I have just found out that an excellent trader in militaria has left ebay. After numerous takedowns of listings through the automated systems no human responses or rectification from ebay they have decided to leave the platform. I know the feeling I have had numerous listings and my account paused last time was for a 40 year old army poly pants removed I had owned these for 20 years.
This will be no loss for JB as they are strong in the Auction markets themselves where they hold auctions live in Perth with global bidders.
Their store in Morley is a great set up as well, bricks and mortar stores are making a big comeback.
The unfortunate thing for buyers of militaria is that they will not have access to the sales of their excellent items both in quantity and quality on the platform. The variety of items that this seller listed was excellent.
In conversations at recent swapmeets with other collectors I was shocked to find I was well in the minority when it came to ebay selling and buying.
Some collectors are reluctant to buy and sell on line due to postal issues, timelines of post and fees, listing has its issues of cost, also postage and concerns over automated system removal and suspensions. This many have had and the items concerned could be sold in good sammies.
I have no affiliation whatsoever with this seller but have purchased in the past both on ebay and at military swapmeets and in store. The problem for the platform is when sellers in a particular category leave people tend not return and buy from other categories , it flows on.
Sad to see another strong seller quality collectibles leave the platform.
