on 07-08-2014 08:36 AM
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on 08-08-2014 02:23 AM
@li.vish wrote:Hello, everyone. This discussion is getting off-topic. Could we please get back to the Seller leaving ebay. Thanks!
My apologies for being off-topic li.vish.....................................I did try to be on topic earlier..............
"hangs head in shame................."
on 08-08-2014 02:43 AM
on 08-08-2014 02:59 AM
cq, you are a far more respected member than I am (working on it though) and I thank you for your input on this one.
Yes Michelle, sellers (and buyers) are leaving eBay for so-say better pastures, but unfortunately with this current regime it will carry on happening unless eBay gets their act together and stops the scammers, the highjackers and those that seem to use the site with impunity to rip people off.........................
It really can't be that hard to stop those people can it???????????????????
on 08-08-2014 08:40 AM
I actually think Michelle's OP highlighted a couple of things - sellers are looking for/deciding on alternatives even though they
may not have the same audience as ebay. I think people are going to get so jack of things that they will try other avenues regardless, something more affordable perhaps.
I don't necessarily go to ebay first when I am searching for something, I can go to google/search engine first. I like to think items with appropriate keywords/text will/might show up in the results, even if it means going through a few pages. I enjoy looking for those little gems tucked away - sometimes those gems are not even ebay listings. Makes no difference to me as a buyer as long as it is what I am after at the price I can afford.
The other thing I think Michelle mentioned is that the seller emailed her. Makes sense if the news has come through private email rather than the ebay message system. I don't know how they would get on if they tried to send the same 'news' through the ebay message system - perhaps their messages would be moderated, info removed or even not allowed through. It does happen.
Lastly, someone implied (perhaps more than one) that Michelle's topic is not thread-worthy. Yet I find it amusing and interesting that they always seem to be answer-worthy, they are certainly not dead/overlooked like some poor posters. Hmmm.
on 08-08-2014 10:42 PM
As as a clothes seller you have an intimate knowledge of bookselling? Through Amazon?
on 09-08-2014 10:30 AM
As I have posted before, I sell in several markets.
This particular trading ID is also my posting ID, and usually the only one I make any detailed trading commentary about on the boards, as my other interests and IDs are no others posters bees wax
on 09-08-2014 01:04 PM
GOSH ..........I,ve been too busy to check the boards the last couple of days. Looks like I missed all of the fun. Thanks for the thread Michelle, its made great reading.
on 09-08-2014 06:24 PM
Apart from a few eBay die-hards and handful of the eBay cheers squad, this whole place is deader than dead.
I can see why the Seller moved on.
I haven't been on here for almost 2 months and there is hardly anything for sale, in particular auction site Sellers.
The new eBay policies we "TOLD THEM WE LOVED SO MUCH" are really working a treat !!!
Heaps of overpriced **bleep** from China that costs more than retail by the time you factor in postage.