Ebay seller changes completely unnecessary

It is not broken, it does not need to be changed - this is yet another pure money grab from Ebay Australia.

 

Times are tough enough for sellers (& buyers), you are going to push even more people off this platform.

 

Also, I don't understand why it's so necessary that I as a seller be forced to buy postage through Ebay? 

 

And stop pushing promoted listings & higher percentages of advertising spend, get buyers to the site & off Temu, Shein & FB marketplace!

 

 

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@kitrading1

 

"I figured that staff members must monitor  these complaints"

 

You figured wrong !

 

"What is going on with EBay's charges this is outrageous. I dont sell much tbh an I am consistently getting my bank account charged for what seems like eBay's entertainment.  Is it because I do not sell alot ?

 

!'m confused"

 

No need to be confused. All you have to do is look at the payments in your seller hub  and it will show you the breakdown of your charges.

 

It would be a very good idea for you to read all about the  'changes' mentioned  in the OP as the  payment method for free selling will be changing

 

https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Selling/More-unwanted-enhancements-coming/td-p/2645558

 

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I'd imagine that eBay doesn't care what goes on in this forum.  All they would respond to are a sudden increase of the same, specific problem being reported by multiple users via help / contact, indicating a fault with that particular system which needs to be urgently looked at.  Everything else is handled by their long-running overseas script-driven customer service team to use their admin and user tools to carry out minor tasks.

 

As for upsetting eBay users with these new changes, I think that eBay knows that high-volume sellers (like with feedbacks counted in 5 numbers and higher) provide enormous profit to the company and that these sellers will also adapt to whatever change requirements eBay introduces in order to keep their profit rolling too.

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I agree. Why does ebay come up with a COMPLEX MATRIX of user agreement with many moving parts!!!

They can simply REDUCE their very HIGH FEES &CHARGES across the platform!!!

 

eBay SHOULD NOT be charging fees on POSTAGE. They said it is because sellers try to DODGE fees by HIDING the price cost into the postage cost. But with all the advanced digital technology, surely ebay can determine what postage cost is reasonable. They even CAN determine the actual postage cost paid by the sellers from Australia Post LINKS!

 

It always looks IMPRESSIVE when eBay shows my Total Sales BUT DISHEARTENING to know that the Total actually INCLUDES Postage and from that GRAND TOTAL, eBay CHARGES fees!

 

 

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I have just looked this up on AI and the answer appears to be rather contradictary.

 

Search Assist
 
 
 

Total sales shown on your eBay page for the last 90 days do include postage costs collected from the buyer, along with the item price and any handling charges.

 

 

eBay
 

 

ebay.com.au
 

Total Sales on eBay

Inclusion of Postage Costs

Total sales displayed on your eBay page for the last 90 days do include postage costs collected from the buyer. This total also encompasses:

  • The item price
  • Any handling charges

This means that when you view your sales figures, the amount reflects the complete revenue generated from your sales, including shipping fees.

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They even CAN determine the actual postage cost paid by the sellers from Australia Post LINKS!

 

Really?

 

The information does not include what Band the seller is on, nor is there any information if the seller doesn't link their eBay account to AP.

 

Nor does AP deal with courier despatch.

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I agree. There would be eBay staff reading all our discussions.

 

All corporations do and it is clever for them to do so. We are their 'customers' and it will be wise for them to know how their customers feel and think. Contained in these discussions here are our honest feedback.

 

It is now for eBay to take these feedbacks into consideration in their corporate decisions.

 

We are not stupid we can tell who these people are, from the tone and contents of their replies/messages.

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No they are not

 

eBay staff very very rarely read here

 

Nobody replying here works for eBay nor is paid by eBay to reply

 

eBay do not care who posts what here and are not going to 'see' or 'consider' feedbacks

 

By all means if it makes people feel better to kid themselves that eBay read their posts, go ahead

 

Plus, given eBay staff are not trained properly, have no clue about eBay policies and type from pre-written scripts when contact via eBay Help even if they did read more than a few posts over a long period of time, it would be pointless 

 

 

Yes, there are scammers who post here, supported by the mods to do so who pretend to be 'eBay specialists' who ask people to contact them with their details so they can 'help'

 

Those people are not eBay anything but scammers

 

 

 

'We are not stupid we can tell who these people are, from the tone and contents of their replies/messages'

 

 

Really though?

 

 

You believe that eBay staff who have no clue about any policies/rules are going to post factual replies rather than sugar coating customer is always right?

 

You believe eBay staff are going to point out the dangers of buying from scammer sellers, sellers of dangerous goods etc etc

 

 

Again, if it makes you feel better, believe whatever you want

 

 

But don't give anyone who doesn't know facts false information by claiming anyone from eBay cares

Most staff are unlikely to know the member to member forum even exists

 

 

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@gudasnu2005 wrote:

I agree. There would be eBay staff reading all our discussions.

 

All corporations do and it is clever for them to do so. We are their 'customers' and it will be wise for them to know how their customers feel and think. Contained in these discussions here are our honest feedback.

 

It is now for eBay to take these feedbacks into consideration in their corporate decisions.

 

We are not stupid we can tell who these people are, from the tone and contents of their replies/messages.


Where do you come with this ' stuff '. LOL

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@kitrading1 wrote:

Ps. Cheers Sandy 

I figured that staff members must monitor  these complaints. As you state "which is very read by ebay staff" 

They would be foolish not to read ๐Ÿ™„ logically 

To have ebay employees trolling uncompassionately treating their sellers with blatant disrespect. 

Have to say that was unexpected seeing troll responses to each genuine complaint made, dismissing  the concern as if its ridiculous to even bring up. 

Yet how many successful sellers that arent experiencing issues with ebay would have the time to minimise another being. Seems like corporate hive mind culture where ebay employees let off steam. 


The comment by sandypebbles from which you quote does have a small mistype (sandy, I hope you donโ€™t mind my speaking on your behalf for a moment โ€ฆ?).

 

It should be either โ€œwhich is rarely read by eBay staffโ€ (very typed or autocorrected instead of rarely) or โ€œwhich is very rarely read by eBay staffโ€ (rarely accidentally not typed after very).  It is certainly not โ€œwhich is very often read by eBay staffโ€ as you apparently understood.

 

I wouldnโ€™t say that eBay staff (of an upper echelon than the CS reps manning eBay Live Chat) never read here, but it is, as sandy conveyed, somewhat rare (in my view). Occasionally a buyer or seller posting on these boards with a specific problem which has t been well dealt with is afterwards contacted by an eBay employee, and the issue is resolved. Itโ€™s too rare for me to calculate โ€ฆ but certainly less than 1% by a country mile.

 

You then seem to suggest that eBay employees post on these boards. Oh suffocating amoebas in raincoats! No. They donโ€™t. eBay employees could post here; thereโ€™s no rule against it. However, if doing so, they must - MUST - identify themselves as eBay employees, using a specific posting identity showing their status as an eBay employee.

 

To state that anyone on this thread is an eBay employee trolling eBay members is not true, and an incorrect accusation. Trolling posts would be moderated by the moderators of these boards (who are not eBay employees, but are the employees of the company that is employed by eBay to run the community boards - a distinction that needs to be made).

 

Comments that you deem to be trolling are frank, blunt, and probably not soft and soothingโ€ฆ but they are not trolling. Moreover, in spite of a tone that may rub you the wrong way, they contain information worth your considering. Members posting here often have good knowledge and experience, and even when they disagree with each other, in those disagreements will frequently come clarification of important points relevant to ever-changing eBay policy.

 

Youโ€™ll certainly get better information through reading threads here than you would by chatting to eBay CS reps.

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Its ended my relationship with eBay .

I have 2 eBay accounts - I have an Australia post account & Am on the highest discounts so I have much better pricing . I use my 2nd account to sell 2nd hand & old stock items where as my main store is a shop outlet. I have been selling on ebay fo over 20 years & Most changes do nothing but make it harder to sell the odd item . Ebay works for my Shop but not for me to sell odds & ends ! 

I will be closing my eBay account & will seriously look at opening up my own webstore for my shop. 

Ebay fees have become way too high & unless you pay more for your items to be "promoted" they become almost invisible. 

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