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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[badbundybear]

Yes that is true I made some money , BUT why do ebay ALWAYS HIT THE SELLERS WITH NEW RULES , NEW FEEES, NO RIGHT FOR SELLER TO GIVE NEG FEEDBACK ETC , WHITOUT SELLERS ON EBAY THERE would be no buyers , simple as that!!!!!!

[badbundybear]

after doing my usual searches for the last few weeks , i doubt many buyers or sellers even read the ebay updates let alone the forum!

there are still so many sellers not using the free gallery pic & when i email them they are surprised!!

not all newbies either ..

maybe ebay is aware of the exact percentage of buyers & sellers actually not reading the updates so the impact of any changes is not felt by them ..

:)

Yes that is true I made some money , BUT why do ebay ALWAYS HIT THE SELLERS WITH NEW RULES , NEW FEEES, NO RIGHT FOR SELLER TO GIVE NEG FEEDBACK ETC , WHITOUT SELLERS ON EBAY THERE would be no buyers , simple as that!!!!!!

[putney32]

Yes that is true I made some money , BUT why do ebay ALWAYS HIT THE SELLERS WITH NEW RULES , NEW FEEES, NO RIGHT FOR SELLER TO GIVE NEG FEEDBACK ETC , WHITOUT SELLERS ON EBAY THERE would be no buyers , simple as that!!!!!!

Bundy.the free listings are for casual sellers

anyone selling 100 items for $3,000 p.a. or more is not classed as 'casual' and is subject to the normal eBay fees.

PSeller is a LEVEL you reach, not 'awarded' or 'offered' it is EARNED BY YOU. if you want to stay under the PS Level you need to cut back on your selling

if you want to list lots and lots of items for FREE, and not sell, up your prices so that they dont sell

however, if listing on eBay is providing you with above 100/$3,000 pa in sales you are obviously doing something right, making sales, and as your yearly Number of sales is closer to 600, you are making LOTS of sales .. well done.

[pricelessbooksandrecords]

Bundy.the free listings are for casual sellers

anyone selling 100 items for $3,000 p.a. or more is not classed as 'casual' and is subject to the normal eBay fees.

PSeller is a LEVEL you reach, not 'awarded' or 'offered' it is EARNED BY YOU. if you want to stay under the PS Level you need to cut back on your selling

if you want to list lots and lots of items for FREE, and not sell, up your prices so that they dont sell

however, if listing on eBay is providing you with above 100/$3,000 pa in sales you are obviously doing something right, making sales, and as your yearly Number of sales is closer to 600, you are making LOTS of sales .. well done.

Hi, Putney ( a suburb I know well...), please explain:
the 25,472 ['posts'] figure below your name [on the left of your above buyist comment]? Thank you....
And, also, can I please ask you: are you an eBay employee?

[putney32]

? Thank you....
And, also, can I please ask you: are you an eBay employee?

hi MyArt, my hi number of posts comes mainly from being on the various ebay boards for just over 11 years now.. and I used to play a lot of the word games, on one thread or another when I was confined to one room of the house 24hrs a day a few years back

eBay employee? no, in fact I'm a retired Auctioneer's assistant. havent worked for 6 or 7 years now. eBay dont have an office in Melbourne, where I currently live, and from the few eBay staff members I have met, I'd say I was a good 30 or more years too old for the company.

Putney is certainly a beautiful part of London, one I hope to see again some day.

[pricelessbooksandrecords]

? Thank you....
And, also, can I please ask you: are you an eBay employee?

Thanks jethrotool2 for your question, yes, I am fully aware of the fact that I 'created' the word 'buyist', a bit like some, in the world of 'management', created that ugly world 'incentivise'/or even better, 'incentivize' [please, refer to
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=incentivise ]

'Buyist is now a word belonging to the 'eBay world' (, you know 'Bank World', as seen on the commercial, don't you? So we have now 'eBay world' ...).
Let me explain how I created it:
You take the word 'bias' as used in 'to be bias towards something/someone', and you 'mix' it with the word 'buyer', as in 'buying up' or buy over', and here you have it, 'buyist' understand?
Even sellers can come up with new words, brilliant ideas, yes, eBay...

[pricelessbooksandrecords]

Sellers are now running out of 'PUFF', what eBay was waiting for, the fire is extinguished, or, is it? Up to us...

[pricelessbooksandrecords]

I have now written to the President of eBay in the USA, Mr John Donahoe, including my above reply/comments and the link to the entire Discussion Thread.
I do not know about you but I feel myself that if there is to be any reversal of those changes and any improvement to the status of sellers in Australia, it will have to come from the very top of this large organisation:

Dear Mr President,

please, find below, copied & pasted straight from the eBay discussion thread, my comment on my rating as a seller.
The discussion thread relates to the recent changes re. 'Power Seller'/'Top-rated Seller' and the exhorbitant increases in seller's fees in Australia, well discussed throughout that thread.
I look forward to your intervention to bring more justice in the way sellers are treated in Australia.

Yours, faithfully,

C C
myartdeli
P.S.: My mum trades on eBay as theinvestorsartshop

THE REPLY I RECEIVED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT of eBay (BY THE WAY, I NEVER BOUGHT A BOX of 5 SCREWS... NO COMMENT !):













To : myartdeli

From : eBay CS Support

Subject: RE: RE: FW: Scan from Printer





Hello Christine,



Thank you for contacting eBay headquarters. On behalf of eBay?s Executive Office I will be addressing you?re the outlined concern with the purchase in 2008 of five boxes of screws.



It looks like 45 days have passed since our final decision. 45 days is the maximum amount of time allowed to resolve a case in the Resolution Center. Because it's after the 45-day time frame, we won't be able to accept your appeal.

We understand that some situations can prevent a timely response, but please keep in mind that the time frame is for the benefit of both buyers and sellers. The time frame ensures that all cases are decided within 45 days. And as such we are not able cover your item for eBay Buyer Protection.

Thank you again for contacting eBay?s Executive Office. I wish you the best of luck with your future endeavors.



Phillip G.

eBay?s Office Of The President


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myartdeli

[2807bendigo]

** yes i have, i wonted to close down my ebay account but have been told i must wate 30 days from the last thing i payed for. it costs the seller to much now to sell on ebay and with the paypal fees as well it is over the top, people are now listing things over and over with over the top prices as they don't have to pay unless it sells, i am sick of looking at the same crap over and over, i have had a nuff so i will be gorn soon as ebay let me! i will just have to keep filling there pages with crap as i have had to look at there crap for so long ..

[pricelessbooksandrecords]

Hey blue*nile thanks i do agree with some of what you said but not all as i do sympathise with myartdeli as i am in a similar catergory and have purchased a prohart in my time on ebay..I made sure it came from reputable seller and had a certificate of authenticity with them..
In my case the seller was good enough to put a photo of the cert in the auction, So i phoned the gallery to authenticate it prior to purchase, Since the sale 3 years ago i have not seen another one pop up on Ebay since..

Also from what i can see myartdeli you are passing up many a good sale with the line "second chance offers will not be sent on this item." but then i notice you try to sell the same item the month after and it does not sell for $28 when the month before it sold $150 another sold for almost $630, one month later it sold for $505 thats good money passing you buy imo.

what i am trying to say in genreal is that sometimes sellers use words to there advantage ie rare scarce but then after seeing the item listed and sell week after week... price doesnt even really come into a rare item its how much you see it and how highly demanded it is..Sellers need to think from a buyer perspective this happens all the time and hence these items are really not very rare scarce or limited..However you then have the situation where you finally get something that is ultra rare and highly demanded but because rare is in 500 or more listings above yours..your listings are now lost in the sea of 'rare' items. .

Interesting that your way of thinking is that reputable galleries are to be held as 'the be all....'

Here's some food for thought...I sold two artworks to one of the more reputable galleries and behold they turned up at an auction some months later.....2 paintings had become 4!!!!

And I've been around they're not the only ones[/quote

Hi, pure fallacy those claims, what we sell ourselves, is, as described, an original water-colour over a limited edition etching which, original etching, was printed (masterly printed by Pro and Lytlewode press) in a specific/limited number, 100 in that instance, so NO CATCH with us, every item sold has a different number and is different from the other... Many a lay person, have no idea about art, what MULTIPLE, or GRAPHIC WORKS are about, although I must admit, some abuse the lack of knowledge of others here on eBay, I could give you heaps of example, the names of some serious culprits, yes, some, it would seem, never run out of 'em !!!


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