Ebay is a corporation. Their goal is to make as much money as they can, obviously. It is all cloaked with a puppies and bunnies message, but in the end they would kick their own mother in the head if it meant record profits. There are so many hidden fees now its ridiculous. That is the reason sellers can’t leave negative feedback for buyers-it means more money for ebay. They LOVE unpaid items-sure you get final value fees, but not listing fees. I recently sold a laptop 4, yes 4 separate times to non paying bidders. I generally start those at a safe level, so the cost to list is 4-5 bucks a pop. Profit on laptops isn’t great, so I loose everytime there is a non-payer. Oh-and the reason there isn’t more about their practices on the blogs is because they will remove your post if it is too critical. I had a post removed for a rant about a non-paying bidder being ABLE TO LEAVE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK!!!!!!

EBAY IS SO HYPOCRITICAL. The tell you to state policies in the listings, but in the end it doesn’t matter. I sold a camera for over $500.00 in the middle of November. Got + FB from buyer, but just before Xmas he said it is broken. He broke it, obviously. I lost the claim. Not sure I can return to distributor.

The thing is, buyers don’t realize that all the fee increases hurt THEM. I am transitioning to ecrater and my own sites. I am able to offer lower prices, yet still make more money when I do sell things. Yes, it is tough going, but I am tired of working my tail of for Ebay and pay pal. I still sell on ebay, but I will soon either make it on the other venues, or find another source of second income. Keep up the good fight, people.

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