why sellers on ebay do not create their own association to protect and promote their rights?

[aps1080]

It would be good but I honestly reckon you would need one hell of a lot to join.

And then it would still be like the military, getting an audience with the top decision makers would be nigh impossible.

And then they would just stonewal you.

Apart from the fact of not allowing you to promote it on ebay, deleting all listings showing it.

Great idea but hard to accomplish.

[antonios7529]

We, as sellers,  like it or not,  we are under huge press from ebay and buyers and there is no easy way to find our rights.

It is seemed that from the moment a buyer paid for an item from this moment he is covered from ebay and the seller  is blaimed and paid for anything wrong.

What happened if a buyer is irresponsible? Who will pay the cost ? The seller!

How can  the seller  protect him self from an irrisponsible buyer?   

How the seller will protect him self from a bad decision from the ebay? We are not the only one who make mistakes, ebay staff make mistakes too. How we can find our rights from a bad decision from ebay?

Most  sellers or buyers are good people, from good staff and if they do something wrong they do it  most times, from ignorance ,not from bad intensions, who will inform them how the system works? Do you you think they will listen and trust and respect the ebay more than they trust and respect their friends, ebay  buyers or sellers ?

If we, the sellers want less  press on us, we  have to open our  mouth and united to try to do the best we can do!

Let's start from simble basic things.

We want the ebay neutral not always with buyers side because they paid  the item.  The whole procces does not finish when the buyer pays the money but after the feedback.

THERE ARE GOOD AND BAD BUYERS OR  SELLERS.

No general rules which undermind sellers rights,  as with the cancelation, or with postage delays.etc.

Why seller should be punished for buyer's mistakes? Why seller shoud be punished for postage delays which cause by buyer's mistakes?

Let's find the right way to solve our problems withought victimizing innocent people

[Anonymous]

you mean like more red tape and regulation which will add to the daily cost because we as sellers and buyers can no longer be trusted in trading fairly? 

[robinsonmarineparts]

FEAR.

[antonios7529]

Employers have their associations, traders have their associations. Professionals have their associations. Students have their associations, pensioners have their associations, cleaners have their associations,
All have their associations, all try UNITED to protect and promote their interests
WHY NOT EBAY SELLERS?

[viewmont1071]

PeSA  AKA  Professional eBay & ecommerce Sellers Alliance

http://www.internetconference.com.au/

Way back when the place to find help in a previous incarnation of these boards was the round table

http://www.ozroundtable.com/

[2011.narelle]

If you want that kind of deal you can start up your own website.All the cool kids are doing it.

No-one likes it but,their site their rules.Any seller union type thing would still go under their rules & they would probably just suspend your account anyway.

[tall_bearded01]

Ah yes, the seminars where you pay to learn to do it the eBay way and more likely than not commit fiscal suicide.

[character_parties_aus]

If you are that brassed off with eBay that you feel the need to protect and promote your rights my advice would be to do exactly that by finding alternative channels to sell on.

It's a free country and you are free to sell pretty much anywhere as long as you are not breaking the law eBay or otherwise.