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@nightcabbage wrote:

Yeah, I just don't undertstand why anyone would use ebay plus.

 

First of all, their main claim to fame is "free shipping on all plus items"... ok I have 2 problems with this:

 

a) there are VERY few plus items out there. Almost everything I search for returns 0 results.

 

b) every plus item ALREADY HAS FREE SHIPPING. So you gain literally nothing by having plus.

 

And other than that, I don't know what you get from having it that's of any use.

 

It seems so obviously ridiculous that I feel like I'm missing something, because surely it can't be that dumb?

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1. "...I just don't undertstand why anyone would use ebay plus..." - Because not everyone one is you, and not everyone is interested in buying the same things you are.

2. "... there are VERY few plus items out there..." - Rubbish.

3. "...every plus item ALREADY HAS FREE SHIPPING. So you gain literally nothing by having plus." - Free return shipping as well.

4. "And other than that, I don't know what you get from having it that's of any use." - I completely agree; you don't know. But those other benefits alone pay back my eBay Plus fees several times over during the course of a year's membership.

It blows my mind the type of thinking that says "this product is of no benefit to me, therefore this product is useless - I'd better trash talk it".

Blows. My. Mind.

Hmm, aggressive reply... didn't mean to push your buttons so much, apologies.

I actually just really didn't understand, which is why I asked, giving my viewpoint as a reference to why I was asking the question.

Right, so some categories of items are commonly listed with plus, from what you've said - so maybe it suits some people better than others.

Also the free returns thing, I suppose that could be handy for things like clothes, etc. (not for me personally, but I appreciate other people might want that).

So when you say it pays for itself, do you mean from the return shipping?

Also, blows my mind that people jump on each other so much on the internet. If you read my message again, you should see that my type of thinking was that "I can't see how this product is of benefit to me, so I'll ask, in case I'm wrong". Humility 😉 But the internet is full of idiots, I get it.

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@nightcabbage wrote:

Hmm, aggressive reply... didn't mean to push your buttons so much, apologies.

 

I actually just really didn't understand, which is why I asked, giving my viewpoint as a reference to why I was asking the question.

 

Right, so some categories of items are commonly listed with plus, from what you've said - so maybe it suits some people better than others.

 

Also the free returns thing, I suppose that could be handy for things like clothes, etc. (not for me personally, but I appreciate other people might want that).

 

So when you say it pays for itself, do you mean from the return shipping?

 

Also, blows my mind that people jump on each other so much on the internet. If you read my message again, you should see that my type of thinking was that "I can't see how this product is of benefit to me, so I'll ask, in case I'm wrong". Humility 😉 But the internet is full of idiots, I get it.

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My robust response was not aggressive, it was in fact, very helpful.

As it is generally understood that TYPING IN CAPITAL LETTERS is the forum equivalent to shouting, if any aggression has been displayed it is from you, but nevermind...

My membership pays for itself thanks to the double Flybuys points I receive from every eBay purchase.

Anyway, if you were genuinely wanting to learn about the benefits of a Plus membership, I don't know why you would come here and make critical (and ill-informed) remarks when instead eBay has FAQ and help pages that are very easy to find and detail all the particulars of a membership.

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@nightcabbage wrote:

Yeah, I just don't undertstand why anyone would use ebay plus.

 

First of all, their main claim to fame is "free shipping on all plus items"... ok I have 2 problems with this:

 

a) there are VERY few plus items out there. Almost everything I search for returns 0 results.

 

b) every plus item ALREADY HAS FREE SHIPPING. So you gain literally nothing by having plus.

 

And other than that, I don't know what you get from having it that's of any use.

 

It seems so obviously ridiculous that I feel like I'm missing something, because surely it can't be that dumb?

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Are you sure about that? Assuming you misspelt 'I'  as 'it' in the bolded bit.

Well, no, because, again, the product (ebay plus) completely doens't suit me. I'm clearly not the target market.

I now understand that there are other people who it does suit, so that satisfies my question.

Thank you all 🙂