Chinese sellers should be banned from selling on eBay.com.au

[aussie.grazing.boards]

It's disgusting how eBay Australia allows international Chinese sellers to list and sell on our site

My opposition are primarily Chinese who sell items for $1.00 (including shipping) But for me, the cheapest shipping within Australia is $7.20 + the  cost of the product. How can we compete with that? Yes, to send an item the size of two box of matches (for example) is $7.20

At the very least, our listings should get priority and appear ahead of theirs in search results

If your interested in drafting a protest, please post your interest here.

Regards

Dave

PS This is not a racial issue. My wife is Khmer (Cambodian).

[aussie.grazing.boards]

Wow, so how long have you been selling on eBay? 2 weeks? grow a pair.

Did you comprehend anything I just posted? Maybe when you have sold more than 5 items you will.

To post an empty box of matches costs $7.20 (within Australia), China, however, pays less than 10 cents, and are not charged the $7.20 we have to wear, so its impossible to compete against them. They can post a flat screen TV for less than $1

As for your other remark about selling items that everyone else is selling, I turned over $29 000 selling vintage electronic games from the 1980's in 6 months. Hardly something "everyone else is selling".

Finally, for your other remark "non Australians . . ." shut your mouth, you know nothing about me. My wife is Cambodian, and we have 2 wonderful children together. Don't judge me by your own standards.

Come back when you know what you're taliking about, curly.

[cherry*135]

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@clarry100 wrote:

Because, am*3, those products have been properly imported paying their duties/taxes along the way.

Then the B&M stores employ people to sell them and the stores pay their taxes and so do the workers.

Nothing wrong with that.

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Nothing wrong with sellers from all other countries, including China, selling their goods on eBay Australia either.

Buyers choose who they buy from, not Govts or Australian eBay sellers.

[cherry*135]

The Chinese Govt and Chinese sellers aren't responsible for Australia Posts high postage charges.

Need to accept that a small parcel over 20mm high and up to 500gms weight costs $7.20 domestic post, in Australia.

[aussie.grazing.boards]

There would be nothing wrong if they paid the same postage we pay, you wouldn't get a peep out of me if that were the case.

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@am*3 wrote:

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Nothing wrong with sellers from all other countries, including China, selling their goods on eBay Australia either.

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[cherry*135]

They pay China postage rates, why would you expect any other country to have the same postage rates as Australia?

If an Australian seller can't compete on price or postage costs with overseas sellers, then they don't try and compete with them by trying to sell the same item.

[robinsonmarineparts]

Are the O.S sellers paying tax here in Australia.

[clarry100]

In our particular category it's painfully obvious to us that most buyers don't shop by reading the description or by looking any further than the main picture on the listing. In most cases they don't know (or care) where its coming from.

We know this from the various questions and/or communications we get from buyers.

Messages like:

"oh didn't realise you were in Australia". Or

"I thought postage was a bit quick for coming from China".

So if the item they first see pop up in their search results and its close to what they want they just buy it. They don't take the time to study anything else, even where the item is coming from.

We've had a few buyers report an item has not arrived two months after we sent it. When we ask why it has taken so long for them to report it to us, the common answer is something like "well it had to come all the way from China". "Umm! No sorry! QLD. It's displayed on the listings." "oh sorry didn't know that".

So we firmly believe if this default filter was set to "Australia Only" our sales simply would go up. But can't see ebay changing that any time soon. We live in hope. LOL.

[cherry*135]

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@robinsonmarineparts wrote:

Are the O.S sellers paying tax here in Australia.

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Why would they be? 

If I sell items to buyers in the US, do I pay tax in the US?

[2011.narelle]

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@aussie.grazing.boards wrote:

Wow, so how long have you been selling on eBay? 2 weeks? grow a pair.

Did you comprehend anything I just posted? Maybe when you have sold more than 5 items you will.

To post an empty box of matches costs $7.20 (within Australia), China, however, pays less than 10 cents, and are not charged the $7.20 we have to wear, so its impossible to compete against them. They can post a flat screen TV for less than $1

As for your other dim witted remark about selling items that everyone else is selling, I turned over $29 000 selling vintage electronic games from the 1980's in 6 months. Hardly something "everyone else is selling".

Finally, for your other remark "non Australians . . ." shut your mouth, you know nothing about me. My wife is Cambodian, and we have 2 wonderful children together. Don't judge me by your own standards.

Come back when you know what you're taliking about, curly.

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This post contradicts your 1st post about $1 items from China being your main competition.

arioffal stated that it is a hard market to sell such items in competition with Chinese competitors who have free post.

Apparently you are selling  unique items anyway.

Blame the Australian government for making a deal with China which allows them the free post.

I love my Chinese sellers,they work hard for low pay & get abused a lot & they are sooo polite.

Blame eBay for it's problems,mismanagement,fee mongering & most of all the cursed Cassini search which ranks you down if ebay don't like you.

[davewil1964]

Get ready for more disappointment.

http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y14/m12/i16/s05

Taken from the Powerseller board. Oops, I'm not a PS. Just shows where assumptions get you.