Comments on: Above-Standard PSs launch 16th January http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html eBay & ecommerce made easy Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:13:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: whirly http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54983 whirly Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:50:54 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54983 :lol: I use an abacus, could be where I am going wrong. :lol: I use an abacus, could be where I am going wrong.

]]> By: Philip Cohen http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54980 Philip Cohen Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:21:55 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54980 Now there is a confident man: doing better than even eBay itself. Not wanting to offend you Whirly, but you wouldn't be in the employ of eBay would you? Now there is a confident man: doing better than even eBay itself. Not wanting to offend you Whirly, but you wouldn’t be in the employ of eBay would you?

]]> By: board_surfer http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54979 board_surfer Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:37:14 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54979 You do know that counting the 2 figures after the decimal point is kinda cheating?? :lol: :lol: You do know that counting the 2 figures after the decimal point is kinda cheating??

:lol: :lol:

]]> By: whirly http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54978 whirly Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:17:36 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54978 Absolutely, without any shadow of a doubt. Absolutely, without any shadow of a doubt.

]]> By: Philip Cohen http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54971 Philip Cohen Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:18:12 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54971 And you are going to surpass that figure this year? And you are going to surpass that figure this year?

]]> By: whirly http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54964 whirly Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:01:19 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54964 'I always refer to eBay users as “users”, for to refer to them as “members”, as eBay does, is to imply that the organisation is run for some benefit of those “members”—it is not' Oh right, so how come I paid myself 6 figures last year via eBay, did the tooth fairy pay me Phillip? ‘I always refer to eBay users as “users”, for to refer to them as “members”, as eBay does, is to imply that the organisation is run for some benefit of those “members”—it is not’

Oh right, so how come I paid myself 6 figures last year via eBay, did the tooth fairy pay me Phillip?

]]> By: Philip Cohen http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54961 Philip Cohen Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:36:21 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54961 I always refer to eBay users as “users”, for to refer to them as “members”, as eBay does, is to imply that the organisation is run for some benefit of those “members”—it is not: No action taken (or not taken) by eBay management has anything to do with benefiting or protecting eBay users (buyers or sellers); eBay’s every action (or lack thereof) is purposed solely towards benefitting eBay—and by whatever means, no matter how unscrupulous—undoubtedly more to do with the recovery of those “lost” executive performance bonuses than with any direct consideration for stockholders—and if at any time there appears to be some benefit to eBay “users”, that will be purely coincidental. I always refer to eBay users as “users”, for to refer to them as “members”, as eBay does, is to imply that the organisation is run for some benefit of those “members”—it is not: No action taken (or not taken) by eBay management has anything to do with benefiting or protecting eBay users (buyers or sellers); eBay’s every action (or lack thereof) is purposed solely towards benefitting eBay—and by whatever means, no matter how unscrupulous—undoubtedly more to do with the recovery of those “lost” executive performance bonuses than with any direct consideration for stockholders—and if at any time there appears to be some benefit to eBay “users”, that will be purely coincidental.

]]> By: Sue Bailey http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54907 Sue Bailey Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:35:40 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54907 Heheh. That would be why eBay are calling them "Above Standard Power Sellers", of course. I'll make a badge later :twisted: Heheh. That would be why eBay are calling them “Above Standard Power Sellers”, of course. I’ll make a badge later :twisted:

]]> By: Elizabeth http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54906 Elizabeth Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:33:47 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54906 Actually we've been calling ourself (and our friends) ASS es for weeks now as the acronmym for ebay's phrase Above Standard Seller - Should make it easier to make a badge :twisted: I'll take one please! I don't price based on getting their discount. I don't expect to ever get their discount. I just try to provide good customer service and the oneofakind items that lil ol "Johnboy" hates. He's gonna have to personally throw me off this boat to get rid of me. I will not give him the satisfaction of leaaving and letting him do whatever he wants with no one complaining. So join me on the "poop" deck of the titanic ship of USS EBay if you will and let's make a ruckus. (He hates noise you know) Elizabeth Actually we’ve been calling ourself (and our friends) ASS es for weeks now as the acronmym for ebay’s phrase Above Standard Seller – Should make it easier to make a badge :twisted:

I’ll take one please!

I don’t price based on getting their discount. I don’t expect to ever get their discount. I just try to provide good customer service and the oneofakind items that lil ol “Johnboy” hates.

He’s gonna have to personally throw me off this boat to get rid of me. I will not give him the satisfaction of leaaving and letting him do whatever he wants with no one complaining. So join me on the “poop” deck of the titanic ship of USS EBay if you will and let’s make a ruckus. (He hates noise you know)
Elizabeth

]]> By: Steve Antony Williams http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54884 Steve Antony Williams Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:36:34 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54884 Oh what a surprise, another fee increase. Oh what a surprise, another fee increase.

]]> By: eBuster http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54864 eBuster Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:32:28 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54864 eBay only wants big sellers and will increase costs to make profit on the smaller boys or it pushes them out but in anycase ebay won't care. The ebay full or buyers that are upset about the way they are being treated but as soon as they give out hard facts then they face the risk of posts being deleted and dirt tricks from eBay. eBay only wants big sellers and will increase costs to make profit on the smaller boys or it pushes them out but in anycase ebay won’t care.

The ebay full or buyers that are upset about the way they are being treated but as soon as they give out hard facts then they face the risk of posts being deleted and dirt tricks from eBay.

]]> By: Steve http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54858 Steve Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:44:51 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54858 I never priced my sales or worked my strategy on the assumption I would earn any discounts, and have never factored the discount as anything more than a performance bonus. I'd hate to build and rely on an ebay business that depended upon a variable fee reduction/bonus payment. I never priced my sales or worked my strategy on the assumption I would earn any discounts, and have never factored the discount as anything more than a performance bonus.

I’d hate to build and rely on an ebay business that depended upon a variable fee reduction/bonus payment.

]]> By: Kevin A http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54848 Kevin A Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:38:18 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54848 Well, we had TRS for a month, but due to a few manipulative "buyers" we've now lost our badge, so we are now demoted. The next blow will be a hike in fees, we think we'll have to pay an extra 20%. If only some nice big 'Richard Branson' type could launch a viable alternative :cry: Well, we had TRS for a month, but due to a few manipulative “buyers” we’ve now lost our badge, so we are now demoted. The next blow will be a hike in fees, we think we’ll have to pay an extra 20%. If only some nice big ‘Richard Branson’ type could launch a viable alternative :cry:

]]> By: curtains curtains http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54843 curtains curtains Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:48:47 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54843 As far as I am concerned eBay made their first biggest mistake by introducing discounts! Now no matter what they do everyone's going to grumble. They should have decreased listing fees and commission rates instead. But i guess it does work in making sellers improve service ... like it did to us! Sincerely thanks to eBay ... As far as I am concerned eBay made their first biggest mistake by introducing discounts!

Now no matter what they do everyone’s going to grumble.

They should have decreased listing fees and commission rates instead.

But i guess it does work in making sellers improve service … like it did to us!
Sincerely thanks to eBay …

]]> By: Philip Cohen http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54834 Philip Cohen Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:56:51 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54834 What difference does it all make; the buyers are going; any sellers that have not already donned their life jackets and jumped overboard are simply going to slowly starve to death as the old tub, under the command of the latter-day Captain Queeg, spins around and around in ever diminishing circles until eventually ... Let's face it people the horse has been seriously ill for the past year or so now, and it is obviously approaching its final death throes—as your Xmas sales will confirm—but the idiot jockey, 'Noise' Donahoe, is still beating it mercilessly with his whip, still trying to find his lost performance bonuses; thinking that he can forever keep increasing the fees to offset the reductions in revenue: this man is a fool! Why is ‘Noise’ Donahoe trying to destroy eBay? Because ‘Could be an Evil Monster’ Meg left him the instructions on how to do so. Good luck California! http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=6502877 PS: At least ‘Meg2010’ has found a local web designer with a sense of style and an understanding of visual communications (but programming in India is cheaper). What difference does it all make; the buyers are going; any sellers that have not already donned their life jackets and jumped overboard are simply going to slowly starve to death as the old tub, under the command of the latter-day Captain Queeg, spins around and around in ever diminishing circles until eventually …

Let’s face it people the horse has been seriously ill for the past year or so now, and it is obviously approaching its final death throes—as your Xmas sales will confirm—but the idiot jockey, ‘Noise’ Donahoe, is still beating it mercilessly with his whip, still trying to find his lost performance bonuses; thinking that he can forever keep increasing the fees to offset the reductions in revenue: this man is a fool!

Why is ‘Noise’ Donahoe trying to destroy eBay? Because ‘Could be an Evil Monster’ Meg left him the instructions on how to do so. Good luck California!

http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=6502877

PS: At least ‘Meg2010’ has found a local web designer with a sense of style and an understanding of visual communications (but programming in India is cheaper).

]]> By: Sue Bailey http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54827 Sue Bailey Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:28:49 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54827 See - I consulted the community and they liked the idea :grin: See – I consulted the community and they liked the idea :grin:

]]> By: Steve http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54825 Steve Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:01:51 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54825 I quite like the new BSPS badge, and will be aiming for that :mrgreen: :mrgreen: I quite like the new BSPS badge, and will be aiming for that :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

]]> By: board_surfer http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54819 board_surfer Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:54:23 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54819 Once I was a powerseller and got no discount and ebay was cheap. Ebay speaketh and I received a discount and ebay was cheap. ebay speaketh again ( oh forked tongued charlatain that it is) and my discount was reduced and ebay is cheap. so no change really. Once I was a powerseller and got no discount and ebay was cheap.

Ebay speaketh and I received a discount and ebay was cheap.

ebay speaketh again ( oh forked tongued charlatain that it is) and my discount was reduced and ebay is cheap.

so no change really.

]]> By: Debs http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54817 Debs Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:39:03 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54817 Lol!@entire article! Lol!@entire article!

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54816 northumbrian Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:21:11 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54816 we dont care , we are TRS at the moment and as soon as we are not 20p will be added to every postage cost we dont care ,
we are TRS at the moment and as soon as we are not
20p will be added to every postage cost

]]> By: Lino http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54815 Lino Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:43:04 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54815 Even by eBay's standards, this is complicated. Either way you dress it up, it's a fee increase. And it's not a great way to run a business when your fees are determined by a small number of disgruntled, and anonymous, buyers. Even by eBay’s standards, this is complicated.

Either way you dress it up, it’s a fee increase. And it’s not a great way to run a business when your fees are determined by a small number of disgruntled, and anonymous, buyers.

]]> By: Glenn http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54814 Glenn Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:20:25 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54814 Its all well and good ebay having a matrix of different discounts, but you have got to have sales in order to receive any discount regardless of your ebay status. This is where it all falls down. Until ebay start supporting business sellers i.e. those most likely to achieve TSR & PS then it’s all a bit meaningless. 5% to 25% discount is poor recompense for a series of badly implemented changes to the platform. As far as I’m concerned you can keep all the discounts – just give me a platform I can sell on without jumping through different coloured hoops every other week. Its all well and good ebay having a matrix of different discounts, but you have got to have sales in order to receive any discount regardless of your ebay status.

This is where it all falls down.
Until ebay start supporting business sellers i.e. those most likely to achieve TSR & PS then it’s all a bit meaningless.

5% to 25% discount is poor recompense for a series of badly implemented changes to the platform.

As far as I’m concerned you can keep all the discounts – just give me a platform I can sell on without jumping through different coloured hoops every other week.

]]> By: Richard http://tamebay.com/2009/12/above-standard-pss-launch-16th-january.html#comment-54813 Richard Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:51:25 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=10461#comment-54813 I can't help being reminded of that famous sketch on the Frost Report. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mYY1QGK0jQ I can’t help being reminded of that famous sketch on the Frost Report.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mYY1QGK0jQ

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