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February 06, 2008
Wrong way to do it
Ebay has changed the way people sell things. Now they've changed the way people use the service, at least in the UK:
Sellers on eBay will no longer be allowed to leave critical comments about buyers.The online marketplace is introducing the move later this year in an attempt to end the heated exchanges that have slowed the site down.
The ban on negative feedback does not, however, extend to buyers, who will still be able to leave unfavourable comments about their purchases.
Forgetting the unfairness of it all why not use the novel idea of improving the speed of servers rather than removing services.
Update: Apparently this is worldwide and there are more things that sellers are not liking:
Sellers on eBay's normally rancorous message boards were apoplectic, using phrases like "extortion" to describe the news. On Wednesday several began calling for a general strike, under which sellers would withhold listings for a week.Ebay's complex new rules affect sellers in almost every part of a transaction.
It reduces upfront costs such as listing fees, which will drop from a starting price of $0.20 to $0.15 for traditional auction listings, and makes gallery photos free. However, eBay is adding more costs to the back end for many sellers with higher final-value fees, the commission eBay takes after a sale.
Sample reaction:
I AM IN...........and will be looking elsewhere!!!!!!!!This use to be fun....now I feel like I am working to pay my ebay fees....time to stop.
eBay seems to have forgotten they are not a storefront. It take 15 min to find another online auction site and it doesn't involve leases and heavy moves.
Posted by Peter at February 6, 2008 10:22 PM
Comments
Evilpay lost me as a seller when PayPal was listing members info(all)online.
They are both greedy places evilpay and PP both get alot of the money it talkes to sell and list a item.
The hell with them.
Posted by: M&M at February 7, 2008 02:15 PM