I just filed an FTC complaint against ebay/paypal. You can't corner your users to use one type of payment and make it a violation of policy to accept a money order. First off, this is a big fat backfire waiting to take place for ebay, and second, the 3%-4% they are charging for instant transfers I believe should be illegal as well. It is all...
For the first time in three years, overall customer satisfaction with e-commerce has fallen, ending steady growth over the same period, according ForeSee Results’ annual American Customer Satisfaction Index. At the bottom of the customer satisfaction barrel: eTrade, eBay, and Priceline. The overall ASCI score dropped two percent to 80 (out of...
Living in the US we are fortunate to be protected by many laws and the constitution If someone accuses us of something we have the right to defend ourselves and face our accusers except on eBay. I’m not sure why on eBay you can’t confront you accuser they treat complaints like classified information from NASA. They hide behind the...
So relieved to find there are others out there, who, like me are fed up with ebay. I worked hard to be a good honest seller, and for what? a company who ONLY supports the buyers [ who they make no money from] and the sellers [ who they make their money from], are left to the unscrupulous buyers mercies. The feedback system is a joke, and some...
At the beginning of the year, eBay announced some changes it was bringing in with its new CEO John Donahoe. The changes spoke of things like "Detailed Seller Ratings (DSR)" and "discounts for sellers." To some, the changes didn't sound like anything to be concerned about, but some saw through the plan and noticed other...
I put an auction up for a single ticket to the Monday 9/19 Giants-Saints game at Giants Stadium. Because the game was supposed to be played in the New Orleans SuperDome, I thought I would get into the spirit of things, and tell members I would donate the proceeds to charity. I even told them I would prove to them that I was on the up and up, by...
Written by Dingleberry on 08/11/08 at 20:46:04 EST
But as eBay aligns its focus with the majority of buyers, sellers like Hershem lose out. When he first heard of the fee hike, at a seller meeting in Washington with eBay management, Hershenson says he stood up and complained. "I said … 'I am exactly the kind of seller who built eBay and brings people to eBay on a daily basis. And it seems to...
Tiffany sues eBay, says fake items sold on Web site CHICAGO (Reuters) — Luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co. has sued eBay Inc., claiming the online auctioneer has aided violations of the Tiffany trademark by letting counterfeit items be sold on its Web site, a Tiffany spokesman said Monday. A study of certain pieces of "Tiffany" jewelry...
After negative publicity about an eBay plan to require users in Australia to use PayPal-only, its online payment system, rumors about a similar policy in the U.S. were met with a forceful denial from the company. "In the U.S., we are not mulling, planning, or otherwise seriously considering a move to PayPal-only," wrote spokesman Usher...
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Written by Terrybradshaw on 02/29/08 at 17:02:12 EST
In the 12 years since eBay's launch, the online auction house has established itself as a one-stop shop for all things rare, kitschy, and collectible. But recently, a small group of economists have mined the site for a different prize: clues on how people spend their money. Behind the millions of online auctions lies a virtual mini-economy flush...
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