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Will another site come along and replace ebay?

HeXploiT

HeXploiT

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You know ebay still seems like a great place for buying but it's getting more and more difficult for sellers. I get people leaving me four stars all the time(thinking four stars is good) unaware that four stars will actually prevent me from selling.
If this is affecting me in such a way I can't imagine how it must be affecting the millions of "middle of the road" sellers who need a place to sell their product.
I know many have tried to compete with ebay in the past and have failed but it's looking to me now more and more like ebay has shot itself in the foot with this seller policy.

Anyone think ebay will pay for their mistakes and other auction sites will finally come forth?

I can't wait to see ebays next quarterly. No way it's going to resemble Amazons.
 
Highly unlikely. Unless they come up w/ something that is better than PayPal in terms of ease of use.
 
Originally posted by: Baked
Highly unlikely. Unless they come up w/ something that is better than PayPal in terms of ease of use.
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Any site can use paypal. I could start an auction site today and let everyone use paypal.
 
Online auctions are becoming a thing of the past, the novelty has worn off for a lot of people. Most of the items for sale aren't even auctions, they're BIN. It's just a matter of time before a newer, better service for individuals to buy and sell goods catches on.
 
ack. the posts above keep mentioning screwing over sellers.. but what about buyers? I don't even go there anymore b/c it seems anything I try to buy has exhorbitant shipping, or is near the retail cost of the item.
 
Originally posted by: robphelan
ack. the posts above keep mentioning screwing over sellers.. but what about buyers? I don't even go there anymore b/c it seems anything I try to buy has exhorbitant shipping, or is near the retail cost of the item.
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I just bought a few board games on there that with shipping were $10 less then any website. Heck, some games are hard to find from any website that isn't ebay. Used BIN for them though, so not much of an auction.
 
yeah the price on the bay has getting out of hands, however for the protection that you will get to me it's still more certain than forum sales =(
 
Originally posted by: TallBill
Originally posted by: robphelan
ack. the posts above keep mentioning screwing over sellers.. but what about buyers? I don't even go there anymore b/c it seems anything I try to buy has exhorbitant shipping, or is near the retail cost of the item.
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I just bought a few board games on there that with shipping were $10 less then any website. Heck, some games are hard to find from any website that isn't ebay. Used BIN for them though, so not much of an auction.
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That is one of the only reasons I will go to ebay anymore. Prices are a bit cheaper (a few $$ nothing major though), but not worth the risk of the issues I have had in the past.

I'll buy from Newegg, Amazon, or another website that has a good return/DOA policy and good BBB ratings.
 
Honestly if you're in a major metropolitan area you can buy ANYTHING on craigslist. Granted not everyone is, but for those regions craigslist is better than ebay hands down with the only downside of getting shot in a local meeting
 
i really hope so

may be inevitable since it is abundantly clear ebay does not care about their customers and would rather sit on its laurels than really try to improve its product
 
Originally posted by: robphelan
ack. the posts above keep mentioning screwing over sellers.. but what about buyers? I don't even go there anymore b/c it seems anything I try to buy has exhorbitant shipping, or is near the retail cost of the item.
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I still find computer hardware & software cheaper on ebay than anywhere.

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
If you have less then a 4.3 I think, ebay block your seller account.
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Yup.



Originally posted by: Chryso
How does 4 stars prevent you from selling?
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I have 53 feedbacks and one guy burned me and left me zero stars on all four counts. That one bogus feedback plus the consistent four stars I get because of my generally longer shipping times(I live in Alaska) is enough to knock my seller rating below what is needed to sell.
As a matter of fact I had just got it high enough to sell again and I sold a complete computer to a guy who was very happy with it and who left me positive feedback but he left me four stars instead of five(thinking that was good) and now I can't sell again.😕
 
I think the combination of the Amazon Marketplace and Craigslist, along with eBay getting worse and worse for sellers, has already started its downward spiral...
 
We can only hope...

We need one that actually screens the scammers BEFORE they can get in...unlike ScamBay.
 
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