02-07-2018 01:24 PM - edited 02-07-2018 01:29 PM
ebay needs to WAKE up and realise consumers are going to hate GST being added onto their foreign purchases...
This is a heads up ebay...!
We understand you (ebay) are forced to collect GST on behalf of the Australian Government.
We get that this is the Australian Governments decision not yours...
We also get that this is not ebay's "fault"...
But with all due respect you (ebay) need to wake up to what consumers are thinking and make it easier not more difficut to use ebay's awesome buyer<>seller matching platform..
You need to sexy up your transaction end of the platform. You need to make it easier for consumers to cancel if they are unhappy with it and you need to add more discounts to maintain your market share..
Whilst we get it's not your fault, we will not tolerate your platform if we perceive (or we think in our opinion) their is anticompetive behaviour going on....
Whilst we get it's not your fault, you are going to have to lift your game otherwsie consumers will shop outside your platform!
just a HEADS UP ebay..we are not happy about the GST! (all IMHO)
02-07-2018 05:06 PM - edited 02-07-2018 05:08 PM
@anner1813 wrote:ebay needs to WAKE up and realise consumers are going to hate GST being added onto their foreign purchases...
This is a heads up ebay...!
We understand you (ebay) are forced to collect GST on behalf of the Australian Government.
We get that this is the Australian Governments decision not yours...
We also get that this is not ebay's "fault"...
But with all due respect you (ebay) need to wake up to what consumers are thinking and make it easier not more difficut to use ebay's awesome buyer<>seller matching platform..
You need to sexy up your transaction end of the platform. You need to make it easier for consumers to cancel if they are unhappy with it and you need to add more discounts to maintain your market share..
Whilst we get it's not your fault, we will not tolerate your platform if we perceive (or we think in our opinion) their is anticompetive behaviour going on....
Whilst we get it's not your fault, you are going to have to lift your game otherwsie consumers will shop outside your platform!
just a HEADS UP ebay..we are not happy about the GST!
(all IMHO)
Um, it's not their fault but you're blaming them for everything anyway???
What sort of discounts should they offer, and who's going to pay for them? Are you suggesting that sellers should pay more fees so that buyers can get a discount to offset the GST? They already give out heaps and heaps of vouchers for discounts. Smaller sellers have been getting offered fee-free listings since the start of the year but can have hundreds of listings, so they're not paying a cent towards the upkeep of the site if they're smart.
I really don't know how you make a transaction sexy. Perhaps you can't get your mind off a particular subject.
Last but not least, does IMHO stand for In My Heated Opinion? There's definitely nothing humble about your post!
on 02-07-2018 05:17 PM
I must admit that I've always mentally translated IMHO as "in my honest opinion" rather than "in my humble opinion" which sounds somewhat Dickensian to me! (Uriah Heep.)
on 02-07-2018 06:05 PM
on 02-07-2018 06:14 PM
Beautiful!
I was enormously blessed as a child, with a library quite literally fewer than 5 minutes' away from home. A quick dash through the "creek" track, and we were there. The bliss of all of those books! And the agony of having to return them! (I like keeping books, which explains why I have several bookcases and many many many groaning shelves.)
on 02-07-2018 06:26 PM
I have heard it used in traditional speak as both humble and honest, Never gave the IMHO, a thought before. So thought I would see what Wikipedia had to say. "IMHO - In My Humble/Honest opinion, cf, IMO"
on 02-07-2018 06:41 PM
People who use it are therefore wanting to convey their honesty, or their humility, or both.
I hereby invent IMHAHO; in my humble and honest opinion.
I actually prefer In My Honest Opinion, Though Essentially Percipient - IMHOTEP.
on 02-07-2018 07:11 PM
on 02-07-2018 07:30 PM
IMHO - The True Meaning.
My Opinion Counts - Your opinion is rubbish.
on 02-07-2018 09:57 PM
I never use the expression.
When I tell somebody something, it's not an opinion, it's providing them with useful information.
on 03-07-2018 03:48 PM
"In my humble opinion" is basically false modesty.