Ebay have put a limit on what I can list because they are 'premium' brands??

Froggitt

Youre mixing up cause and effect......if ebay hadnt made restrictions, I would be listing more stuff on ebay. Let me ask you.....have you ever broken the speed limit?

lovinituk

Froggitt wrote: »

Youre mixing up cause and effect......if ebay hadnt made restrictions, I would be listing more stuff on ebay. Let me ask you.....have you ever broken the speed limit?

What on earth are you talking about? How does ebay restricting you selling make them a monopoly?

Froggitt

Cause.....ebay placing restrictions.

Effect.....people getting round restrictions.

ebay were a monopoly wayyyyyyyyyy before they restricted my sales.

soolin

Froggitt wrote: »

Youre mixing up cause and effect......if ebay hadnt made restrictions, I would be listing more stuff on ebay. Let me ask you.....have you ever broken the speed limit?

In what connection would I break the speed limit re ebay?

I don't mind a robust discussion- but it looks a bit desperate to start asking personal questions that have absolutely nothing to do with the case in hand.

lovinituk

Froggitt wrote: »

ebay were a monopoly wayyyyyyyyyy before they restricted my sales.

Whatever!!

RFW

Froggitt wrote: »

Do you understand what a monopoly is? For example, the competition commission look potential mergers when
Ebay I guess is 75% plus of the online auction market.

Whether true or not, the "online auction market" is not so restrictive that a monopoly of it would make any difference, it is a sales platform, one of a myriad of sales platforms.

A definition of a monopoly in this case would be if Ebay were the only place to sell your used clothing, it isn't by any means. If Ebay had a monopoly they would be stopping you going to a car boot sale, taking it to a charity shop, advertising in a newspaper, going to a clothing recycling centre, etc., etc..

Ebay has a monopoly of Ebay, they are restrictive on selling on Ebay and have charges for selling on Ebay, the way they carry on you'd think they owned the company or something, they use it like a business;)

lovinituk

RFW wrote: »

Whether true or not, the "online auction market" is not so restrictive that a monopoly of it would make any difference, it is a sales platform, one of a myriad of sales platforms.

A definition of a monopoly in this case would be if Ebay were the only place to sell your used clothing, it isn't by any means. If Ebay had a monopoly they would be stopping you going to a car boot sale, taking it to a charity shop, advertising in a newspaper, going to a clothing recycling centre, etc., etc..

Ebay has a monopoly of Ebay, they are restrictive on selling on Ebay and have charges for selling on Ebay, the way they carry on you'd think they owned the company or something, they use it like a business;)

Nicely explained. I was thinking along those lines in my head but couldn't translate them into words today!!