I received an email recently from eBay about their upcoming price changes that caused me to pause. For a number of reasons, I have cut way back on listing items on eBay over the past couple of years, but now I'm thinking about cutting back even more. Their fees for lower dollar items just don't make sense anymore and the whole feedback system is a mess. Now sellers won't be able to leave a negative feedback for a bad buyer. Frankly, I've been concerned with the number of listings in some categories as being too many. Buyers have to wade through pages and pages of stuff that takes too much valuable time. I might add that I'm only speaking about the collectibles categories as they are the ones I have the most experiece with.
As a seller, eBay hasn't been producing the kind of results I've been used to in the past. Don't get me wrong, I will still list items on eBay from time to time, but it will primarily be a marketing venue for me.
The majority of items I decide to sell will be on http://www.manions.com or the List It Yourself site at http://auctions.manions.com both of which I happen to own. While we have been primarily a military collectibles auction in the past, I hope to grow some other collectible categories as sellers (myself included) become increasingly frustrated with eBay.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
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There is no such thing as a "bad buyer" on eBay. If they paid within the allotted time according to eBay rules and received the item then they have done their part as a buyer. If they leave YOU negative feedback for something that was (or perhaps something that wasn't) that isn't because they are a "bad buyer" but because you as a seller failed to meet their expectations.
That is exactly my point. Some buyers expectations can never be met, especially on eBay.
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