Policy on rip off sales why does eBay allow this

[samagr_4]

Ebay started a spring promotion today with 20% savings. One hobby store increased all its prices by 10% and more yesterday and is now offering 20% off! What a joke what a rip off, they should be banned.

[kopenhagen5]

Your choice not to buy from that seller.

So let me get this straight they increased by 10% and offering 20% markdown so that's still 10% off and with eBay's promo that's 30% off in total. Still a substantial discount.

[samagr_4]

They raised their prices by 10% yesterday and eBay offers a 20% discount to the buyer today, so in effect, it's only a 10% discount from yesterday. I've spoken to a few people and I believe it's against eBay policy for sellers joining into these sales promotions to raise their prices and then offer a discount when they know the promotion is going to happen.

[samagr_4]

Screen shot from yesterday of the items I was looking at and screen shot from today

[samagr_4]

Today

[gutterpunkz05]

Maybe the seller was allready discounting their prices by 10%, so prices may have returned  to normal for commencement of ebay

20% promo.   Sellers change prices all the time and dont have to advise if price is reduced.. just seems that buyers often expect

that prices only move one way.

[gutterpunkz05]

Just viewed your screenshots, unless I am missing something the list prices are the same, then you have to apply the code for

a 20% discount.  Please explain what I am not seeing here.

[countessalmirena]

The prices in the two screenshots you've attached are the same, as gutterpunkz says.

If you are trying to prove that the seller raised their prices by 10% before you took a screenshot, then you need a screenshot showing that. By posting screenshots that don't show anything of the sort, you fail to prove your case.

In any event, just to clarify - it's eBay who gives the 20% discount to the buyer, not the seller. Perhaps the seller knew in advance about the 20% discount to be offered by eBay; perhaps they didn't.

[samagr_4]

I've contacted another merchant, who are not participating in the sale, that the eBay retailer must not change their prices for a week prior to a promotion to make to give the customers the greatest benefit from the sale.

[samagr_4]

Sorry an error on my part, I have screenshots from Monday and today showing the increase in price and the promotion starting, I tried to upload both at once but made an error.

The sellers in these case are participating retailers and know in advance when the promotion is going to happen.