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Old 05-16-2008, 01:56 AM
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Default ebay feedback extortions are already starting...

Well this is the Shit List so I guess this belongs here as ebay have become even shittier.

With the new ebay feedback rules; (the seller CANNOT give negative feedback), this kind of blackmail was always going to happen. ebay is way too powerful and now, it would seem, getting stupider. You either comply, or get out and many thousands of people rely on ebay as their main source of income.

Read and weep!
  1. "...I want a full refund and I will keep both shirts because I don't want to pay money to send them to you. If you don't agree, I will neg you after the 18th and you can't neg me back".

  2. "...Dear XXXXXXXXXX,
    I received the folders today, and i am very disappointed. They are not all the same color.
    Some are darker vanilla than others. How can I set up my office with different color folders?
    I am aware-you say to ship back, well, I will be out about $4 shipping back to you, plus all my time, how i had to keep checking on
    the bids and monitor them, so i could win, then drive (with gas at $4 gallon!)- to the store to rebuy. Not to mention my
    now aggrevated major headache, which I am now driving to the store fro Tylenol!
    So- Heres the deal: You send me $75.00-I keep the folders and I will "think" about not giving you a negative, You are aware that I can now give you a neg, and you cannot reciprocate? My paypal for the $75 is: XXXXXX@hotmail.com.
    Thanks, Bob
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Old 05-16-2008, 01:58 AM
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Default Re: ebay feedback extortions are already starting...

pisses me off too..
Hope that doesnt happen to me..
If it does I will just threaten them back with paypal lawsuits etc.. Buyers like that are ususally idiots lol
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Old 05-16-2008, 02:04 AM
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Default Re: ebay feedback extortions are already starting...

and this is why I gave up ebay. As soon as I received the fee changes email in feb I knew it was time to leave. there are so many other ways to make money online.
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Old 05-16-2008, 02:57 AM
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Default Re: ebay feedback extortions are already starting...

I think its time to boycott eBay.

Ebay seems to have forgotten that it's the SELLERS who pays their salaries, NOT the buyers...

Let the boycott begin!
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Old 05-16-2008, 03:13 AM
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Default Re: ebay feedback extortions are already starting...

These motherfuckers need to learn that they are completely screwing over the seller contingency within their programs. Paypal is established to cater directly to the buyer vs. the seller, where you can dispute for almost any reason and multiple times over. I have lost at least over $2k in paypal for unjust dispute decisions and paid ebay and paypal fees all the while.

A clear competitor needs to emerge against ebay, they continue to make stupid decisions and act more tyrannical by the day. They are trying to protect their system and the consumer, in effect gaining more customers but over time I hope they will lose the business of serious sellers.
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Old 05-16-2008, 03:17 AM
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Default Re: ebay feedback extortions are already starting...

May I also add that SquareTrade is halting their service to remove negative feedback comments? So, not only can a seller not leave negative feedback for a shithead buyer, but now we can't remove their (often) bullshit comments either (for $20).

Why does eBay hate its sellers so much?
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Old 05-16-2008, 03:39 AM
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I didn't know about the SquareTrade hold, man eBay sucks more every minute (no wonder I stopped using them 6 years ago - at least I did not pay ~$4000 of their fees - court ruled in my favour, because ebays lawyers were too busy counting money BIGSMILE)
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Default Re: ebay feedback extortions are already starting...

Yeah, it sucks being a seller on ebay now. I am sure there are better ways of making money though.
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Old 05-25-2008, 05:22 AM
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Default Re: ebay feedback extortions are already starting...

someone will knock their asses down, just wait
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I wonder if ebay would help the seller if you forward blackmale messages to them from your customers. I've had a few customers piss me off so much that I want to take a trip, knock at there front door and smash them... Stupid idea, I eventually calm down....
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Default Re: ebay feedback extortions are already starting...

I sell on ebay I have got 4 neg's in the last week alone
have a feedback number of over 12,000 and 98% pos rate

Your right ebay forgets who their customers are same as craigslist

Please someone come forward and give a run for their money

Ebay, Craigslist and paypal are a bunch tree huggers

When someone does knock them off their throne i will dance on there grave

Like Craig From Craigslist he is more worried about a guy who wants to sell a bike or rent an apt them making a few billion a year

WTF?

Let tree huggers live under a bridge and deed the company to me I like profit
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Old 06-24-2008, 04:22 PM
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Default Re: ebay feedback extortions are already starting...

While I totally agree that all of their new rules are outrageous, the fact of the matter is that the cost-of-entry to even take one auction niche from eBay is so prohibitive, it's probably not worth it. So many people have tried, but the eBay brand is imprinted on the minds of the masses. Believe me, as long as people continue to buy shit from eBay, people will continue sell shit on eBay. The sellers have to sell, but not a damn thing happens until somebody buys something.

Just my .02
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Old 07-08-2008, 04:55 AM
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Default Re: ebay feedback extortions are already starting...

ya ive had a bunch of people edn up with partial or full refunds because i sent glass and it broke. but shit Id screen shot that and forward it to ebay if i got that kind of email from them
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Old 08-07-2008, 03:46 AM
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Default Re: ebay feedback extortions are already starting...

the feedback system needs an overhaul and the will have to bring back seller negs....
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Old 08-07-2008, 07:38 AM
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Default Re: ebay feedback extortions are already starting...

In time it will average out, right now everyone is used to having 100% feedback, now the average will lower, that’s all.

*Puts flame suit on*
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