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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 649884, member: 112"]OK, let's say it DOES chase them away. Where they gonna go ?</p><p><br /></p><p>There is no place to go ! <u>The law applies the same regardless of what the selling venue is</u>. A seller has always been responsible for safe delivery of his goods, there has never been a time when this was not so - never will be.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really hate to say it, but ya know what ? Every time I see comments like these complaining about ebay charging for this or charging for that, and the sellers all start complaining about how much it is going to cost them and hurt them - I feel like shouting - Good God are you people crazy ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Where is it written that anyone should supply you with a venue for selling your items, regardless of what they are - <b>FOR FREE</b> ? You go find me any commercial enterprise that does this - please.</p><p><br /></p><p>What did any of ya do before ebay came along in 1998 - huh ? Most of you didn't do anything, because you didn't have any place that would allow you to literally reach potential buyers all over the country, all over the world ! All you had were flea markets and swap meets. And yeah, you paid fees there too. Any of you - go find me a venue that allows you to sell your wares for less than 10% - please. They don't exist.</p><p><br /></p><p>It cost money to be in business folks - that is a fact of life. You should be grateful for what you have - not complain about it. Just consider going back to what you had before ebay, take ebay and any venue like it away. Now then, <b>THEN</b> you will scream, plead and beg for the good old days when all you had to do was pay some fees to ebay.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wake up people - you never had it so good ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 649884, member: 112"]OK, let's say it DOES chase them away. Where they gonna go ? There is no place to go ! [U]The law applies the same regardless of what the selling venue is[/U]. A seller has always been responsible for safe delivery of his goods, there has never been a time when this was not so - never will be. I really hate to say it, but ya know what ? Every time I see comments like these complaining about ebay charging for this or charging for that, and the sellers all start complaining about how much it is going to cost them and hurt them - I feel like shouting - Good God are you people crazy ? Where is it written that anyone should supply you with a venue for selling your items, regardless of what they are - [B]FOR FREE[/B] ? You go find me any commercial enterprise that does this - please. What did any of ya do before ebay came along in 1998 - huh ? Most of you didn't do anything, because you didn't have any place that would allow you to literally reach potential buyers all over the country, all over the world ! All you had were flea markets and swap meets. And yeah, you paid fees there too. Any of you - go find me a venue that allows you to sell your wares for less than 10% - please. They don't exist. It cost money to be in business folks - that is a fact of life. You should be grateful for what you have - not complain about it. Just consider going back to what you had before ebay, take ebay and any venue like it away. Now then, [B]THEN[/B] you will scream, plead and beg for the good old days when all you had to do was pay some fees to ebay. Wake up people - you never had it so good ![/QUOTE]
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