Former eBay sellers, why did you stop?

I used to do Yahoo!Auctions before eBay back in 2000. Better feedback system, better customer service.

Now they are only active in Japan and two smaller countries.

Can't believe that no oe has contacted Yahoo!Auctions to get them back in the USA!

 

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As I said above, Gibbons-bidStart has its beta auction website almost set up, in fact a few (invited) Sellers are using it now. Since they claim it's for stamps, coins, and postcards only, it is not a full competitor to eBay, but it's a start. I believe they say the FVF is under 7%. I was randomly selected to discuss my views with one of the web designers, which I did for an hour and twenty minutes last week. More later.

 

I liked Yahoo auctions. That's going back a long ways. I can't remember if they did "everything" or just collectibles. Their big sellers migrated to bidStart when Yahoo gave up.

 

Would like to learn more about bidStart...

 

The day I'm selected as eBay's CEO, there's 50 B-L-O-A-T-S that would be history before 10 a.m. They must sit up nights thinking of crap to put on that website. The latest disaster is the "Collection" "feature," that you have to wade through to get to Search or Sell.

 

Ebay sucks your blood. The buyers are all looking for bargain basement deals and Ebay keeps telling the seller to relist if their item doesn't sell even at a fair price.

Amazon has a better class of buyers.

 

There are a handful of other sites where I occasionally buy coins. Some of them are free and don't charge sellers. The problem is there is a small fraction of the buyers that eBay has. That's the problem any alternatives have. It's not that it's so hard to find an alternate auction; it's that there are a lot more customers on eBay so you are more likely to sell your coin for a better price faster.

 

Hey! I resemble that remark!

 

I understand charging for shipping. When you have free shipping, they sometimes don't realize it costs you. I had an issue with someone who bought a coin for $4 with free shipping having an issue with no tracking, support rose the same issue. How far do they think $4 goes? Shipping with tracking is $2 plus fees on that as well.

 

I find all the eBay negativity interesting given that the eBay market is the worlds largest of us coins. No other site can you find coins, certified or otherwise. It appears there are numerous sellers out there for each one complaining here.

 

I sell on EBAY when I need some quick cash. My wife says I can only buy coins when I build up my Paypal account. Otherwise I sell on a very laid back site
www.USAcoinbook.com

But I do not really like EBAY, with the number of counterfeits offered, and the ability for some to actually sell terrible coins, dampens the hobby overall. As we all know some unscrupulous types find junk and try their best to "sell it on EBAY". Uninstructed buyers are often duped, knowing that most coin collectors are really nice up-front folks, the unscrupulous ones use this perception to make money. As a Christian, I keep the hobby as a hobby, not an idol. I really enjoy the hobby and its educational aspects. Like the fellow member here who offers/shares his vast work on Korean coins. Great. EBAY is like everything else, there is good, and there is bad.
GSDykes

 

Yep. Now we are getting to the point, in my opinion. Perhaps this might be the reason for some of our problems with Ebay? Just a theory.

 

I don't like paying income taxes, but I still continue to work and pay them, don't I?

eBay is a necessary evil at this point because there is no alternative that brings so many consumers to your auction. I like the concept of eBay, hate the way they are running it; Greedy and unfair towards sellers.

 

To take it a step further, BOTH eBay and PayPal are necessary evils. If you're going to deal with buyers overseas, bottom line, PayPal rules.

Last night, I put 30 or 40 lots on eBay, most I've done in 4 years; they end this coming Sunday night. I set rather high Start Bids, I can always come down on the relist.

 

God, PayPal before eBay took them over was a great service. Still is a pretty good service. HOW the gov't didn't step in and block the companies joining, is beyond me? Created a monopoly...

I hope this happens and it burns eBay big time, spurring huge global competition with online payment and auction houses for the betterment of society: "There's one exception to that restriction: if PayPal is acquired "by certain specified companies." Those companies aren't named in Wednesday's filing, but it's sure to include eBay competitors."

 

I guess the fees are quite clear with both Paypal and eBay. If you don't want to pay them, don't list. Sadly the only similar competition to either (I guess eBid and NoChex in UK) either died out or really are not doing so well. eBay is the new name for auctioning, much at the same as internet search is covered by Googling. Who wouldn't want to own one of those businesses?

I don't know how things stand in the US, by in the UK at least, PayPal is not regulated as a financial authority. That scares me a bit. I also note that Paypal is splitting from eBay.

 

Let's be honest... they are separating their books, but keeping an agreement to screw over sellers.

 

"the only similar competition to either (I guess eBid and NoChex in UK) either died out or really are not doing so well" - just to let you know that Nochex is still going strong and is still an acceptable payment method on eBay. We still try to provide sellers with extra protection - all payments are covered by 3D Secure and we always encourage buyers to resolve issues with sellers before we will get involved. Hopefully, we will see more Sellers using Nochex in future as the eBay / Paypal split goes through.

 

Glad to see a new payment-system member here! Is your service available in the U.S.? In Germany? You may be especially interested in the Stanley Gibbons-bidStart enterprise, I can help you follow events, PM me privately.

 

Hi Doug. Nochex is available to merchants based in Europe, including the UK. I don't know what the enterprise you describe is, so will drop you a line!