Forced to Set Buy It Now Price 30% Above Auction Start Price

[waddingtonfirstaid]

I have a screenshot of eBay stopping me from relisting my items until I increase my Buy It Now Price to a set 30% above my normal auction start price. I have reported this to the ACCC. I feel like I am being blackmailed into collusion, predatory pricing and price fixing. My auction start price is already set as low as possible so now eBay is forcing me to rip off buyers by setting the Buy It Now price way above what I would normally charge. This needs to go on FB too. How many eBay sellers are now being forced to rip off their buyers??? I guess everyone doesn't bother with auctions any more? I guess eBay needs to lift their bottom line with everything sold at a premium retail type price? No announcement, no readily available information about this on their fee table. Something sure ain't right any more about this place, that I do know.

[foxette-in-sox]

Disputing the 30% rule is not a cheezy response.

Er 'cheezy' was an abbreviated reference to another posters id ;\

[foxette-in-sox]

That came out all wrong, I don't mean you were sniping in your comments because I haven't read them, I just meant that the word was used correctly regarding its meaning.

Never heard of it used in any other context but your comment was funny anyway & I didn't take offence lol

[***super_nova***]

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Disputing the 30% rule is not a cheezy response.

???  cheezy is one of the posters and bump was referring to their post!!  LOL

[i-once-was-bump]

Geez, I will probably already have a slap on the way for the cheezy  comment.

As if I would ever spell cheesy with a z.

How insulting of you to suggest I have lowered my standards to such a level.

Sheesh.

[i-once-was-bump]

BUT it is funny. :^O:^O:^O:^O:^O:^O

[thesoulyearns]

Technically, you're not forced to do anything.

[chezzy]

errrr, I haven't gone back through the last few/more-than-a-few posts but if anybody is talking about me it is actually spelt chezzy, that is c-h-e-z-z-y. No cheese, no cheeze. Say it after me, "see-aitch-eee-double-zed-why". Thankyou 😉

[crystal-gems]

 I have reported this to the ACCC. I feel like I am being blackmailed into collusion, predatory pricing and price fixing.

It is a shame the OP reported it to the ACCC before posting on the board and having the issue explained by more experienced sellers.

Weducational2....are you going to contact the ACCC and withdraw your complaint?

They need all the manpower they have to deal with current well publicised  issues under investigation/hearings instead of wasting their time with your wild assumptions.

[phorum_junkie*]

I find it incomprehensible that somebody would waste the time of a tax payer funded service to complain that ebay are doing something which is perfectly within their right to do.

If an item is listed with a start price of $10 why would anyone want a BIN price of less than $13? What would be the point especially as most people put a bid in to get rid of the BIN anyway.

I rarely used BIN with auctions but when I did I set the BIN price at probably more than 30% of the start price, since the inception of BIN with Best Offer I have never used the BIN with auction option and I did not need ebay to tell me that it was a viable, indeed preferable option

[i-once-was-bump]

errrr, I haven't gone back through the last few/more-than-a-few posts but if anybody is talking about me it is actually spelt chezzy, that is c-h-e-z-z-y. No cheese, no cheeze. Say it after me, "see-aitch-eee-double-zed-why". Thankyou 😉

It is all my fault, please forgive me.

ps I like that your name has a zed, not a zee.