ebay sellers may want to read this

[mgar26]

they also said that along with selling with this account, that i could not open another accont for selling. i think that they mentioned this because my wife has an account.

 

[blazers091]

that's not fair

 

[nosterbor]

the answer to ebay is COMC! they are getting bigger and the inventory is getting better.

 

[Rickzcards]

it is simple sell under a new ID and offer free shipping with delivery com. and stop using the .99 starting point! list it at 5 bucks. also, i hate it when people list a $2 card for 1 cent and charge $3 to ship. WHY BOTHER!

Listing fees. They go up with a higher starting price. And buyer tendencies indicate that a 1 cent listing with 3 bucks shipping has a better chance of selling than a $3 listing with free shipping.

Yep, that's the way to go. As long as your listing has a good title you shouldn't lose out as far as ending price goes. Lower starting price gets attention and more watchers. Stop using the 0.99 as a starting point, what a dumb thing to say.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Absolutely ridiculous. In all seriousness, you should sue them for setting a precedent, letting you sell for YEARS and then pulling the rug out from under you (thus hindering your ability to make money) by creating completely unfair and unrealistic protocol. It's COMPLETELY unfair business practice on their part and I hope someone takes action.

Sue them? Really?

It's their company. They can allow whoever they want to sell there, so long as it isn't for racial, gender, physical capbility, or sexual orientation issues.

 

[TwinGnats]

There is nothing to sue them over, they implement their own policies and you enter enter into a private contract in which you can choose to use their service or not.

I really like COMC concept and have my first batch of card submitted with them. It's not an answer to everything but I have a feeling that if they are able to acquire enough of a market share, they might consider implementing an auction format as well for cards/collectibles.

I could be a potentially a good move if they took a balanced approached to the seller/buyer control and feedback. Many of us are looking for another venue to sell/buy our wares.

Absolutely ridiculous. In all seriousness, you should sue them for setting a precedent, letting you sell for YEARS and then pulling the rug out from under you (thus hindering your ability to make money) by creating completely unfair and unrealistic protocol. It's COMPLETELY unfair business practice on their part and I hope someone takes action.

Sue them? Really?

It's their company. They can allow whoever they want to sell there, so long as it isn't for racial, gender, physical capbility, or sexual orientation issues.

 

[markakis8]

If I was part of COMC, sportlots, naxcom, whatever, this would excite me a bit.

while i know it won't completely wipe out the gigantor that is ebay, it should bring more inventory/traffic to those sits than what was there last month.

 

[cmnkb8]

the answer to ebay is COMC! they are getting bigger and the inventory is getting better.

Unless your niche is low-end singles, COMC still has a LOOOOONG way to go compared to ebay.

 

[rookieaddict]

the answer to ebay is COMC! they are getting bigger and the inventory is getting better.

Unless your niche is low-end singles, COMC still has a LOOOOONG way to go compared to ebay.

Which I am, most of my stuff is $15-40 stuff. Doesn't do me much good to go via COMC

 

[KLARNOLD]

I guess a way around this would be to start your auction bidding at $3.98 (to cover the $2.99 shipping + regular .99 cent starting bid) and offer free shipping.

 

[yanxyanx]

I went through this with eBay so I can shed some light.

eBay is putting limits on people not based on their overall DSRs, but based on the % of 1-2s you have in your DSRs. So, even if you have 4.8 DSRs, if you have too many 1-2s, they will ban you.

Your ban/limit is based on the volume of items you sell. High volume sellers had limits on their accounts for 1-3 months, and lower volume sellers are seeing bans up to 1 year.

It is a terrible, ridiculous process and is killing eBay's already bad reputation with sellers.

Joe

 

[rookieaddict]

I guess a way around this would be to start your auction bidding at $3.98 (to cover the $2.99 shipping + regular .99 cent starting bid) and offer free shipping.

They'll still end where they end, starting price has nothing to do with it. The $3 shipping is ebay fee free, and helps recoupe your other ebay fees and your shipping.

 

[bigpapiMA32]

I went through this with eBay so I can shed some light.

eBay is putting limits on people not based on their overall DSRs, but based on the % of 1-2s you have in your DSRs. So, even if you have 4.8 DSRs, if you have too many 1-2s, they will ban you.

Your ban/limit is based on the volume of items you sell. High volume sellers had limits on their accounts for 1-3 months, and lower volume sellers are seeing bans up to 1 year.

It is a terrible, ridiculous process and is killing eBay's already bad reputation with sellers.

Joe

Thanks for the info. That is a really stupid system, hopefully they will lose enough money on it that they will base it off average DSRs.

 

[sportscardtheory]

Absolutely ridiculous. In all seriousness, you should sue them for setting a precedent, letting you sell for YEARS and then pulling the rug out from under you (thus hindering your ability to make money) by creating completely unfair and unrealistic protocol. It's COMPLETELY unfair business practice on their part and I hope someone takes action.

Sue them? Really?

It's their company. They can allow whoever they want to sell there, so long as it isn't for racial, gender, physical capbility, or sexual orientation issues.

You can't sue a company for unfair business practices? This guy has been a part of eBay for a long time and has made them a lot of money. For being a lawyer, you certainly don't think like one. A good lawyer could find SOMETHING to sue-over in this situation.

 

[mgar26]

not saying i can or cannot sue, i have no idea. but this was my contribution to the monthly bills since i am not working right now. not that i am unemployed. a friend and i started a construction company this past summer, work was steady at first, but have not had a job in two months. plenty of estimates, but no jobs from them. but im sure ebay dont give a **** about any of that. cut me off with no notice at all. anyway, i will be moving all of my cards over on the transaction boards if anyone is interested.

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

I guess a way around this would be to start your auction bidding at $3.98 (to cover the $2.99 shipping + regular .99 cent starting bid) and offer free shipping.

LOL this makes too much sense to me.

One horrible thing about all this is that it is easy for buyers to take retribution on sellers. One disgruntled buyer could, apparently, leave low marks with a few accounts and poof! no more seller.

If ebay doesn't want 'small-time sellers' it seems to make business sense for ebay to open up a related site for smaller sellers using the same ebay technology but with different pricing structures.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Absolutely ridiculous. In all seriousness, you should sue them for setting a precedent, letting you sell for YEARS and then pulling the rug out from under you (thus hindering your ability to make money) by creating completely unfair and unrealistic protocol. It's COMPLETELY unfair business practice on their part and I hope someone takes action.

Sue them? Really?

It's their company. They can allow whoever they want to sell there, so long as it isn't for racial, gender, physical capbility, or sexual orientation issues.

You can't sue a company for unfair business practices? This guy has been a part of eBay for a long time and has made them a lot of money. For being a lawyer, you certainly don't think like one. A good lawyer could find SOMETHING to sue-over in this situation.

For being an *******, you certainly act like one. You can sue for anything. Whether you win or not is a different story. Go ahead and sue eBay and see how far you get.

It's unfair! waaaaah! They won't let me play!

Bottom line: They're getting too many complaints (in their eyes) about the original poster and don't want his presence sliming up their moral and upright establishment.

Is it ridiculous? Certainly. However, they have a factual basis for eliminating his account.

 

[sportscardtheory]

Oh no, the annoying jerk-off lawyer that 98.3% of the board hates thinks I'm an *******. lol

 

[Jastermereel]

Absolutely ridiculous. In all seriousness, you should sue them for setting a precedent, letting you sell for YEARS and then pulling the rug out from under you (thus hindering your ability to make money) by creating completely unfair and unrealistic protocol. It's COMPLETELY unfair business practice on their part and I hope someone takes action.

Sue them? Really?

It's their company. They can allow whoever they want to sell there, so long as it isn't for racial, gender, physical capbility, or sexual orientation issues.

I was under the impression that there were no laws limiting sexual orientation discrimination.

 

[cgilmo]

There was no need to call him an ******* Jeff.

He didn't attack you, he was merely asking for clarification.