topic Re: Ebay Payout Survey in Selling

Ebay Payout Survey

paper-jack — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 07:10:22 GMT

I've had a request to complete a survey. Stumped by the first question. No option for 'none of the above' or 'other' followed by a please explain, just these 3 limited options. Not one best describes the way I manage funds. Even if it did, what benefit would it be to me to tell Ebay or what would ebay do with this information? There is no explanation given.

Sadly I can't discover what other ill phrased questions are in this survey because it won't let me proceed before I pick one of the not relevant options.

If only there were an option to respond "MYOFB"

Re: Ebay Payout Survey

twyngwyn — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 07:48:42 GMT

I think ebay are in a spot of bother at the moment & are trying to gauge seller sentiment.....PayPal vs Adyen???

What are we NOT aware of? Maybe some surprises 'down the track'

Re: Ebay Payout Survey

instylecollectables — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 08:24:59 GMT

Buyer pays with PayPal I transfer money instantly to my bank account so #3

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davo1620 — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 09:25:53 GMT

It's all about how much better life will be under the new regime. Like sending you mail, after mail, about how great "managed payments" will be. Click the first few pages about Feepal as your preference, then follow the rest as you have little choice, and choose the option Feebay hates the most, first. By the way I am listing my last 50 lots tomorrow, and who knows what happens after that. Personally the fact that under that so called "managed payments" punishes you for selling overseas, as well as severly restricting your items visibility to a worldwide network of collectors means that there is little point going through Feebay's greed driven changes anymore. By the way

for the full year of 2020, eBay reported in US dollars -

Net revenue of $10.27 billion, up 19.0% from $8.63 billion a year ago

Net income of $2.54 billion, up from $1.52 billion a year ago.

And much of that is because the virus kept us all locked up, so we stayed home and spent.

How much profit is enough Feebay?Obviously not enough.

Re: Ebay Payout Survey

davewil1964 — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 09:42:24 GMT

Paranoia?

Those are really the only 3 possibilities.

Your option D is to not complete the survey.

Not hard.

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digital*ghost — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 09:53:40 GMT

This stuff is usually just so they can create "most sellers have been affected positively by X" types of articles, emails and other media - in this case it would be managed payments.

Notice that they don't care how you use the funds once you get them, they just want to know whether you transfer from PP or not.

They'd be looking for a majority 'C' answer so they can say direct transfers (via managed payments) are better for most sellers. A & B would be irrelevant to that goal, if you answer by selecting either of those, the "conclusion" would be it's had a neutral effect on every seller who doesn't select 'C'. People who just kept their funds in PayPal "obviously" don't do anything with their money, and people who transferred some money to bank accounts can just transfer some funds from bank to PayPal so that's a "same/same" situation as well.

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zanadoo_56 — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 13:43:49 GMT

Surveys are usually skewed to force the person taking them into providing the answer the company wants.

I get them periodically from a utility provider that wants me to give up paper bills. It starts off OK but near the end you are asked that if you had to choose how to receive bills what would you chose.(conveniently leaving out the posted option). Tick one of those boxes and you've just committed yourself to emails, SMS, through an app or sometimes even direct debit....none of which I want. At that point I don't complete the survey and shut it down.

It must drive them nuts that I haven't ever completed a survey and they still have to post the bills to me. LOL

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*tippy*toes* — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 22:11:35 GMT

@davo1620 wrote:
It's all about how much better life will be under the new regime. Like sending you mail, after mail, about how great "managed payments" will be. Click the first few pages about Feepal as your preference, then follow the rest as you have little choice, and choose the option Feebay hates the most, first. By the way I am listing my last 50 lots tomorrow, and who knows what happens after that. Personally the fact that under that so called "managed payments" punishes you for selling overseas, as well as severly restricting your items visibility to a worldwide network of collectors means that there is little point going through Feebay's greed driven changes anymore. By the way
for the full year of 2020, eBay reported in US dollars -
Net revenue of $10.27 billion, up 19.0% from $8.63 billion a year ago
Net income of $2.54 billion, up from $1.52 billion a year ago.
And much of that is because the virus kept us all locked up, so we stayed home and spent.
How much profit is enough Feebay?Obviously not enough.

I know what will happen after that, you'll keep listing, just like everyone else that threatens to leave.

Feebay, you so funny. Absolutely hilarious you are. My sides are splitting from laughter. Maybe you should have added Greedbay as well, then I would have needed an ambulance.

Re: Ebay Payout Survey

paper-jack — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 23:56:08 GMT

@davewil1964 wrote:
Paranoia?

Those are really the only 3 possibilities.

Your option D is to not complete the survey.

Not hard.

Not paranoia, just irritation with yet another badly worded survey. If they really want to ' understand how we can ...make your experience better" they would allow comments.

I picked option D because, the option " I use paypal for all my online purchases, which are usually not on ebay." was not available.

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instylecollectables — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 00:11:22 GMT

@paper-jack wrote:
@davewil1964 wrote:
Paranoia?

Those are really the only 3 possibilities.

Your option D is to not complete the survey.

Not hard.
Not paranoia, just irritation with yet another badly worded survey. If they really want to ' understand how we can ...make your experience better" they would allow comments.
I picked option D because, the option " I use paypal for all my online purchases, which are usually not on ebay." was not available.

The survey is for sellers so you're actually just a buyer so the survey isn't for you so why even bother with this thread?

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davo1620 — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 02:46:39 GMT

Thanks tipples! I am pleased that I have enhanced your life experience by providing you with some humour this fine morning! Tomorrow I will see if what you say is true, if I do keep listing, or decide that Feebay's move to wipe out a fair bit of my sales overseas because of their unwanted changes is not worth the bother anymore. We shall see, how exciting it all is! Otherwise, again, I feel humbled that I aided your sense of mirth and a bouyant mood after reading my missive. Take care always! Cheers!

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joztamps — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 03:14:36 GMT

@davo1620 wrote:
Thanks tipples! I am pleased that I have enhanced your life experience by providing you with some humour this fine morning! Tomorrow I will see if what you say is true, if I do keep listing, or decide that Feebay's move to wipe out a fair bit of my sales overseas because of their unwanted changes is not worth the bother anymore. We shall see, how exciting it all is! Otherwise, again, I feel humbled that I aided your sense of mirth and a bouyant mood after reading my missive. Take care always! Cheers!

Your post made me laugh.

But it didn't make me happy.

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paper-jack — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 08:01:05 GMT

@instylecollectables wrote:

"....The survey is for sellers so you're actually just a buyer so the survey isn't for you so why even bother with this thread?"

But I am a seller, why else would Ebay send me an email starting " as a seller you are very important to us"?

I get funds into Paypal through my sales (not just on this account).

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davo1620 — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 09:51:40 GMT

Thanks, I have just done my last 50 listings before the jaws of so called "managed payments" shuts tomorrow. If it was not for the fact that they have wiped out international listings I would have perserved, and as they say - "International selling: When you create a listing on your domestic eBay site and offer international shipping, your listings may surface on the relevant international eBay sites if supported". May surface. Now, everything "surfaces". What a load of corporate tosspot. Friends who sell and are suffering under "managed payments" already in the US, and the UK, are having huge drops in sales as simply, their listings are not showing now generally out of their own country. As I am in a very specialised hobby, they either let me know when they have new listings, or to seach I now go to Feebay UK, Feebay US, Feebay Germany and so on and so on. As so many more are forced onto those "managed payments" you have to check each countries Feebay site, where as before, as soon as you clicked worldwide, all the items on offer were there. Anyway, lets see what happens from now on. If my ability to sell is gone, well, so be it after 11 years

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instylecollectables — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 10:05:28 GMT

I have never in my life seen anyone sell what you sell and if it wasn't for your post on this thread I never would have.

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davewil1964 — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 12:26:44 GMT

@instylecollectables wrote:
@paper-jack wrote:
@davewil1964 wrote:
Paranoia?

Those are really the only 3 possibilities.

Your option D is to not complete the survey.

Not hard.
Not paranoia, just irritation with yet another badly worded survey. If they really want to ' understand how we can ...make your experience better" they would allow comments.
I picked option D because, the option " I use paypal for all my online purchases, which are usually not on ebay." was not available.
The survey is for sellers so you're actually just a buyer so the survey isn't for you so why even bother with this thread?

I have sold a lot more than you, going on your feedback. Even on this ID I have a few sales. I also haven't received the survey. Nor would I respond to it, much less post a thread about it.

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bess15 — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 20:38:10 GMT

No disrespect instyle, but I can't see anything unusual about the OP's items for sale. I have sold a few of these myself over the years as do many others. It may not be to your taste but I don't see any reason for you to comment on it. I personally probably wouldn't look at a lot of things sold by other sellers. Also not sure why you prevously said he was not a seller when he obviously is.

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joshbower — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 06:22:49 GMT

I've been on managed payments for ages and still sell just as consistently to international customers without changing any of my listing practices. Not sure where you're going wrong.

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instylecollectables — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 06:51:22 GMT

@bess15 wrote:
No disrespect instyle, but I can't see anything unusual about the OP's items for sale. I have sold a few of these myself over the years as do many others. It may not be to your taste but I don't see any reason for you to comment on it. I personally probably wouldn't look at a lot of things sold by other sellers. Also not sure why you prevously said he was not a seller when he obviously is.

What? because in post #9 he mentioned he'd rather have D which he purchases but not on ebay so you need to read the posts properly and regarding items for sale that I haven't ever seen before was towards another poster not the OP seriously the claws are coming out aren't they meeooow.

Sorry kat if you decide to read this haha

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instylecollectables — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 06:56:29 GMT

@paper-jack wrote:
@instylecollectables wrote:

"....The survey is for sellers so you're actually just a buyer so the survey isn't for you so why even bother with this thread?"
But I am a seller, why else would Ebay send me an email starting " as a seller you are very important to us"?
I get funds into Paypal through my sales (not just on this account).

I know you're a seller but in your post #9 you'd rather there was an option D which I was commenting about which was about buying according to your options so why whinge about a survey for selling and wish you had another choice about buying.

Make up your mind.