How about Ebay lower the listing and FVF for used or second hand items?

[ford-speed]

Ebay is a big buisness and i hope a big contributor to the worlds big issues.

I would like to see ebay foster support for and encourage recycling, reusing, reasigning etc, buy reducing the listing and FVF for used or second hand items.

Would this not be a good thing for Ebay ethically, not to mention the good will fostered towards many owners of all things used. 

I would feel much better about Ebay as a large business, because i know they love to cut deals with big 'mega' sellers that opperate out of China and other mass manufacturers of new bits and peices that we all love to buy cheap and so If ebay evened the playing feild, just a little, to offset the new markets, i think alot of people would appreciate their more resposible corporate outlook.

[phorum_junkie*]

Are you serious? Ebay is a business and as such is there to make a profit for its shareholders, that is its only purpose so why on earth would it want to reduce profits to encourage anything of an 'ethical' nature?

Sellers can have unlimited free listings if they use multiple ids or they can list very cheaply with a basic level store so why should ebay lower listing fees?

The offset for having free listings is that they increased the final value fee, it is still just under 10% for most categories which is hardly  high cost for something somebody no longer wants.

As a seller of both new and second hand goods I don't see why I should pay less for selling the second hand items which have a zero purchase price so are pure profit after fees when I have to take the cost of purchasing a new item into account plus the fees before i see any profit.

[*crikey*mate*]

eBay Wins Award for Outstanding Corporate Social Responsibility

June 25, 2010

On June 16th , 2010 eBay was honored by the Public Counsel Law Center at an awards dinner in Beverly Hills, Calif., for outstanding corporate social responsibility. eBay was chosen for the award because of its commitment to environmental responsibility, charitable giving, fighting poverty, ethical business conduct and employee volunteerism.

[*crikey*mate*]

eBay - Corporate Social Responsibility

[ford-speed]

Are you a shareholder by chance?

[phorum_junkie*]

Wish I was a shareholder lol.

I would most certainly only be interested in profit margins if I were.

[thecatspjs]

I find it quite bizarre that reputable Australian ebay business's that try and keep up with all the changes that ebay encourage, have to create multiple ids to access incentives like additional free listings including free auction listings.

I would just like to see some real performance based incentives for a change.

[thecatspjs]

Second-hand goods having zero purchase price LOL LMAO.......

[imastawka]

Yeah,  I'd like some of that free second-hand stuff to sell too.

Where do we get some?

[*crikey*mate*]

steal it from charity bins?