on โ01-11-2014 02:25 PM
I don't get why peole are complaining abut Ebay fees i know they are a pain and keep going up and all the new rules but it's way cheaper than running an actual shop you only handle the stock so there is no theft , no electricity or air con to run or employ staff ,eftpos fees ,rent each week . The way we sell it's convienient and most do it from home.
on โ02-11-2014 02:57 AM
@im.highest.bidder..now wrote:I do understand what they are complaining but it is cheaper to run an Ebay store than a shop on the street (but it all depends on what you are selling), they have it good here there's not much we can do except gin and bear it and make it into a positive situation , it just seems some people are surprised that's it's happpening , when I first started on Ebay it was only 4.something for FVF and only $4.10 for a satchel alot has changed since then all gradually though and who knows what else they will come up with
"not much we can do but gin & bear it"
@Here here, hiccup hre hre hiccup %^&$#*( @$%^&*( hiccup
on โ02-11-2014 08:20 PM
@im.highest.bidder..now wrote:I do understand what they are complaining but it is cheaper to run an Ebay store than a shop on the street (but it all depends on what you are selling), they have it good here there's not much we can do except gin and bear it and make it into a positive situation , it just seems some people are surprised that's it's happpening , when I first started on Ebay it was only 4.something for FVF and only $4.10 for a satchel alot has changed since then all gradually though and who knows what else they will come up with
So you do understand what others are complaining bout and your OP was just tricking
Thats a nice back track
on โ02-11-2014 08:31 PM
I don understand but I don't get on here compaining about everything and have to announce 'i'm leaving' i've never been on here to complain about things going up .. my post was just stating the facts.... and as per usual people turn it around
on โ02-11-2014 08:55 PM
@im.highest.bidder..now wrote:I don understand but I don't get on here compaining about everything and have to announce 'i'm leaving' i've never been on here to complain about things going up .. my post was just stating the facts.... and as per usual people turn it around
People aren't turning anything around, just providing differing views, and noting discrepancies.
There are lots of things other people do that I don't.....like start threads about things other people do that I don't , and what does it really matter? Do you believe people shouldn't do things you don't, or that your beliefs and opinions should create some sort of expectation or model for other people's behaviour?
I'm asking you genuine questions here, not trying to be rude or "turn things around" or anything else, just curious about what you thought the outcome of your thread 'should' have been.
Here's another question to think about....
If eBay was such good value for money for what it is and in comparison to what you get with a B&M, why do they have to offer special, discounted packages to well-established sellers (who already have physical stores) in order to get and keep them here? Doesn't that tell you that business owners don't see the value in eBay as normal members like yourself, and me, and everyone who has come to the boards to complain, unless they get better value than the rest of us? If eBay was so great in comparison to their physical stores, they wouldn't need special deals, would they?
โ02-11-2014 09:05 PM - edited โ02-11-2014 09:08 PM
@im.highest.bidder..now wrote:I don understand but I don't get on here compaining about everything and have to announce 'i'm leaving' i've never been on here to complain about things going up .. my post was just stating the facts.... and as per usual people turn it around
Lol, your post didn't state "the facts" you told IMO a porky pie in your OP and said you did not understand something and then in another post that you do understand
If your OP was meant to be a rhetorical statement, it fell flat by a long shot IMO.
Reading through the thread, you still strike me as having a whinge and a whine about others.
That is my opinion, and this is a discussion board.
Discuss.
on โ02-11-2014 10:24 PM
on โ03-11-2014 12:59 AM
on โ03-11-2014 09:12 AM
Not as funny as your back track
on โ04-11-2014 03:05 PM
this is what thecatspjs wrote:
I have business expenses for selling on eBay including electrictity (lighting heating and air conditioning etc etc) storage unit costs, packaging, a range of service fees etc and very soon wages costs.
What gets up my nose with eBay are the constant changes that interfere with how I run my business. Whilst some of these changes have been good for the site (ie photo requirements) others are just plain market intereference IMO (ie changes to buy it now price setting).
There is no other service provider I have ever struck that has ever rolled out its changes in such a way that it has meant that I have had constantly had to spend signficant additional time on tasks that do not assist me to profit, but rather are a drain on the time and energy I have to put into my business.
so are you or are you not complaining / having a whinge here? ...tsk tsk tsk
have hard look at yourself in the mirror first before trying to make yourself look big .I just totally reckon you backtracked
stuff like this really gets up my nose too
on โ04-11-2014 04:38 PM
Wow you yet AGAIN totally miss the point of the discussion, it's so funny,
If you read the the thread properly, the OP was whinging (oh sorry, complaining) about other people complaining and "couldn't understand"
Then later the OP stated he did understand???? ... just tricking?
Cats never complained about other people whinging, just the hypocrisy of the OP having his own whinge about other people complaining.
Cats' observations you quoted above were actually a good contribution to the discussion in the thread you copied it from, especially when read in context.