Thanks for the link.

 

I read all the way up to Page 4 on the thread, but then had to stop... I couldn't take any more of it with all the possible new ramifications that everyone was suggesting (including vicious sellers up-bidding their rivals on a product that they are selling themselves).

 

It would seem that the most logical time to have auctions end (when this change comes into effect down here) would be after 1:00am EST and before 5:00 EST, to minimise the chance of buyers being awake and ready to pounce on the opportunity to change their mind.

 

Of course, starting auctions so late or so early is a task on our behalves, which is why eBay will permit you to choose the time for every auction to begin/end - for only a mere 20c per listing (oh, yes).

 

I suppose the other option would be to having everything listed as Fixed Price format instead with Immediate Payment required. Far less chance of a buyer changing their mind if they rush out to pay for something immediately.

 

Either way though, eBay will probably have to expand the Block Bidder lists to include more than 5000 names. I wonder how many names I'll be adding a week, just because a buyer decided to screw around within 60 minutes of a listing ending.

 

Ah well. Fun times await...

"It would seem that the most logical time to have auctions end (when this change comes into effect down here) would be after 1:00am EST and before 5:00 EST, to minimise the chance of buyers being awake and ready to pounce on the opportunity to change their mind"

That would be a solution with its own problems, though...many experienced bidders like to snipe, and not all are happy to give their password to an automated service to do so. Night ending auctions might just do badly.

eBay is not likely to listen to the sellers on any changes they bring in, it will be interesting to see what eBay is like in a few years time...

Nevertheless Amber, it's an interesting thought. 🙂

 

Incidentally, what gives you the impression that eBay will still be around in a few years time?

Yes. Trial and error I imagine if and when the one hour request comes into effect here.

I have had this thought before and this thread and the ramifications of the new changes signalled for the US market, have brought it to mind again -

Is ebay just a front for an organisation who's real agenda is - let's find as many ways as possible to make the life and experience of a very large group of people (sellers), as difficult and unpleasant as we can !!! Hehe !

 

I know it hasn't happened or is signalled here yet but others are I'm sure correct in saying that its only a matter of time.

 

Honestly when you have been involved with ebay in a selling capacity for as long as I and many others have, you are just reduced to manic laughter with each new blow they deliver to sellers.

 

Honestly, ebay, you stagger belief !

 

 " Incidentally, what gives you the impression that eBay will still be around in a few years time?"

 

lack of any real competition, cq.

 

Cats, yes, it is a buyer request, not a buyer right to cancel, so should not be taken as such here... I am thinking that what might upset some sellers is the possible buyer response to a no to their request. If everyone behaved with courtesy, it would work beautifully. Much better to cancel up front than go through the whole process of unpaid item disputes and having to wait to relist.

 

so at face value, it's not a bad thing.

Yes, IMO it just formalises what occurs already, and puts a very tight timeframe on the request, which I support.

 

I imagine it will be pretty much the same type of buyer that seeks a cancellation straight after sale, maybe a few more, but they are not really the buyers that many sellers want to do business with anyway.

 

I like that the new system will put the onus on the buyer to request the cancellation, and that the seller will be in the drivers seat in terms of agreeing and the timing of agreeing, instead of the way it has been, with buyers requesting cancellations and then a number not bothering to respond to a cancellation sent by the seller, so the seller has had to wait it out 7 days, until they could relist. 

 

Or in the worst case scenarios, a buyer requesting a cancellation then refusing it when sent by the seller, meaning an unpaid dispute could not be opened.

 

Good move eBay.  Thank you. 

 

 

Thank god...a balance..I have always had low blood pressure .

Just before I got to yours I was feeling a little flushed and pithed off. I am about to pour myself a Stones with a nip of scotch. Heaven help yas if I have more than one  I wont shut up. Now to continue on with the thread or maybe not...Hmmmm