Sellers biggest ebay grumbles (Things they should fix)

lovinituk

soolin wrote: »

I do tend to agree with both posts above.

Firstly I think the eBay mantra that anyone can sell on eBay is wrong, I believe some people are inherently predisposed to taking risks and not bothering to work out how things work- and for them eBay can be a disaster. I am against any form of nanny state, but do wonder sometimes if we need an online tutorial for new users or sellers that they must do before making their first purchase or sale.

I really do believe that eBay is too complicated for some people and to keep,pushing it as suitable for everyone is wrong.

The problem is we can't protect people against themselves and I can't see any way round that.

Perhaps you're right however putting something in the way of just starting to sell, like a compulsory tuition video, is likely to put a lot of people off who simply won't bother.

Too many people like to blame anyone or anything else rather than take some responsibility for their own actions.

soolin

lovinituk wrote: »

Perhaps you're right however putting something in the way of just starting to sell, like a compulsory tuition video, is likely to put a lot of people off who simply won't bother.

Too many people like to blame anyone or anything else rather than take some responsibility for their own actions.

You are right, I was trying to be 'fair' , but basically there will always be people who just don't bother to read anything at all before using a site.

Crowqueen

eBay have made it deceptively easy to list something and then figure it out as you go along. They also have this 'community' ethos where there is not enough put forward at the time you register and start selling about the responsibilities involved in taking money and dishing out the items. Buyer feedback doesn't help, it just confuses the picture utterly.

Amazon make it clearer what the role of seller entails and perhaps that is why we don't get so many people making mistakes. At the same time I've had a far better time on Amazon than on eBay. Whilst that's anecdotal, there is a problem with people being put off down to irresponsible seller behaviour - but eBay need to tighten up on what people can and can't list and how they do so.

I'd rather people were given clear ideas of what they are letting themselves in for when they decide to sell. Although most people are rational adults, a small sector are not and are inherently more vulnerable, particularly younger people, the disabled, and the elderly. It would be nice if people were all capable of learning for themselves but at some point eBay have to step in and take more control of their sellers. It is not a free-for-all and most problems seem to occur when a seller doesn't realise their responsibilities, not when they do understand but just don't want to behave right.

Most people then start shouting how such and such must be 'illegal' without sitting down and thinking about the other parties in the transaction and their needs and expectations. eBay have a lot of problems at the moment that they need to sort out but people need to be helped to take responsibility for their own actions, not lured in and then left to find out the hard way.

jimsmillions

lovinituk wrote: »

Investigating over what exactly? If people can't be arsed to read up on everything then that's their fault however I suspect these are the same people who don't read the small print before signing contracts of any kind.

Paypal frequently flount the law in all kinds of ways. One site of which there are many. Do some research on Paypal thier practices are shady to say the least and they often act outside of legislation.

http://www.paypalsucks.com/

lovinituk

jimsmillions wrote: »

Paypal frequently flount the law in all kinds of ways. One site of which there are many. Do some research on Paypal thier practices are shady to say the least and they often act outside of legislation.

http://www.paypalsucks.com/

That website is full of people with a grudge against ebay/paypal. You don't see half the facts from people like that and the majority of the time they only have themselves to blame and have almost certainly breached some of the T&Cs but won't admit it.

I'm reluctant to believe that Paypal 'frequently flount the law' from the ramblings of a website that can't even come up with a sensible name for itself!

If you have any links to anything more substantiated then I'm all ears (and eyes!).

soolin

jimsmillions wrote: »

Paypal frequently flount the law in all kinds of ways. One site of which there are many. Do some research on Paypal thier practices are shady to say the least and they often act outside of legislation.

http://www.paypalsucks.com/

Gosh, I haven't seen that old chestnut posted for a while- Seriously go and have a good read- it is laughable. Some posters have broken every single bit of common sense rule in the book- and still blame paypal for everything from wrecking their marriage to killing their dog.

Oh and despite it looking like a consumer site it is run by a company that sell their own service called Merchant Inc, which is - shock horror a paypal alternative. Who'd have thought t!

jimsmillions

lovinituk wrote: »

That website is full of people with a grudge against ebay/paypal. You don't see half the facts from people like that and the majority of the time they only have themselves to blame and have almost certainly breached some of the T&Cs but won't admit it.

I'm reluctant to believe that Paypal 'frequently flount the law' from the ramblings of a website that can't even come up with a sensible name for itself!

If you have any links to anything more substantiated then I'm all ears (and eyes!).

Look for yourself though dont use Google try a meta engine. Think Google filter results after they had a court dispute with Paypal lol.

I'm happy with my view of Paypal from what I have read before. I dont keep anything more that £100 in their just in case I see a bargain I want instantly. Everything else I transfer straight out. Dont want those idiots freezing my money over some random dodgy card buying from my Paypal.