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<p>[QUOTE="robp, post: 25213492, member: 96746"]Ebay has always had its fair share of **** sellers and buyers. When you encounter them, just move on because ebay won't/can't do anything about them. They will always resurface under a different id if banned.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem may not however be entirely down to the seller every time. Since they introduced their new seller tool in the past year, it throws up a few issues that can be awkward for sellers. If you do a BIN, it automatically includes a best offer price which is crucially hidden behind a link and is set by ebay default to 50% of the BIN price. On a cheap item that can easily amount to the shipping cost, meaning you are giving the item away or even paying to sell it. If you don't check every link or option you can easily end up out of pocket, or else you have to put a price in at double what you want (which buyers then pass over). Another thing is when you offer free postage, ebay also apply by default their 'recommended postage' cost - which may or may not be the best or preferred option - making you look a bit iffy as a seller. These things are often not apparent until you look at the posted listing and increase the time taken to list things.</p><p><br /></p><p>The old system (and the one before that even more so) worked a lot better for sellers due to its flexibility[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robp, post: 25213492, member: 96746"]Ebay has always had its fair share of **** sellers and buyers. When you encounter them, just move on because ebay won't/can't do anything about them. They will always resurface under a different id if banned. The problem may not however be entirely down to the seller every time. Since they introduced their new seller tool in the past year, it throws up a few issues that can be awkward for sellers. If you do a BIN, it automatically includes a best offer price which is crucially hidden behind a link and is set by ebay default to 50% of the BIN price. On a cheap item that can easily amount to the shipping cost, meaning you are giving the item away or even paying to sell it. If you don't check every link or option you can easily end up out of pocket, or else you have to put a price in at double what you want (which buyers then pass over). Another thing is when you offer free postage, ebay also apply by default their 'recommended postage' cost - which may or may not be the best or preferred option - making you look a bit iffy as a seller. These things are often not apparent until you look at the posted listing and increase the time taken to list things. The old system (and the one before that even more so) worked a lot better for sellers due to its flexibility[/QUOTE]
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