Re: eBay plans to suck more money out of us!

Horry <horacewachope@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> Fred wrote
>> lynx wrote

>>> No more 'cash on pick up' will be allowed by eBay
>>> auctions, and PayPal has to be offered on all listings!..

>>> "From 21 May you must offer PayPal on all your listings as well as
>>> currently permitted payment methods. From 17 June you will only be
>>> able to offer PayPal on your listings and pay on pick up (i.e.paid
>>> for when picking up the item). Pay on pick up can only be offered in
>>> conjunction with PayPal. No other payment methods will be permitted."

>> Old news but apparently they are also making changes to the
>> feedback system according to something that I read in my inbox.

>>
http://www.pcauthority.com.au/Feature/106521,ebay-friend-or-foe--part-1.aspx
>> "Research by the company indicated that 'retaliatory' feedback by
>> sellers was rife and discouraged buyers from coming back.
>> Consequently, in May eBay will remove the ability to leave
>> neutral or negative feedback for buyers in an effort to
>> encourage more buying: a move that has sellers up in arms."

> Why doesn't Ebay just prevent sellers from leaving feedback
> after the buyer has left feedback (perhaps allowing the seller
> a window of 48 hours to leave feedback after ****pping the item)?

You do need to allow the seller to explain what happened, particularly
when the buyer is being completely unreasonable, like ignoring what
was said on the ad about the state of the item or the ****pping cost etc.

> The problem of retaliatory feedback would disappear immediately.

Yes, but that would allow arsehole buyers to monster reasonable sellers.