Since when did eBay start showing out like this?

winb83

52 Years Young
Supporter
Joined
May 28, 2012
Messages
45,991
Reputation
3,894
Daps
69,604
Reppin
Michigan
Charging 9-12% Final Value Fees (12% factors in PayPal fees 9% without PayPal which is virtually impossible due my next point).

Forcing Sellers to take PayPal and not accept money orders or personal checks.

Charging Final Value Fees on the shipping which forces the seller to pay some of the shipping.

Charging Final Value Fees on auctions that are ended early with bids even when the item doesn't sell.

A "buyer protection plan" that forces sellers to accept returns even if the listing doesn't accept returns.

My old favorite I already knew about. Sellers can't leave negative feedback. They said that was due to retaliatory feedback being left but all they really had to do was hide the feedback until both parties left it or lock it after a certain date then make it viewable.
 

GoldenGlove

😐😑😶😑😐
Staff member
Supporter
Joined
May 1, 2012
Messages
59,595
Reputation
5,730
Daps
140,361
I've never bought anything off of eBay, and I've never sold anything off of there either.

There always seemed to be too much bullshyt and fees to make a transaction for me. My brother sold an iPhone 4 for somebody on there and got hit with all kinds of shipping fees/other costs he didn't know about.

I'd rather deal with craigslist to be honest.
 

MikelArteta

Moderator
Staff member
Supporter
Joined
Apr 30, 2012
Messages
252,184
Reputation
31,742
Daps
770,822
Reppin
Top 4
eBay is only good for buyers

The fees for selling our outrageous

Alibaba and aliexpress is better than eBay anyways


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk breh!
 

diggy

Florida Man
Supporter
Joined
May 1, 2012
Messages
16,814
Reputation
4,135
Daps
42,679
You can notice many items are down in terms of amounts for sale on ebay because its easier to sell them locally or on forums for many at this point. Id go on there expecting to see pages and I find less than half a page. Certain things you sell may need a lot of exposure so eBay offers that but you have to account for the fees. eBay stores used to be a decent value back in the day, but my boy says they are raping him on his and plans to just close it and do his own site.
 

winb83

52 Years Young
Supporter
Joined
May 28, 2012
Messages
45,991
Reputation
3,894
Daps
69,604
Reppin
Michigan
eBay is only good for buyers
i haven't sold anything on eBay since 2006 with the Wiis. back then you could make good profits selling stuff on there.

i sold a Wii U on there just this year and it sold for like $450 which is $100 over retail and i say maybe $20 in profit off it after fees.
 

MikelArteta

Moderator
Staff member
Supporter
Joined
Apr 30, 2012
Messages
252,184
Reputation
31,742
Daps
770,822
Reppin
Top 4
i haven't sold anything on eBay since 2006 with the Wiis. back then you could make good profits selling stuff on there.

i sold a Wii U on there just this year and it sold for like $450 which is $100 over retail and i say maybe $20 in profit off it after fees.

Honestly better to mess with craiglist

Only thing is eBay you don't have to meet anyone

I still buy things of eBay but I stopped selling years ago.

Got rid of my dining room set and chairs on craiglist for 300, didn't have to PayPal ship nada




Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk breh!
 

num123

Speak like a child
Supporter
Joined
Apr 30, 2012
Messages
6,665
Reputation
1,758
Daps
27,059
Reppin
Bay Area/Chicago
I use it at my company to sell our products and it has been getting worse and worse. We got to deal with dumb ass customers who either don't read a listing all the way then complain about something we already stated, or they game the system and complain to get a partial refund or something else or they will give us neg feedback.
 

Amestafuu (Emeritus)

Veteran
Supporter
Joined
May 8, 2012
Messages
70,595
Reputation
13,890
Daps
299,573
Reppin
Toronto
I've never bought anything off of eBay, and I've never sold anything off of there either.

There always seemed to be too much bullshyt and fees to make a transaction for me. My brother sold an iPhone 4 for somebody on there and got hit with all kinds of shipping fees/other costs he didn't know about.

I'd rather deal with craigslist to be honest.

I sold shoes, electronics and bought plenty on there. They can rip you off like crazy. E-bay bought paypal so they double bill you on fees basically. I got screwed buying fake headphones from china and the onus was on me to proove they were fake :snoop:

They froze and stole money off 1 of my accounts so i would never leave a balance on paypal for too long. All that said it is still the best way to do business online if long range, short range stick with craigs n kijiji.
 

SuburbanPimp

Giving game to lames since the 90s
Joined
Apr 30, 2012
Messages
13,369
Reputation
1,386
Daps
35,635
Reppin
In Dallas, From Cleveland
Yeah, Ebay has been getting worse each year. I use to sell a bunch of sh!t on there about 4-5 years ago. But now Craigslist is crushing the buildings on selling sh!t.

I used to buy sh!t off there but sometimes you get some suspect shyt or the wrong sh!t and then when you write a bad review about it you get the seller bugging the sh!t out of you trying to get you to change the review. So now I buy most of my stuff on Amazon.

"Had a spark when they started, now they just Garbage" :scusthov:
 

Judgement!

Banned
Joined
May 2, 2012
Messages
1,064
Reputation
94
Daps
2,647
Reppin
South Sacramento
fukk eBay. I sold phones on there and always did delivery confirmation & tracking until this bytch tried to claim she never got her phones. I sent in the proof and eBay still refunded her all her money and tried to take more from me. They ended up sending me to collections and terminating my account, but I wasnt going to sell on there anymore anyway. Not worth it
 
Top