I have been exposed to the Wal_Mart phenomena since the 50s and I will tell you that Wal-Mart adapts to the changing market and eBay does not. Kuglarb at wmconnect.com wrote: > I totally agree with all of you. I too have worked extremely hard to provide > above average packaging, good delivery times, and prompt communications as an > effort to wow my ebay customers and suppliers in order to keep my 100% > feedback rating. It is a no win situation. If I, or others like me, send in due > negative feedback to a buyer or seller, you know without a doubt that they are > going to send in a nasty unwarranted feedback. The feedback systems is pretty > much a joke when it comes to negative feedback. > > The ones that just kill me are the dead beat buyers. This is the sorry no > good buyer that will out bid a great buyer at the last minute and will never pay > for the item. Has this ever happened to anyone? You send email after email, > and still never hear anything from them. Ebay still gets all of their fees, > etc. > > I have also heard of some bad situations with ebay and paypal in which folks > never get their item(s). Ebay has this 'we will take care of you' policy, but > when it comes to coming though, well, forget it. The most common excuse from > the seller is that the item got lost in the mail. The poor mail system gets > the blame every time. > > Always remember...Ebay is after one thing...MONEY! At one time, ebay was a > fantastic site to buy, sell, and to meet some great friends in the hobby, and > at a reasonable price. I have sold items and after ebay got all of their fees > and paypal got their fee, I practically gave the item away. I bet if the > average ebayer adds up the time spent to place the ad, the time spent to respond > to communications, the time spent to package the item, the money spent to buy > the packaging material, the money spent for gas to go to the post office, and > the time spent standing in line to mail the item, and the money ebay and paypal > took, the ebayer would say, I did not make as much as I thought I'd make. > > I have decided to stop giving my hard earned stuff away. I personnaly like > show and swap meets. One can actually see and try an item out before it is > bought. > > Thanks to the ebay top dogs, ebay started getting greedy. You know, when you > get your first billion, you just gotta get that second! Because of this > greed, many people have said, 'The ....with it" and found other avenues to buy and > sell. Craig's List is an example, and it is free! Sure, there are some > short comings with Craigs and the other avenues, but nothing is perfect. > > I can't stand the way ebay also threatens the seller or buyer..."DO NOT BUY > OFF LINE, OR ELSE....!!! > > In all fairness, I liked ebay at one time and have been happy with the > transactions that I have been involved with, both as a seller and a buyer. I have > bough much more that I have sold sad to say. I feel that these sudden changes > with management and policy may be a 'knee jerk' reactions to the lagging > profits over the last year or so. A company can get only so big for so long before > the customers get enough and say, "It's time for me to opt for other options. > I don't need you anymore!" Maybe ebay needs the customer more than the > customer needs ebay for once. > > One of these days the same will be true for the likes of Wal-Mart..... > > Brantley </HTML> > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > >