Changes to meet buyer demand on eBay.com.au (26/07/2011)

[CmtyGuide@ebay.com]

Changes to meet buyer demand on eBay.com.au (26/07/2011)

This thread is to discuss with other eBay members the **Changes to meet buyer demand on eBay.com.au** announcement made on 26/07/2011.

These changes include:
· Changes to fees on eBay.com.au
· Introduction of eBay Top Rated Sellers

Please feel free to use this thread to ask any questions you may have about these upcoming changes, as well as other changes mentioned in the announcement.

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[party_buzz]

I'm with you on this it is wrong! WE ARE AUSTRALIAN eBay! and should only see AUSTRALIAN eBay!

[naswar]

I HAD OVER 1100 LISTINGS PRIOR TO THE 700% INCREASE IN LISTING FEES FROM 5 cents TO 40 cents, NOW DOWN UNDER 200 LISTINGS AND GETTING LESS. EXORBITANT LISTING FEES = LESS LISTINGS = LESS SELLERS. WAKE UP EBAY! YOU ARE LOSING A LOT OF YOUR POWER SELLERS WITH GOOD RATINGS WHICH EQUALS no LISTINGS AND NO FEES COLLECTED. I HAVE BEEN SELLING BOOKS FOR 10 YEARS ON EBAY AS HAVE MANY OTHERS WHO ARE NOW DROPPING OFF YOUR SITE.

[spadchyna]

-My
listing of Marc Jacobs bag was removed..despite my listing was not
worse(even better)than other listings without certificates which still on
ebay.(See examples) I did telephoned and explained my concern to ebay
officer Jaclyn, call Ref.registered 12 october 2011. I hope
my ad will be reviewed and reinstated...I was so naive..
-it did not happened!!Today 2 more listings of genuine items were removed..even genuine BVLGARY glasses with certificate purchased in the fashion shop...Hey fellows WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS VERA(GESTAPO STYLE DOBBING PROGRAMM)on ebay?

[blue*nile]

hi,

a lot of sellers have only themselves to blame for losing sales..on a search for womens clothing (i do quite often & also have a saved search) there are eg 50500+ items ..
when i click the link at the side to customise into categories eg tops, jeans etc etc .. the box that appears shows how many there are in each category eg jeans (50) of the whole of the search ..
at the bottom of this box is a category 'not specified' & always has the highest number of items on this occasion of the above fig (26000+) items ..
which would you rather look through a list of eg (50) items in each category or the 'not specified' which is full of sizes & items you might not be interested in..
the sellers who choose not to specify have their items end up in this category .. so whos to blame for that ??
some sellers dont include measurements & say please ask .. from a search i have to ask so many i end up being blocked by ebay for sending my email limit..
for people who search for items ending soon theres no time to ask & get a reply before the end in some cases ..
i dont understand sellers not taking a few minutes to take at least the bust meas ..
they say to me .. i have so many items to list i dont have time... well why do they think we have time to ask ???
or i am so busy with my life i dont have time ..if people want to know they'll ask ..well .. news out is that some people wont .. they have left it in posts that they hit the back button if there are no meas..
we are tired of wasting money ..& being disappointed with items that dont fit ..
possibly the lack of sales is people starting to vote with their bids
:)

[artinvestaustralia]

-My
listing of Marc Jacobs bag was removed..despite my listing was not
worse(even better)than other listings without certificates which still on
ebay.(See examples) I did telephoned and explained my concern to ebay
officer Jaclyn, call Ref.registered 12 october 2011. I hope
my ad will be reviewed and reinstated...I was so naive..
-it did not happened!!Today 2 more listings of genuine items were removed..even genuine BVLGARY glasses with certificate purchased in the fashion shop...Hey fellows WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS VERA(GESTAPO STYLE DOBBING PROGRAMM)on ebay?

THE REASON? HERE IT IS, BELOW (THANKS to WIKIPEDIA), Bulgary for example, is a brand recently acquired by LVMH (Owners of numerous brands, Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Champagne Moet & Chandon, etc...):

On June 4, 2008, a court in Troyes, France awarded luxury goods maker Hermes damages of $30,000 as a result of the sale of two counterfeit Hermes bags on eBay in 2006. The court also ordered eBay to run a statement reporting the court case on the home page of eBay's French Web site for three months.[citation needed]
On June 29, 2008, a court in Paris, France awarded damages of 40 million euros ($ 63 million) to luxury goods group LVMH over eBay auctions of counterfeit bags, perfumes and other items. The plaintiffs further alleged that auctions of legitimate perfumes were also illegal, because, they claim, only authorized resellers are permitted to sell them, and authorized resellers are not permitted to sell on eBay. The court agreed, entering a permanent injunction against eBay auctions of LVMH perfumes, whether counterfeit or not.[22] After the appeals court declined to stay that injunction,[23] eBay announced that French users would be barred from buying or selling LVMH perfumes and cosmetics on any of eBay's sites.[24

[pricelessbooksandrecords]

eBay announced that French users would be barred from buying or selling LVMH perfumes and cosmetics on any of eBay's sites.[24

CORRECTION:

HERMES brand IS NOT part of the LVMH Group (Not Just Yet...), sorry for any inconveniences:

At December 31, 2010, the Hermès family collectively owned a 62.79% stake in Hermès International S.A. through a number of individual and company holdings; the stake entitled the family to 73.96% of voting rights in the company. The luxury goods company LVMH held 20.21% of shares (amassed in the latter half of 2010) and 13.08% of votes at the same date, with 0.39% of shares held as treasury stock and the remaining 16.61% free float. Speculation that LVMH will launch a takeover bid for Hermès has been repeatedly denied by its chairman Bernard Arnault. Some industry insiders are in doubt, such as René Weber, an analyst at Zürich's Bank Vontobel, who has claimed: "Arnault is not afraid of a fight and a lot of his battles have been successful for him and his shareholders. Whether he can eventually succeed with [a takeover of] Hermès is still an open question." Bertrand Puech, who chairs the main Hermès family holding company, has criticised LVMH's acquisition of Hermès shares and called on the company to reduce its stake by half

[taffynorm]

Well i think ebay is on a winner
1. to charge a fee for listing an item
2. then to charge 7% + on items sold

i sold items with a small margin last month made $42.00 net
fees $60.50 plus paypal im out of here now shopping and selling on gumtree
MY NORMAL FEES WERE ALLWAYS UNDER $30.00

enough is enough make no mistake no mistake this IS Corporate Greed

[taffynorm]

Well i think ebay is on a winner
1. to charge a fee for listing an item
2. then to charge 7% + on items sold

i sold items with a small margin last month made $42.00 net
fees $60.50 plus paypal im out of here now shopping and selling on gumtree
MY NORMAL FEES WERE ALLWAYS UNDER $30.00

enough is enough make no mistake no mistake this IS Corporate Greed

[blue*nile]

on doing my regular searches ive come across a lot of sellers still not using a gallery pic ..ive emailed a few to let them know & mentioned its a good idea to read the ebay updates.. still on looking at the particular update title it isnt very clear what to expect it to be about.. maybe it would be better to actually have the title mention what the update is referring to eg changes re fvfs & listing fees for some options.. then they can mention the buyer demands part in the notes of it .. just a thought . 🙂

[artinvestaustralia]

ON MY INVOICE NOW (One item only, as an example, copied & pasted straight from my current invoice):

Scheduling fee

AU $0.20

Insertion fee

AU $0.30

Gallery Plus Fee

AU $2.49

Subtitle fee

AU $0.49

PicturePack fee

AU $1.50

Category Featured listing fee

AU $49.95

Listing Designer fee

AU $0.10

Final Value fee

AU $10.70

EXAMPLE ABOVE IS FOR AN ITEM SOLD $135.50, I LISTED WITH 'Featured Plus' -what is invoiced above as 'Category Featured listing fee'- for what NOW cost $49.95 and used to cost $19.95 (!) , If you do not list with that feature, your item won't be seen by prospective buyers until the 11th hour, it will be drowned in a sea of chinese 'carp' as someone put it here.
So, make the calculation, add it all-up, it cost me $65.73 to sell an item on eBay woth $135.50 , what cost, prior to eBay crazy increases, $31.96, now cost $65.73 to sell on eBay ! (I include the 0.20 Scheduling Fee -another 'honest' fee...- in the calculation ) ! My LOSS is PHENOMENAL, so what do I do next? LIST without those Features? and sell for a lot less (already tried it)... or move my business somewhere else, to a more local and ethical business, not as recognized as eBay perhaps, but where the listing fees are a lot, lot cheaper and where I should make a profit, rather than SUFFER an ENORMOUS LOSS, NOW THAT eBay have implemented "CHANGES TO MEET BUYERS DEMAND" [AND LINE OUR POCKETS, they should add]....
BY THE WAY, THE MODERATORS OF THE HEREWITH DISCUSSION THREAD are HIRED OUTSIDE of eBay, HAVE BEEN CONTRACTED 'OUTSIDE' by eBay, YOU SHOULD KNOW IT. WHAT EFFECT SHOULD THIS HAVE UPON HOW OUR COMMENTS ARE USED by eBay to ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS, NOT SO SURE... WILL eBay at the end, ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS? THEY NEVER CHANGED THEIR PRICING SCALES AFTER WE COMPLAINED IN THE PAST, SO IT IS ALL BETTER TREATED 'FROM A DISTANCE', NO? eBay are CLEARLY 'ROAD TESTING' THESE CHANGES, SO LETS SEE IF THEY WILL REALIZE HOW OBSCENE THOSE CHANGES ARE BUT WILL THEY HAVE THE GUTS to REVERSE THEM ? THEY MUST BE LAWS to PROTECT THE CONSUMERS WE ARE IN THIS COUNTRY, NO? WOULD WE BE HOBBYISTS SELLING ON eBay, OR THE WORLD HAS REALLY GONE MAD, OUR POLITICIANS ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOB...