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Post by ericn on Feb 20, 2015 16:50:24 GMT -6
OK so now after you close a Non paying buyer complaint and receive your credit you can't leave feedback and let others know that this scum who out bid others who have spent their money but the time you realize your buyer isn't paying !
Thanks Escrew for makeing feedback even more worthless !
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Post by jcoutu1 on Feb 20, 2015 19:30:19 GMT -6
OK so now after you close a Non paying buyer complaint and receive your credit you can't leave feedback and let others know that this scum who out bid others who have spent their money but the time you realize your buyer isn't paying ! Thanks Escrew for makeing feedback even more worthless ! Agreed. Happened to me when I sold a Phoenix. Couldn't relist for a handful of days until it was all settled besides. |
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Post by cowboycoalminer on Feb 20, 2015 21:19:05 GMT -6
Yeah Ebay is nothing more than a retailer these days using our products to conduct business. They will ALWAYS side with every buyer. I despise them.
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Post by mobeach on Feb 21, 2015 8:03:07 GMT -6
That place blows.
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Post by EmRR on Apr 25, 2015 22:38:25 GMT -6
Yep. Feedback system became meaningless in 2008, and gone downhill since then. I sold restored vintage audio there up until that year, then walked away because seller liability/protection went in the toilet. Negatives are meaningless now anyway, they disappear after a year. You can't tell a perfect rating from a recovered/dormant rating. You can't see repeat buyer feedback anymore; I had hundreds that dissapeared from my rating. What better buyer assurance is there than happy repeat customers!?!?
5 years back or so I worked a tech conference, heard an ebay VP say Amazon was their biggest competitor, and that auction sales had reduced to less than 10% due to the push towards a retail marketplace. I imagine the yardsale/one-off aspect is down to a few percent these days, if that. The math is obscured by all the changes, but it sure looks like seller fees are up 300% over the last decade.
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Post by yotonic on Apr 26, 2015 0:17:30 GMT -6
I had some guy named "yolubid" buy my Roland TR-909. After not paying for a week I noticed he had already listed it for $900 more with photos he had swiped off an old auction. The guy was a scammer so I wasn't about to send him my unit. Winds up he was doing this with guitars etc. EBay didn't protect me, I actually got negative feedback for not selling to him. And all their customer service is offshore call centers reading from a script. Orwellian.
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Post by keymod on Apr 26, 2015 6:26:24 GMT -6
Too bad. Ebay was really good for a while. Why is it that all of these big internet companies protect the criminals/scammers but not the honest people? Google/utube/etal seem more concerned with protecting pirate sites rather than blocking them, and now evilbay is favoring the buyer, no matter what unscrupulous activities they might be taking part in.
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Post by cowboycoalminer on Apr 26, 2015 7:17:17 GMT -6
I use them to advertise but won't complete a transaction on there. Always find a way to sell off site or I don't sell.
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Post by kcatthedog on Apr 26, 2015 8:54:41 GMT -6
e bay = pee bay; used to be good now actually very expensive !
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Post by EmRR on Apr 26, 2015 9:00:51 GMT -6
I use them to advertise but won't complete a transaction on there. Always find a way to sell off site or I don't sell. That's what most of the vintage audio dealers who sell overseas have done for 5+ years. Set an insanely high BIN price, see what attention comes in. Kill the listing if you get a sale early. |
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Post by kcatthedog on Apr 26, 2015 9:08:57 GMT -6
I notice too ebay has driven up used prices as people know how much ebay cost so it's prices have gone up and then used are higher too cus people inflate asking price expecting the 20-25% lower offer.
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Post by EmRR on Apr 26, 2015 9:37:22 GMT -6
Prices are up because everything starts high, there's almost no such thing as a 99 cent start from a yard sale auction anymore. A seller searching values no longer sees all the items that didn't sell for much, they only see the items that have been listed for 2 years straight at an inflated price...then they copy that price....then eventually everyone thinks that's really the price. It never was the price, now it 'might' be, but it may also be indicative of a bubble valuation. The RCA OP-6 is a great example, it quadrupled in price within a few months, after a decade of slowly upward valuation, and it did so because of one listing with a price 5 times greater than ever previously seen. Anyone considering selling held back and watched...instant scarcity! A perfect storm.
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Post by ericn on Apr 26, 2015 9:53:15 GMT -6
I have never understood the mindset of Ill base my price of what somebody else is asking when the prices of sold items is a click away!
I guess dumb leads dumb!
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Post by jdc on Apr 26, 2015 10:24:39 GMT -6
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Post by yotonic on Apr 26, 2015 11:05:24 GMT -6
Is Reverb.com any good?
It seems like mostly new gear from e-commerce vendors and small shops. More like an Amazon for music gear.
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Post by swurveman on Apr 26, 2015 12:38:07 GMT -6
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Post by yotonic on Apr 26, 2015 13:10:48 GMT -6
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Post by clonewar on Apr 26, 2015 18:35:08 GMT -6
I haven't sold anything on eBay in a while, but for almost 10 years now the only way I'll sell anything there is with a fixed buy it now price that requires immediate payment. That weeds out the scammers and non paying bidders. I had to start doing that after a series of scammers won my auctions and sent me bogus PayPal payment emails.
What's insane is how much they've raised the seller fees, which is also artificially pushing up the used and vintage gear prices.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Apr 27, 2015 4:58:38 GMT -6
Reverb.com is really great so far. I've completed about 20 transactions there so far. Fees are lower and buyers/sellers have all been reasonable. I've scored some smoking deals there too.
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Post by Johnkenn on Apr 27, 2015 16:13:50 GMT -6
Yeah - I haven't used ebay in a long time. 10% is just RIDICULOUS.
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