Comments on: eBay shop has new products and ships worldwide

By: Chris Dawson

Chris Dawson — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:32:48 +0000

I think free shipping wasn’t intended and I will be charged carriage, they’re just getting set up for International buyers and getting flooded with orders. They do accept PayPal, it should be enabled on the site soon

By: Lunabu

Lunabu — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:46:22 +0000

oh, and it says that they DO accept PayPal. Saw it in their Terms and Conditions for payment. Maybe it was changed???

By: Lunabu

Lunabu — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:44:10 +0000

I was surprised too that they want international sellers to make a phone call to the US.
Emailed them about it and got a quick reply advising me that they’d be happy to help with an email order.
I asked for a size guide as well for the clothing. Any regular eBay seller will put more info in about their items than the eBay shop has.
And she also said she’d be sending me the FedEx rates, so I don’t think free shipping is the regular thing they do
See what they come back with.

By: Yael

Yael — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:15:01 +0000

I am too puzzled why it’s on a seperate website not an eBay Shop/Store. Methinks it might be they would fall foul of SNP pretty quickly…

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:45:34 +0000

Dammit.

I could not resist the lure of a USB plasma orb….
Or the metal folding weather station/alarm clock…

Regardless of the fact they have eBay branding or not, they are both satisfying my need for gadgetry at a relatively low cost!

By: DBL

DBL — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:15:45 +0000

I would Advertise ebay, bring buyers, bring sales, put money in my pocket. No question.

*looks at all of ebay free merch around the desk area*

By: Super Max

Super Max — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:17:35 +0000

I’m with north, why pay to advertise eBay ?

By: northumbrian

northumbrian — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:10:59 +0000

cant think why anyone would want or need such rubbish
and to actually pay for it takes some grasping

By: faculty-x

faculty-x — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:06:24 +0000

that big business all over.
you would think at the board meeting one bright spark would put forward the idea of an ebay shop with paypal if nothing but to highlight the suitablity of the brand.
no the go off spend K’s on this and that research and it was under there nose all the time.
lol

now onto the nhs.

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:58:02 +0000

“eBay packaging perhaps?”

Lindy, if you’re going back to the post “by the ex-eBay employee”, it *is* a fake, you do know that?

By: Chris Dawson

Chris Dawson — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:41:06 +0000

They can’t force you to buy anything

By: Lindy Laker

Lindy Laker — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:41:32 +0000

First comes the notepad – They can also cater for bulk orders and even customise items with your eBay User ID

Sounds fantastic!

Except for one thing … after the notepad, will we be forced to buy other eBay merch? For example, eBay packaging perhaps?

I wonder …

By: Chris Dawson

Chris Dawson — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:23:04 +0000

Uh oh, I’ve just found another T and C that they should have highlighted at checkout or when I created my account

We are happy to ship orders to many countries outside the United States. Due to customs policies that vary widely from country to country, we ask that all international orders be handled by phone. Please call 1-866-252-EBAY and ask to speak to The eBay Shop Customer Service Representative to place your order. Note that the recipient will be responsible for all applicable duties, taxes and fees.

It’s a bit late now I’ve placed an order isn’t it?? Anyone got any ideas what happens now? You know what – they should scrap the site, open an eBay shop, get Frooition to design it and sell on eBay. Would solve all of their new-site-brokedness and International ordering problems.

In fact can anyone tell me why eBay license a shop selling eBay merch which isn’t running on the eBay platform in the first place?

By: Chris Dawson

Chris Dawson — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:18:38 +0000

I've been having a further mooch around the site and their T's and C's state that they accept PayPal, it's just when you come to check out the only option in the drop down is credit card. I'm guessing it's a normal FUBAR

By: whirly

whirly — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:42:38 +0000

“First thing that struck me was that they DONâ€™T accept payment via PayPal!”

Speaks volumes.

Jesus.

By: northumbrian

northumbrian — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:00:45 +0000

recycled and than sent half way around the world
sort of defeats the object