal in small items, such as lipsticks.

Therefore, your experience of simple delivery is very limited.

So limited, in fact, that I wonder why you're posting here.

[sean5302]

I agree.

Irritating that ebay just changes their rules to suit themselves.

No consultation. Take it or leave it.

[papso22]

What businesses do you know that consult customers before making business decisions?

Ebay is not something sort of public service company or cooperative. It makes decisions based on  what it sees as its best interests. 

[sean5302]

This may come as a shock to you.

When you sign up to use ebay you agree to its terms and conditions.

It's known as a contract for service.

For one party to arbitrarily change those terms is unreasonable and unlawful in most jurisdictions.

Because ebay operates an effective monopoly it can change those terms as it pleases, saying if you don't agree go somewhere else.

That's the reason for regulators, but they're asleep on the job.

[papso22]

Every time ebay changes its contractual terms via an updated User Agreement it tells users that if they continue to use the services after the date of the change then the users are agreeing to the change.

If you don't agree you just stop using ebay.

That's perfectly legal and extremely common in online contracts.  It's the same with mobile phone contracts, energy contracts, insurance, etc.  If you don't agree you can go somewhere else.

None of those organisations consult customers before changing the T&Cs.

[sean5302]

Of course, that's obvious.

What apparently isn't obvious to you is the providers you quote don't have an effective monopoly.

You can change your energy supplier, your phone service company and suchlike.

If you don't agree to ebay's self-serving ts and cs where are you going to go?

Other companies tried online marketplaces and didn't last 2 minutes.

If someone wants to buy or sell something where's their first port of call online?