Comments on: 25% of listings hidden on eBay.com http://tamebay.com/2008/08/25-of-listings-hidden-on-ebaycom.html eBay & ecommerce made easy Thu, 24 May 2012 23:52:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: ebuyerfb http://tamebay.com/2008/08/25-of-listings-hidden-on-ebaycom.html#comment-11060 ebuyerfb Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:59:26 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3460#comment-11060 Yes, please don't hurt eBay. When eBay gets hurt they take it out on their sellers. Yes, please don’t hurt eBay. When eBay gets hurt they take it out on their sellers.

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2008/08/25-of-listings-hidden-on-ebaycom.html#comment-11059 northumbrian Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:23:06 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3460#comment-11059 I dont defend ebay though anything that harms ebay is not in my interest, we dont need legal action, we need buyers, the only people that profit from legal action are lawyers I dont defend ebay though anything that harms ebay is not in my interest,

we dont need legal action, we need buyers,
the only people that profit from legal action are lawyers

]]> By: Jim http://tamebay.com/2008/08/25-of-listings-hidden-on-ebaycom.html#comment-11058 Jim Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:14:16 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3460#comment-11058 When is the court case? Each person who has sold on ebay since this policy change should be entitled to their entire listing fee back...that is the minimum this lawsuit should require. They admit in the above link that they hide auctions. Anyone who was defending ebay must read this. They haven't a leg to stand on...we need legal action now! When is the court case? Each person who has sold on ebay since this policy change should be entitled to their entire listing fee back…that is the minimum this lawsuit should require.

They admit in the above link that they hide auctions. Anyone who was defending ebay must read this. They haven’t a leg to stand on…we need legal action now!

]]> By: Jim http://tamebay.com/2008/08/25-of-listings-hidden-on-ebaycom.html#comment-11057 Jim Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:11:17 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3460#comment-11057 Get the real feel of the sellers and buyers on ebay today. This even includes attempted answers by an ebay moderator. http://forums.ebay.com/db1/thread.jspa?threadID=2000611551&start=0 Get the real feel of the sellers and buyers on ebay today. This even includes attempted answers by an ebay moderator.

http://forums.ebay.com/db1/thread.jspa?threadID=2000611551&start=0

]]> By: Patricia013 http://tamebay.com/2008/08/25-of-listings-hidden-on-ebaycom.html#comment-11056 Patricia013 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:52:08 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3460#comment-11056 Bottom line: If ebay is going to hide mulitple listings...then ebay needs a way to DECLINE a multiple listing...not accept it and HIDE it. To do so is blatantly fraud - sell a service for a fee and not performing that service! I think we all know that Ebay will collect a fortune before EVERY seller knows this new wacky policy of hiding listings. Yet another great example of why sellers no longer trust Ebay. They may be riding along the fine edge of the law...but once they lose seller trust they also lose business. Bottom line: If ebay is going to hide mulitple listings…then ebay needs a way to DECLINE a multiple listing…not accept it and HIDE it. To do so is blatantly fraud – sell a service for a fee and not performing that service! I think we all know that Ebay will collect a fortune before EVERY seller knows this new wacky policy of hiding listings. Yet another great example of why sellers no longer trust Ebay. They may be riding along the fine edge of the law…but once they lose seller trust they also lose business.

]]> By: Patricia013 http://tamebay.com/2008/08/25-of-listings-hidden-on-ebaycom.html#comment-11055 Patricia013 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:33:55 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3460#comment-11055 Smoke, mirrors and supposition aside....the sad fact is that hundreds, if not thousands of small sellers just like me have quit listing on Ebay altogether. Profit has gone down to almost nothing and yet now Ebay forces free shipping too. When you've had your limit of hoops to jump thru then you MUST sit back and think if it is all worthwhile. For many of us it is no longer worthwhile so we list on free sites - get that occasion sell and be happy with it. It really amounts to just about the same profit as selling on ebay what with the crazy search that seems to hide small sellers and all the threats to one's reputation until you feel you have to walk on water. Lots of us are finding out that selling elsewhere and getting fewer sales - yet with more of it belonging to us - is more worthwhile then selling on Ebay. What really bothers me is that ebay fills the void of lost small sellers with listings like buy.com - giving the site a phony air of success. As to mulitple listings...I know of several artists who list their paintings with the exact same title - different painting, same title. I have never done this but they claim its an easy way for their customers to find them (I guess in that crazy, wacky search). Also, if I'm buying something and there are several listings all the same I tend to like that better. I'll wait as they begin to roll off and jump on the one with no bids or the smallest bid...nothing wrong with that...lots of buyers do it! Just some examples of both sides of the coin. As for multiple listings - DON"T HIDE a listing and CHARGE full price for it - that is fraud and I bet some lawsuit is going to let the courts decide it. Smoke, mirrors and supposition aside….the sad fact is that hundreds, if not thousands of small sellers just like me have quit listing on Ebay altogether. Profit has gone down to almost nothing and yet now Ebay forces free shipping too. When you’ve had your limit of hoops to jump thru then you MUST sit back and think if it is all worthwhile. For many of us it is no longer worthwhile so we list on free sites – get that occasion sell and be happy with it. It really amounts to just about the same profit as selling on ebay what with the crazy search that seems to hide small sellers and all the threats to one’s reputation until you feel you have to walk on water. Lots of us are finding out that selling elsewhere and getting fewer sales – yet with more of it belonging to us – is more worthwhile then selling on Ebay. What really bothers me is that ebay fills the void of lost small sellers with listings like buy.com – giving the site a phony air of success.

As to mulitple listings…I know of several artists who list their paintings with the exact same title – different painting, same title. I have never done this but they claim its an easy way for their customers to find them (I guess in that crazy, wacky search). Also, if I’m buying something and there are several listings all the same I tend to like that better. I’ll wait as they begin to roll off and jump on the one with no bids or the smallest bid…nothing wrong with that…lots of buyers do it! Just some examples of both sides of the coin. As for multiple listings – DON”T HIDE a listing and CHARGE full price for it – that is fraud and I bet some lawsuit is going to let the courts decide it.

]]> By: Jim http://tamebay.com/2008/08/25-of-listings-hidden-on-ebaycom.html#comment-11054 Jim Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:42:10 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3460#comment-11054 NEWSFLASH! he death penalty has been reinstated...it's now called corporate punishment: The following list includes the "new" penalties. 1. Death by electrocution...has now been replaced with death by the shock...shock of the incredibly silly policies that can be passed by seemingly educated people. The victim of this type of punishment is usually found at a keyboard in a frozen, almost zombie like, state -- muttering from underneath a pile of unsold ebay rubble...truly a shocking site to behold. 2. Death by lethal injection...has now been replaced by death by lethal injection of new fees, which render one poor and incapable of a decent life. The victim of this type of injection can be seen standing in food-bank line-ups and usually succumbs to hypothermia in their repossessed home. 3. Death by hanging...has now been replaced by death by hanging around a site that doesn't want you or respect you. It is a slow and painful death that is brough on by shattered optomism and crushed dreams. 4. Death by firing squad...has now been replaced by; Death by a squad that should have been fired. This is one of the worst ways to go...knowing,that due to the incompetence of others, your life was snatched from you by the very people you once trusted. Happebays are here again! NEWSFLASH!

he death penalty has been reinstated…it’s now called corporate punishment:

The following list includes the “new” penalties.

1. Death by electrocution…has now been replaced with death by the shock…shock of the incredibly silly policies that can be passed by seemingly educated people. The victim of this type of punishment is usually found at a keyboard in a frozen, almost zombie like, state — muttering from underneath a pile of unsold ebay rubble…truly a shocking site to behold.

2. Death by lethal injection…has now been replaced by death by lethal injection of new fees, which render one poor and incapable of a decent life. The victim of this type of injection can be seen standing in food-bank line-ups and usually succumbs to hypothermia in their repossessed home.

3. Death by hanging…has now been replaced by death by hanging around a site that doesn’t want you or respect you. It is a slow and painful death that is brough on by shattered optomism and crushed dreams.

4. Death by firing squad…has now been replaced by; Death by a squad that should have been fired. This is one of the worst ways to go…knowing,that due to the incompetence of others, your life was snatched from you by the very people you once trusted.

Happebays are here again!

]]> By: GeorgeJungle http://tamebay.com/2008/08/25-of-listings-hidden-on-ebaycom.html#comment-11053 GeorgeJungle Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:34:47 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3460#comment-11053 You have to look on .com not .co.uk. Goto the main .com site and type in "used google adwords voucher" and you will see the rolled up results. I think eBay should have a credit system based on if the item is EVER shown in core. If it is never shown , then you should get a relist credit. You have to look on .com not .co.uk.

Goto the main .com site and type in “used google adwords voucher” and you will see the rolled up results.

I think eBay should have a credit system based on if the item is EVER shown in core. If it is never shown , then you should get a relist credit.

]]> By: Super Max http://tamebay.com/2008/08/25-of-listings-hidden-on-ebaycom.html#comment-11052 Super Max Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:28:06 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3460#comment-11052 Even if your items don't show in search they will still show in 'sellers other items', 'browse category', and are listed on ebay if you're exporting to google or similar. I'm sure theres nothing in the ebay T&C's that says your item will show up in their global search. Don't get me wrong, I agree ebay are riping people off and should be clearer, I just don't think legally theres a case. Even if your items don’t show in search they will still show in ‘sellers other items’, ‘browse category’, and are listed on ebay if you’re exporting to google or similar.

I’m sure theres nothing in the ebay T&C’s that says your item will show up in their global search.

Don’t get me wrong, I agree ebay are riping people off and should be clearer, I just don’t think legally theres a case.

]]> By: Pete http://tamebay.com/2008/08/25-of-listings-hidden-on-ebaycom.html#comment-11051 Pete Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:10:15 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3460#comment-11051 I tried this and could view all results, none were hidden at all. Also tried it on a range of keywords with the same results. I tried this and could view all results, none were hidden at all. Also tried it on a range of keywords with the same results.

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