eBay Fall Seller Update - Fee for ending auctions early.

[Mahoody]

Come on Not Legal???
It's their site...if you don't like their rule .....don't use eBay to sell

 

[sportscardtheory]

Come on Not Legal???
It's their site...if you don't like their rule .....don't use eBay to sell

It's called ethical business practices. You can't legally rip people off even if it's in the TOS. It was more tongue-in-cheek anyway, so relax.

 

[P_Manning 18]

Charged a separate fee for NOT selling an item? This doesn't even seem legal. What if the item is lost or damaged? This is kind of crazy. You would be better off just letting the auction end and telling the winner the card was lost/stolen so you get your fees back with a cancellation

Guessing that would be the rare occurance that you are allowed in 1 calendar year. If you constant list items that have already been sold... keep better track of your inventory.

 

[sportscardtheory]

Guessing that would be the rare occurance that you are allowed in 1 calendar year. If you constant list items that have already been sold... kepe better track of your inventory.

Yeah. So if your house is broken into and someone steals all your stuff that is currently listed on eBay, or a flood/tornado wipes out your entire inventory, you get charged up the ass ALONG with losing your inventory? That seems like a GREAT idea.

 

[AndruwHRJones]

BIN listings will not be affected in my opinion. Sellers can just alter the auction to a ridiculous price that NOONE will hit and sell the item offline. Most other auctions that are ended tend to have low bids as I would assume they are ended within a day or 2 of being listed. Also, couldn't a seller cancel bids all the way to the lowest bidder to avoid higher fees?

 

[Mahoody]

Again it will prevent the seller from cancelling an auction because they dont like the way the bidding has gone.

A few weeks ago I was high bidder on a blue wave Bichette Jr auto @ 55.00 (my max bid was alot more) and the seller end the auction with about 14 hrs to go.
I thought the card was sold off ebay until a week later it was offered at a BIN at $189.00

IMHO I am glad eBay is doing this to prevent crap like this

 

[sportscardtheory]

Again it will prevent the seller from cancelling an auction because they dont like the way the bidding has gone.

A few weeks ago I was high bidder on a blue wave Bichette Jr auto @ 55.00 (my max bid was alot more) and the seller end the auction with about 14 hrs to go.
I thought the card was sold off ebay until a week later it was offered at a BIN at $189.00

IMHO I am glad eBay is doing this to prevent crap like this

At the expense of all those who end items early for valid reasons.

 

[George_Calfas]

At the expense of all those who end items early for valid reasons.

How many auctions are ended for reasons other than being scared because the current price is too low or off eBay direct offers?

 

[P_Manning 18]

Yeah. So if your house is broken into and someone steals all your stuff that is currently listed on eBay, or a flood/tornado wipes out your entire inventory, you get charged up the ass ALONG with losing your inventory? That seems like a GREAT idea.

Well im guessing in both of those situations... as long as you can provide enough proof that it happened... you wont get charged a fee. But if the same person has a tornado/flood 2-3 times a year and gets broken into 4-5 times a year.... eBay is likely the last thing they should be doing between such horrific instances.

 

[Keyser Soze]

If the $.99 card regularly sells for $25... im sure you get charged the FVF for a $25 transaction... which is what.. $3??

This is not correct, just to be clear. As Mahoody said, the final value fee is based on whatever price the item was at at the time it was ended. There is NO WAY eBay could, or would want to, speculate what auctions would have ended at.

 

[sportscardtheory]

Well im guessing in both of those situations... as long as you can provide enough proof that it happened... you wont get charged a fee. But if the same person has a tornado/flood 2-3 times a year and gets broken into 4-5 times a year.... eBay is likely the last thing they should be doing between such horrific instances.

Do you use eBay? You really think that they would EVER do the right thing when it comes to customer service? The person who barely speaks English sitting over there in India will understand when you explain your entire inventory was stolen and you shouldn't be charged? lol Yeah.

 

[sportscardtheory]

How many auctions are ended for reasons other than being scared because the current price is too low or off eBay direct offers?

How many are ended for valid reasons? You don't see that this is not good for those people? It's a backwards move that undermines the entirety of eBay to fight a minority that abuses the system.

 

[sportscardtheory]

Whatever. Enjoy it guys. Enjoy your higher prices because people will take less risks when it comes to listing auctions.

 

[Mahoody]

It's called ethical business practices. You can't legally rip people off even if it's in the TOS. It was more tongue-in-cheek anyway, so relax.

Sorry not trying to start anything with you in particular

You think it's an ethical business practice to use a service and then cancel a transaction to avoid paying what you originally agreed to pay when you agreed to use their service??


Let me ask you a question suppose you had put some cards in your neighborhood LCS display case with an agreement that you would give the owner 8% of what the card sold for. And the owner finds someone interested in your card and then you go into the store pull the card and tell him you changed your mind on selling it. You then track the buyer down and sell him the card outside of the store. You find this ethical ?? I sure don't

 

[sportscardtheory]

Sorry not trying to start anything with you in particular

You think it's an ethical business practice to use a service and then cancel a transaction to avoid paying what you originally agreed to pay when you agreed to use their service??


Let me ask you a question suppose you had put some cards in your neighborhood LCS display case with an agreement that you would give the owner 8% of what the card sold for. And the owner finds someone interested in your card and then you go into the store pull the card and tell him you changed your mind on selling it. You then track the buyer down and sell him the card outside of the store. You find this ethical ?? I sure don't

You already paid for the card to be there. It is your choice to whom and when to sell it. In this case, you are paying for something NOT happening. No sale, there should be no fee other than the up-front fees. This is only going to raise prices on eBay and there will be less listed.

 

[markakis8]

You already paid for the card to be there. It is your choice to whom and when to sell it. In this case, you are paying for something NOT happening. No sale, there should be no fee other than the up-front fees. This is only going to raise prices on eBay and there will be less listed.

No you have only paid a portion of what you AGREED to pay when list the card. Plain and simple. You are obligated to pay all fees when you list an auction and that includes the FVF.

 

[David T.]

Do you use eBay? You really think that they would EVER do the right thing when it comes to customer service? The person who barely speaks English sitting over there in India will understand when you explain your entire inventory was stolen and you shouldn't be charged? lol Yeah.

Oh come on now.
Yea contacting Ebay is a major pain in the a$$, but if someone really needs to, they can contact someone.
It's not exactly impossible.
David

 

[hive17]

How many are ended for valid reasons? You don't see that this is not good for those people? It's a backwards move that undermines the entirety of eBay to fight a minority that abuses the system.

Your flood/theft example is FAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRR more likely to be the minority than people who get scared, or pull an auction to circumvent fees that they (the seller) ALREADY agreed to pay when listing.

So, if we're talking about a contract, as soon as you list an item, you're agreeing to terms to pay eBay the final value fees that the auction ends at. THEN, when you decide to break that contract by selling the item off eBay (after ALREADY getting the biggest advantage eBay gives you, exposure), you are the one being unethical. I don't even want to make a big deal out of this; but the big deal that you're making is actually wrong.

 

[hofmichael]

Resorting to name calling over something as petty as this, dude?

Obviously, I was wrong by saying they were "screwing" people.

Does that make you feel better?

You are right about the name calling. Just because you made a stupid statement doesn't make you stupid. Sorry for insulting you.

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