@diecastcarsvicki wrote:
so you think these fees are justified. Well no, I don't want to pay higher fees, but are they justified? I'm sure they are, even if that justification is simply that eBay wants to increase their revenue. It's why all kinds of businesses put their prices up.
people are un happy because we are getting ripped off by fees that ebay dont supply the service. I get that, but that isn't what is happening. I have tried to explain what is happenning, but people just don't seem to want to understand that. I not only asked eBay for their position on this, but I also asked my uni professors, one of who is an ex High Court judge (I'm studying Law/Commerce at uni), so I kinda figured they had a reasonable idea of what they were talking about.
do ebay pack your items no. They don't own, possess or do anything with the actiual items we sell either, yet they still charge a fee for us to sell them. What is the diofference? I even learned recently that some people even sell services on here themselves (hotel acommodation) and it seems psople are ok with being charged a fee on that/those, when eBay doesn't supply those either.
do ebay travel to p/o to post for you no.
what does ebay do to have a claim on these fees nothing. They provide the platform where trading partners negotiate and form the contract for the sale and supply of goods/services. That's what they do. They don't claim to do anything else.
you can argue that they supply the platform for sellers to list agree but sellers are already paying to use that platform. ughh - oops, I did.and now eBay is requiring that they pay more to use the service/platform that they provide. They are now charging for the entire total of the contract formed, not just on part of it.
for ebay to use the excuse to favour free postage on all listings. I have thoughts on that too, but not many seem to like them so....But yes, whilst I understand why they have done this, I do think it is a bit rough. I always have, even when this was an incentive for TRS+
its just not possible is it.I know, for lots of us, this is the case, and hopefully, most others in our respective categories are in the same situation, so it doesn't affect us too much iykwim. One of my selling accounts is in a category that will be adversely affected by the changes, so please don't think I don't get where people are coming from.It is also going to affect a category I buy from quite heavily, so am also contemplating increased costs as a buyer and a seller.
i cant charge a flatrate on an item because postage is priced from state to state.
I get that too, but - here's what i do, and I know it doesn't work in all categories - it never has.
1) I source products that fit into the flat rate satchels and boxes.(or envelopes) I always have, simply because I didn't want the hassles of exactly what you describe, working out different postage for different areas, or packaging odd shaped items.
I specifically don't sell items that won't fit, despite having access to a few corker product lines. I just had to accept, that for me, they just weren't suited to selling on the platfiorm that is eBay or using the postal service. So I had to change and adjust the product that I did sell.
2) I haven't used the eBay post service thingy, but the Click and Send service does offer us a range of flat rate products (satchels and boxes) so that the price is the same regardless of where the item is going (domestically - and there are also some O/S options too)
3) I choose my product around what not only best suits me, but also the platform and method of delivery available to me.
For example, i simply don't sell things like electrical items, or are overly delicate and might not withstand the conditions of Australia Post. I sell things that are reasonably easy to pack and send - just to make my life easy - I HATE packaging sdtuiff up! I want to make that as pain free for me as possible!
When there was a market on here for beanie Kids, I used to trade in those as they are virtually indestructible and were easy to pack and post and were commanding great prices where it was easy to make a decent profit. When that market declined, I looked around for something else.
I do hope that this works out well for everyone, and especially yourself. I understand that there are some pretty dramatic changes ahead for most of us, so here's how I look at it.
We have about 30 days to work out how to make this work for us. To work out how to adapt my business and make the decision if this platform is suited to myself.
If the changes don't go ahead, I can carry on how I am now, but I firmly believe that they will go ahead, as they are legal and I believe they are also sustainable, so I am preparing for the times ahead iykwim.
eBay, for whatever reason have decided to go down this path. They believe it is beneficial for the growth of their business. They wouldn't do it if it wasn't. So they are not going to introduce something that will sabotage the majority of their customers, because it is highly unlikely that they are planning to sabotage their own business.
If that's what happens, then *shrugs*, who really cares, we all just go somewhere else if eBay goes belly up, we really have nothing to lose.
They are big business with access to plenty of marketers, statisticians, legals, geeks and business type dudes from which to draw advice and strategy.
Again, I wish you the best with the upcoming changes.
