The sad part is they read what we are writing here and still don’t get the fact that we can see right thru them!

I see comments like this here and on the eBay discussion boards all the time, and for good reason. Despite what they say, it is quite apparent that eBay doesn’t value the business of its smaller sellers. What I always wonder is just how big is big enough? I’m no mega-seller, by any stretch of the imagination. But I did pay just over $100,000 in eBay and PayPal fees last year. That’s not big enough, so what is? And, no, I don’t expect to actually receive an answer to that question.

I received 50%+ fewer page views the past two months, as compared to July and August of 2007. We’re talking 47,000 per month last year, down to 20,000. That is a drastic drop. It’s no wonder our sales are so far down lately. No one can find our listings because of eBay’s broken search!

Here’s a simple, straight-forward question I would like answered: What percentage of eBay members use the Best Match sort order?

It couldn’t be more obvious. The sellers who are being provided these services get featured first and foremost, and are excused from all the detrimental policies. That’s pretty obvious as well.

No one bothers with the pretend support. It’s pretend, it’s fake, it’s not real, and it really doesn’t work in “real life” practices.Ebay has a ton of new policies that benefit the few advantaged sellers, and then they can’t even offer support for the policies they DO change.

I must say, papal, though, has not been all that bad for me, has not caused me any mega problems, and was a lot easier to collect payment from, rather than the non paying buyers who continue to say they are (or they had) sending the check in the mail. I’ve had enough of those too! In fact,the news did not bother me in the least.

What DOES bother me, is that there will be way less in the way of bidders for our auction goods since this policy will be excluding them from bidding as well. If they see paypal is required, they will just leave the site. That won’t be very good for business. It’s kind of a stupid move on their part.

I rarely got that many checks, but the ones I did get were kind of late, and the one lady who didn’t liek that she was paying for priority mail for me to ship to her marked my stars down to 4.9′s and one 4.8. That’s when I knew I had enough.

This lady was late with her check. She couldn’t even find my invoice on her computer, I waited patiently, and then shipped immediately without even waiting for the check to CLEAR!!Come on now folks!!!!

In my auction ad I clearly state “IF YOU DON’T LIKE PAYING FOR the only type of shipping I offer, PRIORITY MAIL, WITH FREE INSURANCE,FREE DELIVERY CONFIRMATION, AND FREE PACKAGING AND PROCESSING, THEN DON’T BID ON MY AUCTIONS!”

Can one get any clearer? I never charged one penny more than the EXACT priority mail price for under one pound, flat rate. DUH. What a deal! And she still sends a late check and dings my stars. No.

Forget that. I will not sell again here. Ebay clearly does not hear the sellers. They clearly do not hear anyone but the parasitic infested “affiliated” sellers.I should have made THAT clearer. LOL!

Add to that, being locked into a BETA test for a month that didn’t work? How stupid can one company be? If this is not stupidity, then it is clearly a set-up to just rid the site of sellers who do not produce big money on a regular basis.

If that is what the reason is, then tell your buddies up there to just be honest and “say so”. Most of us will be glad to unregister if that is the case.

There are other venues coming that are chomping at the bit for the antiques and collectibles auctions business. And they will soon make away with all the small good sellers here.You’ll see!

Miss Pat, in February it was an adjustment, August we are trying rebalancing for flavor of the month. Its the same dish.

Unfortunately those of us who weren’t hatched yesterday remember Bill Cobb rebalancing the marketplace in 06.

Far more interesting to me this week is the news that no transactions will be permitted in the UK for less than one pound which is more or less $2 because, there are fears of feedback manipulation. This simultaneous with eBay Australia teaching buyers to search for 99c items that have no bids in advertising campaigns.

Lets not forget the retirement of Store Inventory Format in the UK. If you get the ‘right’ improved shop for a mere 15 pounds or approx $30 a month (basic) you can pay a mere 20p per 30 day BIN instead of 6 pounds or approximately $12 with 3p x 30 day SIF.

250% increase in ‘Shop Fees’, 600%+ in IF BUT you do get search visibility.

The only thing it tells me is they charge more than PayEnemy, plus an annual fee. That’s all most people will need to know to eliminate it, which is all ebaY really wants.

Please, eBay will humiliate or buy out your company in the end.

You are wasting your time if you think they allowed your payment system is to your benefit. It is not.

Sellers are smart enough to see what is going on here.

I am sorry that the truth hurts sometimes.