Ebay - Mandatory Free P&P to be extended

tsimehC

pursestring wrote: »

Yes, eBay is making free P&P mandatory in most media categories as from October. Makes it almost impossible for private sellers to make a little money. For me it's another sign that eBay prefers business sellers.

QFT! I don't use eBay at all now, it's either online forums or word of mouth. Nothing else is worth bothering with.

firesidemaid

soolin wrote: »

Marks and Spencers started off as a Penny bazaar, but they, like ebay, have moved on to a more profitable (for them) model.

i totally understand, as they're a business - i just hope they don't lose sight completely of how they began as they really are quite unique.

i personally though choose not to buy many new items off ebay. for example, i would not want to buy my new computer or another large purchase from an ebay seller - but that's just me:rolleyes:. obviously, many more people do!

but, like others, i will change what i sell and how i sell it.

soolin

I also wouldn't buy a high end item from ebay and like you I adjust my selling model to fit the ebay profile.

The last major change though in my stock wasn't due to ebay changes it was down to the RM introducing pricing in proportion as my stuff was light and went for pennies postage, but with the new rules it had to go as a packet at it was impossible to flatten out.

cyberbob

pursestring wrote: »

Yes, eBay is making free P&P mandatory in most media categories as from October. Makes it almost impossible for private sellers to make a little money. For me it's another sign that eBay prefers business sellers.

Scaremongering I think. People say this at every change ebay do. They have done it for years. There is a thread on the ebay business boards about how these changes will drive the business's away. There is also a thread on the community boards about how the changes will drive private sellers away. So who is right?

the good sellers both private and business will do what they have always done and adapt to meet the new rules. Others will disappear as they have always done. But others will come and replace them.

wigglebeena

Well, I'll be disappearing, certainly. But none of my friends family or colleagues will be replacing me after my many vitriolic diatribes on the subject of Ebay!

They know more about the dastardly evildoing of Evilbay than they ever wished to know, mwahaha...

thepedestrian

stevew8975 wrote: »

Just increase your start price to cover the P&P and extra fees. Everyone in the category will be affected by it, so nobody is advantaged or disadvantaged.

Except the buyers - who pay more....

....and Ebay who now can take 10 % out of your postage charges as well as the final price :T:T:rotfl: