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

On Apr 12, 8:36 am, "Rod Speed" <rod.speed....@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Horry <horacewach...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
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> > Rod Speed wrote
> >> Horry <horacewach...@[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...
> >>>> "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.
> > I suppose Ebay could allow sellers a right of reply to negative
feedback
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> I think that is the only reasonable approach, because some buyers are
> fools who dont read the original ad or who are complete arseholes etc.
>
> > (but which replies didn't affect the buyer's pos/neg feedback ratio).
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> Yeah, that would be a reasonable approach.

Look, the word 'reasonable' and Rod Speed, all in the same post.