free listing weekend

saving123

is it a free listing weekend on ebay this weekend? i was under the impression it was but when i go to list anything i am still being charged?

thanks

connoro30

saving123 wrote: »

is it a free listing weekend on ebay this weekend? i was under the impression it was but when i go to list anything i am still being charged?

thanks

Same problem for me.

porto_bello

Strange - I've just tried listing an item and didn't get charged

elver_man

Free listing ( insertion fee) was working for me earlier this morning.

Are you listing items within the categorys that are included & as per the T&C's of the promo?

connoro30

elver_man wrote: »

Free listing ( insertion fee) was working for me earlier this morning.

Are you listing items within the categorys that are included & as per the T&C's of the promo?

Yep - I've just realised the problem, I don't meet the minimum seller performance levels.

It seems that I've got 4 low detailed seller ratings for P&P charges, where the maximum is 3.

This despite the fact that I have 576 positive feedback ratings, at a percentage of 100%.

This is another T&C to be introduced to the free selling weekends - I can understand them not wanting poor sellers to list ridiculous numbers of items, but 4 "low detailed seller ratings" out of what is probably 800 or so items sold without one negative rating?? That's bloody ridiculous, surely??

Rant over, f*ck 'em!

saving123

same for me for p&p, how annoying, will sell elsewhere!

asset2004

connoro30 wrote: »

Yep - I've just realised the problem, I don't meet the minimum seller performance levels.

It seems that I've got 4 low detailed seller ratings for P&P charges, where the maximum is 3.

This despite the fact that I have 576 positive feedback ratings, at a percentage of 100%.

This is another T&C to be introduced to the free selling weekends - I can understand them not wanting poor sellers to list ridiculous numbers of items, but 4 "low detailed seller ratings" out of what is probably 800 or so items sold without one negative rating?? That's bloody ridiculous, surely??

Rant over, f*ck 'em!

That's happened to me too :mad: not impressed, I don''t know how I can improve on my communication and despatch time when I post straight away and email the buyer to let them know the item has been posted. Grr:mad:

connoro30

asset2004 wrote: »

That's happened to me too :mad: not impressed, I don''t know how I can improve on my communication and despatch time when I post straight away and email the buyer to let them know the item has been posted. Grr:mad:

The fact is, some buyers probably just click random values without considering how it effects others.

Ebay have weighted things waaaaaay too much in the favour of the buyer - I'm all for protecting peoples' money but they're currently conducting themselves far too stringently.

I see things from both points of view as I both buy and sell, but buying is a far more pleasurable and stress-free experience and that really shouldn't be the case.

sunnysea83

it must be done on the last 3 months ratings as I only have 1 low star in all cats in the last three months and thats for p&p whereas my detailed ratings for 12 months i have 4. I really do think buyers just clock what they like on stars

tryingtogetsolvent

logged on 10.00am this morning and already ebay was full of the overpriced tat that didn't sell the last free listing day. Most was listed at 1 minute past midnight, now that is sad!

Crowqueen

connoro30 wrote: »

The fact is, some buyers probably just click random values without considering how it effects others.

Ebay have weighted things waaaaaay too much in the favour of the buyer - I'm all for protecting peoples' money but they're currently conducting themselves far too stringently.

I see things from both points of view as I both buy and sell, but buying is a far more pleasurable and stress-free experience and that really shouldn't be the case.

Surely as a seller you take the risks and responsibilities and that should involve some stress and effort to get it right. I have sold for six years, I don't sell much any more but when I sold I took it seriously and knew that my customers deserved a lot more input from me than it took for me to buy something.

If eBay wasn't stacked in favour of the buyer not only would there be no buyers (see other sites which have very loose buyer protection...no buyers! and Amazon and Play have very strict rules - and a load of buyers as a result) but they would end up in breach of a lot of consumer law.

From the point of view of buyers, eBay works well, and if it didn't, I wouldn't buy there. Sorry, but your customers, and hence your selling, depend on the way eBay protects them.