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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;imrich, post: 2073289, member: 22331&quot;]I apologize if you received the general impression that this is an eBay hate site, because I know of many considerate sellers on this site who realize that generally eBay is the&nbsp; best selling site to be found.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe buyers should remember that generally sellers are trying to maximize profit, often with disregard for fairness to buyers, and the host for their sale efforts. Many expect to sell their junk for nothing, and enjoy&nbsp; whining. There is a secondary site that is believed to be a strong competitor to eBay, which is called eBid. They will accomodate the whiners who list their items for free with no fees, but often these sellers don&#039;t adjust their &quot;spread&quot;, trying to maximize profit, and receive limited sales. They know that they can receive greater sales and profit if only eBay would specially accomodate them, and are bitter.</p><p><br /></p><p>These whining sellers generally believe that buyers are given preferential treatment, unaware that eBay realizes their value, and really tries to remain neutral, even rediculously favoring sellers by automatically opening cases for them, against buyers who purchase on friday/week-end, haven&#039;t yet paid for their items before the banks open on monday, and many other considerations. EBay &quot;buyer protection&quot; is a joke, and many sellers send products other than that offered, knowing that the eBay mandates for return/acceptance are too expensive/burdensome for the buyer, where only feedback can be left, which some sellers also would like to control. Sellers don&#039;t remember the &quot;good old days&quot; when they had virtually complete control, and the believed law suit that changed feedback rules.</p><p><br /></p><p>If sellers don&#039;t like the eBay conditions, they can go to eBid where their major objective complaints are accomodated. There are other sites also which can meet their stated needs. The difference is that us buyers and many sellers know that the general atmosphere for accomplishing our desires can only be met on eBay. I believe that atmosphere is being deteriorated because of the expense to accomodate a minority.</p><p><br /></p><p>Generally there are good and bad buyers/sellers everywhere that funds are involved, including here where feedback isn&#039;t allowed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I personally accept the &quot;bad apples&quot;, believe in Karma, don&#039;t report or leave negative feedback, and consider that hopefully life has balance. I believe it has, and hope you do also.</p><p><br /></p><p>JMHO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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