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    Pardon my rather blatant, profanity filled title.

    Ebay has made it incredibly annoying and unfair for sellers.
    You can't leave negative or neutral feedbacks for buyers any more.
    All of a sudden they changed it, when its been the same way for YEARS.

    And a buyer can leave you a negative,you get one explanation reply for it,
    then Ebay cuts you off after they buyer gets to leave a second reply on it.

    You can get an unfair,unwarranted negative or neutral feedback from a deadbeat bidder,or total cheapskate asshat and Ebay does not care.

    Its so fucked.

    Not to mention the insane amount of fees Ebay and Paypal charge sellers.
    Ebay owns Paypal as you know, so they get you both places
    since most buyers prefer Paypal since its so quick.

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    Yup. I've suspended all ebay sales until they fix it...too easy for scammers now.

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    Yep..limiting feedback kind of defeats the purpose of ebay.

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    Could you leave "positive" feedback but say something negative in the comment line?
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    WTF??? Are you serious?

    So if you buy something from someone and they screw you over, you cant leave neg or neutral feedback?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lexi View Post
    WTF??? Are you serious?

    So if you buy something from someone and they screw you over, you cant leave neg or neutral feedback?
    NO..BUYERS can still leave negative feedback..sellers cant.
    Thats the way it works now. But they can not pay YOU and leave YOU negative feedback.

    It all just SCREAMS please rip sellers off.

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    I'm done selling on ebay, too. Ebid seems to be a pretty good place to sell, but I haven't tried it yet. Once ebay eliminated the seller's ability to leave feedback, I pulled all my auctions. I was pretty fed up anyway with the high fees, then with the feedback BS that drove me away completely.

    I get the feeling that they don't want the small sellers anymore, and are looking for "powerseller" types exclusively.


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    I'm really hoping Google will start their own auction site and give eBay some serious competition...

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    Ebay had it's reasons.

    Problem was that too many shady sellers were leaving revenge feedback if they had an unhappy buyer. I've had it happen a few times over the years when buyers ripped me off and I posted negative feedback for them.

    I know several others who have had that problem too.

    As sellers we can still report non paying bidders so I don't see why the new policy is a bad thing.
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    second the google idea.

    ebay is way too greedy these days....

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    Quote Originally Posted by CKXXX View Post
    NO..BUYERS can still leave negative feedback..sellers cant.
    Thats the way it works now. But they can not pay YOU and leave YOU negative feedback.

    It all just SCREAMS please rip sellers off.

    How the hell did I read that wrong? lol (Thanks for clearing it up)

    Either way, its ridiculous that a seller cant give neg feedback. I would complain.
    And how the hell is THAT supposed to make it easier?

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    Used to sell a lot of used computer gear on eBay...no more. Craigslist is working better for me now and I'm not getting raped in fees, to say nothing of the retarded feedback changes.

    Fuck eBay in the ass with gravel.
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    They DO control deadbeat bidders. They only give you a certain amount of retracted bids (like 3) and then they'll warn you, and if it continues they cancel your account. I know this first hand because before I understood eBay a few years ago, I did just that. I would never bid and retract now, but I know they still enforce that. That doesn't completely fix the problem, but it helps. Also, I had no idea that sellers can't leave negative comments? That's crazy.

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    Also to me there is an increase in people bidding and not paying - I just had two. I can't leave them negative FB, all they get is an unpaid item strike and that's it. I also had three people say they never recieved their items when the delivery confirmation says different. All this was after all the rules changed in May.

    Aggravating to say the least.

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    Oh, that sucks. Maybe I shouldn't shop on eBay anymore. Pity, I only just discovered it and I've gotten some amazing deals there! But if they're fucking people over, I don't want to support that.

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    I haven't logged into eBay in about two years. Its become so cluttered with mass produced crap, I don't know why anybody bothers selling on there anymore.
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    I give up on ebay too.
    They are forcing every listing to accept payal , and paypal is a joke when t comes to seller protection. A buyer can do a cc chargeback at any time after the event, paypal don't fight it and charge you for the privilege of stealing your money.

    Sellers are facing a huge increase in blackmail from buyers (e.g Give me this for hal price or i'll leave you a neg) and with sellers being chucked off for only few negs from idiot buyers ( e.g people who leave a negative saying "i didn't like the colour" with absolutely no contact with the seller) listng there is like walking on egg shells.

    The new layout is hard to navigate, listings get chucked to the end of search results for stupid reasons and to cut a long story short they have ruined my business and I give in.

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    Default Re: Fuck Ebay

    Sorry to slightly threadjack, but has anyone tried onlineauction.com or anything else of the sort instead of Ebay? I haven't yet, but it seems more fair - fees are low, about 8 bucks a month and no final value fees, etc.

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    That sucks! So you can't leave negative feedback for buyers and they force you to use PayPal? Lame. Hopefully you guys can find another good auction site.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CKXXX View Post
    NO..BUYERS can still leave negative feedback..sellers cant.
    Thats the way it works now. But they can not pay YOU and leave YOU negative feedback.

    It all just SCREAMS please rip sellers off.
    yes, but the way i understand it is that after 60 days if they receive an unpaid item strike , the feedback they left you will be retracted if it was negative.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MeanGirl View Post
    yes, but the way i understand it is that after 60 days if they receive an unpaid item strike , the feedback they left you will be retracted if it was negative.
    Even if thats true..that 2 months with neg strike on you that may cost you sales.

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    Yeah, I've about had it with selling on Ebay right. They de-listed one of my items. I thought I understood their rules, but apparently, I don't. After 4 Emails, I'm still unclear about what their rule is concerning listing of gift cards for sale.

    I guess I'll never make it to power seller status

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    Gosh, I'm kind of surprised so many are po'd about this change. I was happy about it. The best part was the retaliatory feedback sellers who had ripped me off got removed so now I'm back to a 100% rating!
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    Quote Originally Posted by LadyLuck View Post
    Gosh, I'm kind of surprised so many are po'd about this change. I was happy about it. The best part was the retaliatory feedback sellers who had ripped me off got removed so now I'm back to a 100% rating!
    Its great for buyers. Sucks for sellers.

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