Powerseller Status Unwanted - Misleading / Deceptive Conduct

[weducational]

I've sold 304 items over 4 years on eBay and now I get no more 30 "Free" .10c listings! WHY? Beacuse now I'm a Powerseller!

Wow, earning less than a few thousand per year - not a tenth of the average annual wage over 4 years, and I'm given something i didn't ask for under the guise of it being beneficial for me!!

I don't want to be a Powerseller if it means I have to pay $1.60 to list an item under $40, then 7.9% on the sale, then 2.4% if

buyers use Paypal - that's $5.72 for a $40 sale - 14.3% just gone!! And I'm talking about labour intensive items being sold. No wonder just about every other first aid company now have their kits manufactured in China.

What a con. I thought eBay introduced the 30 "Free" listings in response to increasing the after sale valuation fee. That's what I thought I read when I got their 'fantastic' news about changes. Now they strike modest sellers by making them Powersellers so they can have their cake and eat it too.

So I'm forced to create a new account and start from scratch.

I also don't like the misleading and deceptive statements they peddle of 30 "Free" listings a month. None of these listings are

free. They cost 10c each (screenshot evidence).

When I sought explanation and complained about all this on chat, it took 2 hours to get answers (they said I could link my new and old accounts, which never happened, they didn't listen to resolve, they refused to remove Powerseller status that I did not ask for) and in the end the transcript was never sent to my email box (although I kept a copy manually). Can't trust eBay with this either.

Disgusting! I would say there would be a lot of vulnerable people caught out by this. I wonder how long this will stay on the forum because friends already warned me that eBay take down posts they don't agree with.

[madbx]

putney32 a Power Seller status does not dictate whether I am successful. All it does for me is add to my total cost of selling a few bits and pieces on eBay. I am not a new seller, have been here for over 10 years.

Now enough about me, here is the Power Seller policy from eBay.

http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/sellingresources/powerseller_faqs.html

Second last item

"How do I opt-out of the PowerSeller program, if I no longer want to be a member? If you no longer wi...contact us and we'll remove you from the program.."

How is that not deceptive? The response I got from ebay CS was that they're actually physically unable to remove me from the Power Seller program, even though I asked them to 'opt me out' and pointed them to this link. \

I have since been told this only refers to the US ebay policy, but this sits a little thin with me. I click on my link next to my name for Power Seller and the page cannot be dsiplayed message comes up, and tells me  to try ebay.com!!

Anyway, I understand I'm not going to win this one. I'll just wait it out now until mid September and by then I should have had my Power Seller revoked (unless they give me another month!!).

[madbx]

I find your talk of turnover hilarious for someone like myself who drops a few things on for sale occasionally. I guess I'm just proving the point that I'm not a Power Seller? I'll stick to my other 3 forms of generating income.

[davewil1964]

I think, madbx, that the link address would have given you a hint.

http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/sellingresources/powerseller_faqs.html

ebay.com, not an au in sight. As every different eBay has different policies, depending on the culture, market and laws of the country, why would you expect US policies to apply here?

[2106greencat]

I was real happy to get powerseller then TRS, reading thru this makes me feel positively stupid for being happy. 😞  Silly me, I thought if you were doing well, you were...............well, doing well ?:|

[madbx]

davewil, you obviously struggled to read my post, I even said that ebay used the excuse that the page is for US.

Here's a link to AU eBay regarding Power Seller support. See down the bottom all the references to ebay.com email addresses? not ebay.com.au.

http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/sell/ps-contact.html

Sounds to me that eBay are what they want to be when they want to be.

[madbx]

Anyway, this is what I get when I click on my Power Seller icon next to my name, hilarious!

http://pages.ebay.com.au/services/buyandsell/powersellers.html

Multiple links to ebay.com not ebay.com.au

Amazing!