Thursday Thirteen # 4 - 15th March

Filed under: Random Narrative, Whats gone tits up today then? — Red March 15, 2007 @ 11:41 am

Thirteen Things Red HATES about ebay

1. High Fees for small value items

2. Lack of ebay shops visibilty

3. Promoting shill bidding in their UK adverts

4. Having listings pulled for wrong reasons

5. Automated responses for everything

6. God like delusions of granduer

9. Ending listings and keeping fee’s

10. Forcing paypal on ebay transactions

11. Banning google checkout

12. Policy changes every 5 minutes

13. That you can’t sell online without its traffic. We need a real competitor

 

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8 Comments »

  1. This list cracked me up. I’ve not used ebay too much for these reasons.

    Thanks for stopping by my TT!

    Comment by Andrea — March 15, 2007 @ 12:11 pm

  2. I have only been there a few times. We could not find a stuffed “Bambi” that our daughter wanted for one of her birthdays. We found it on e-bay. A few other things that you can’t find anymore in stores are in there. I don’t know about all the business side of it but from your post it sounds like a nightmare.
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    Comment by Raggedy — March 15, 2007 @ 12:24 pm

  3. I have only sold one thing on ebay…and stopped buying things there. It just ended up not seeming worth it to me.

    My TT is up…come on over…I promise there aren’t hidden fees!

    Comment by Shelley — March 15, 2007 @ 12:45 pm

  4. It really irritates me when people try to make a huge amount of money off shipping/handling. Like it costs $2 actual postage and they’re charging $6. I don’t mind paying for packing materials, but I don’t think time and materials costs $4. You pay more for shipping/handling than you do for the item!

    I think ebay isn’t as good a value as it once was :(

    Comment by Angela James — March 15, 2007 @ 1:35 pm

  5. (Hope I’m doing this right). We’re trying to start an e-bay business. It’s hard going….!

    Comment by Damozel — March 15, 2007 @ 7:04 pm

  6. The ebay bug has not bitten me yet! I am thinking that delusions of grandeur to carry-over into the blogosphere do they not???

    Comment by chana — March 15, 2007 @ 7:06 pm

  7. I’m only a buyer…not a seller…and I have had nothing but good experiences with my e-bay purchases. It probably has lots more issues for sellers.

    Comment by Di — March 16, 2007 @ 2:25 am

  8. I agree with you. That’s way I almost never do something on e-bay anymore. Pity, because in the beginning it was great fun!
    Thanks for visiting my handbag TT!

    Comment by Tink — March 16, 2007 @ 9:09 am

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