unfair global fees

enfield_freddy

well ebay are slapping us , however the people of china geta free ride


http://shares.telegraph.co.uk/news/article.php?id=1140858&archive=1&epic=EBAY


they even hint that Americans are being used to subsidise this

RFW

From the little I understand, Eachnet is a little like Gumtree, which mostly carries no fees in the UK. It's a Customer to Customer site.

enfield_freddy

sorry I read it as


"EBay China to waive transaction fees amid stiff competition - report"


edit ebay china = eachnet


however this is under-pricing UK sellers

RFW

enfield_freddy wrote: »

sorry I read it as


"EBay China to waive transaction fees amid stiff competition - report"


edit ebay china = eachnet


however this is under-pricing UK sellers

China is a totally different market though. Ebay have never managed to be successful there.

enfield_freddy

but they are allowing users from china to list world wide with no fees , causing UK sellers to be financially hindered

campdave

UK sellers already can't compete on postage, the only think they can beat Chinese sellers on is speed of delivery.

A few pence here and there than they may or may not save on fees is not going to make a difference to sales.

It's a global economy now - ebay have no obligation to promote domestic sellers. I sell internationally, and wouldn't expect ebay Australia (for instance) to give Australian domestic sellers extra visibility over my items simply because they're in the same country as the buyer. It's down to the buyer - if they're happy to wait a few weeks for it to arrive, why shouldn't they buy direct from China rather than buy from a UK buyer at a markup?

enfield_freddy

can we all de register , then register on ebay china , stating goods sent from the UK , and not pay fees?

campdave

enfield_freddy wrote: »

can we all de register , then register on ebay china , stating goods sent from the UK , and not pay fees?

Read their T&C and let us know.

enfield_freddy

any translators on here?

RFW

enfield_freddy wrote: »

but they are allowing users from china to list world wide with no fees , causing UK sellers to be financially hindered

Is that what is happening? (Not disagreeing I just never interpreted that).
All the larger sellers will be shop sellers and won't pay listing fees anyway. As I understand how Ebay works, the FVFs are charged by the Ebay the goods are sold on. It looks a bit like a headline grabbing article with not too much knowledge of the facts.

RFW

It looks to me like the sole purpose of this is to get Chinese sellers hooked on Paypal. They'll need to throw everything at that before they split later next year.