Comments on: 25 reasons not to use Ebay ; (it sucks!) Auction Alternatives http://sherifabdou.com/2008/09/100-reasons-not-to-use-ebay-it-sucks-auction-alternatives/ Web Design Resources & Tutorials to help you design the best website! Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:19:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Laurie http://sherifabdou.com/2008/09/100-reasons-not-to-use-ebay-it-sucks-auction-alternatives/comment-page-2/#comment-5084 Laurie Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:07:06 +0000 http://sherifabdou.com/?p=403#comment-5084 Ebay is a horrible, risky place for Buyers too. Even if 99% of sellers are honest that 1% ruin it because it is not worth the Russian Roulette of finding out when you will be screwed over. I canceled a couple of weeks ago due to a horrible experience after several years of buying from the site. I will be using more secure, trusted sites and actual stores in the future. It's just not worth the risk and stress. Ebay is a horrible, risky place for Buyers too. Even if 99% of sellers are honest that 1% ruin it because it is not worth the Russian Roulette of finding out when you will be screwed over. I canceled a couple of weeks ago due to a horrible experience after several years of buying from the site. I will be using more secure, trusted sites and actual stores in the future. It’s just not worth the risk and stress.

]]> By: Rich http://sherifabdou.com/2008/09/100-reasons-not-to-use-ebay-it-sucks-auction-alternatives/comment-page-2/#comment-5081 Rich Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:23:04 +0000 http://sherifabdou.com/?p=403#comment-5081 Gave upon ebay years ago, just after they changed the goalposts on sellers not being able to fight back. Total crock of cr@p it is easier to drive my van to the local car boot sale,pay my £20 pitch, sell my gear, drive away with £700+ cash and never have to see the miserable muppets that were fool enough to part with their cash in the first place or face the tax man. Ha ha - job done. Internet - it's what you make of it. Gave upon ebay years ago, just after they changed the goalposts on sellers not being able to fight back. Total crock of cr@p it is easier to drive my van to the local car boot sale,pay my £20 pitch, sell my gear, drive away with £700+ cash and never have to see the miserable muppets that were fool enough to part with their cash in the first place or face the tax man. Ha ha – job done. Internet – it’s what you make of it.

]]> By: josephine http://sherifabdou.com/2008/09/100-reasons-not-to-use-ebay-it-sucks-auction-alternatives/comment-page-2/#comment-5051 josephine Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:53:50 +0000 http://sherifabdou.com/?p=403#comment-5051 just found a new site, no list fee and fvf for life, there is some new if they mention no fee for live, check it up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy4zgmuRI9I cheer just found a new site, no list fee and fvf for life, there is some new if they mention no fee for live, check it up

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]]> By: Alanna http://sherifabdou.com/2008/09/100-reasons-not-to-use-ebay-it-sucks-auction-alternatives/comment-page-2/#comment-5044 Alanna Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:44:00 +0000 http://sherifabdou.com/?p=403#comment-5044 I would like to add to the disappointment of ebay also. They have recently added a best seller symbol, which pushes your item off the page. I had 4 minutes left to sell and if someone was looking for items ending, they simply would have missed out, because it wasn't on the front page where it should have been. By the time they viewed items not ending, the auction would had finished. But the biggest shock was the final fee, it has doubled since last month. I simply can't afford to sell at that rate, it is personal items I paid good money for. With high fees, low returns and getting pushed out of the que by these new symbol sellers, it's all too much. Ebay has a target market and they don't care if people leave, it's what they want. Shame on you Ebay your greed will be your downfall. I would like to add to the disappointment of ebay also. They have recently added a best seller symbol, which pushes your item off the page. I had 4 minutes left to sell and if someone was looking for items ending, they simply would have missed out, because it wasn’t on the front page where it should have been. By the time they viewed items not ending, the auction would had finished. But the biggest shock was the final fee, it has doubled since last month. I simply can’t afford to sell at that rate, it is personal items I paid good money for. With high fees, low returns and getting pushed out of the que by these new symbol sellers, it’s all too much. Ebay has a target market and they don’t care if people leave, it’s what they want.

Shame on you Ebay your greed will be your downfall.

]]> By: Seller http://sherifabdou.com/2008/09/100-reasons-not-to-use-ebay-it-sucks-auction-alternatives/comment-page-2/#comment-5022 Seller Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:19:23 +0000 http://sherifabdou.com/?p=403#comment-5022 Ebay wasn't working for me it is to cumbersome and found their up-sale technique annoying. So I created a brand new website BarterDown.com that is an excellent alternative offering sellers FREE 12 months Ebay wasn’t working for me it is to cumbersome and found their up-sale technique annoying. So I created a brand new website BarterDown.com that is an excellent alternative offering sellers FREE 12 months

]]> By: Jackie http://sherifabdou.com/2008/09/100-reasons-not-to-use-ebay-it-sucks-auction-alternatives/comment-page-2/#comment-4991 Jackie Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:36:14 +0000 http://sherifabdou.com/?p=403#comment-4991 I agree that Ebay has really hosed those trying to sell. The postage fee is the biggest ripoff going. First off, Paypal takes a percentage of the total amount (including postage) and then Ebay charges a percentage for postage. What the heck is with that? So we don't pay a listing fee, yippee--but they more than make up for it in a final eval and postage percentages. Sold an item for $9.99 and after all was said and done, netted $7.48. Outrageous!! $2.50 in fees on a $10 item? That is nuts! I agree that Ebay has really hosed those trying to sell. The postage fee is the biggest ripoff going. First off, Paypal takes a percentage of the total amount (including postage) and then Ebay charges a percentage for postage. What the heck is with that? So we don’t pay a listing fee, yippee–but they more than make up for it in a final eval and postage percentages. Sold an item for $9.99 and after all was said and done, netted $7.48. Outrageous!! $2.50 in fees on a $10 item? That is nuts!

]]> By: Joeshmoe http://sherifabdou.com/2008/09/100-reasons-not-to-use-ebay-it-sucks-auction-alternatives/comment-page-2/#comment-4987 Joeshmoe Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:03:30 +0000 http://sherifabdou.com/?p=403#comment-4987 What I have done for years is just use ebay for another cheap ad medium for my products. I list prices nearly double the price on ebay which there are plenty links in my ad to direct them to get the same product for 1/2 the price from my website. Cheap cheap advertising for a few bucks a month! I would never pay ebay the selling fees they want, what a joke!! Besides, ebay has sold out to china scammers who make up most of the sellers now so why would you really support them anyway besides abusing their service for cheap adverts! Having 30 day ads on ebay does help with your Website SEO for only a few dollars a month and have had many sales doing this! What I have done for years is just use ebay for another cheap ad medium for my products. I list prices nearly double the price on ebay which there are plenty links in my ad to direct them to get the same product for 1/2 the price from my website. Cheap cheap advertising for a few bucks a month!

I would never pay ebay the selling fees they want, what a joke!!

Besides, ebay has sold out to china scammers who make up most of the sellers now so why would you really support them anyway besides abusing their service for cheap adverts! Having 30 day ads on ebay does help with your Website SEO for only a few dollars a month and have had many sales doing this!

]]> By: Jo http://sherifabdou.com/2008/09/100-reasons-not-to-use-ebay-it-sucks-auction-alternatives/comment-page-2/#comment-4954 Jo Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:57:09 +0000 http://sherifabdou.com/?p=403#comment-4954 Hello, I just became a seller on eBay and none of my items sold. I have of coarse accumulated the fees. I will now lose the fee money charged? Am I understanding that a competitor will bin or win bid and then file a false low score to build up their buyer base by smearing a new seller? Paypal cannot suspend my entire account but can hold or suspend money from sold items randomly AND law/policy/shipping violations? Maybe I should back out before anything gets sold. I tried to get close to shipping cost and was setting flat shipping fees and tried the calculated approach too. Is there a reasonable oversite allowance and is one way of shipping a suicide note? Maybe amazon is the way to go. Comments welcome. Thanks for all this info. The thing that is making me consider an alternate sell avenue is holding money. I know there are bp laws even if you do not except returns but you would think that they would charge you instead of holding. Hello, I just became a seller on eBay and none of my items sold. I have of coarse accumulated the fees. I will now lose the fee money charged? Am I understanding that a competitor will bin or win bid and then file a false low score to build up their buyer base by smearing a new seller? Paypal cannot suspend my entire account but can hold or suspend money from sold items randomly AND law/policy/shipping violations? Maybe I should back out before anything gets sold. I tried to get close to shipping cost and was setting flat shipping fees and tried the calculated approach too. Is there a reasonable oversite allowance and is one way of shipping a suicide note? Maybe amazon is the way to go. Comments welcome. Thanks for all this info. The thing that is making me consider an alternate sell avenue is holding money. I know there are bp laws even if you do not except returns but you would think that they would charge you instead of holding.

]]> By: Tania http://sherifabdou.com/2008/09/100-reasons-not-to-use-ebay-it-sucks-auction-alternatives/comment-page-2/#comment-4924 Tania Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:51:30 +0000 http://sherifabdou.com/?p=403#comment-4924 EBAY IS THE WORSE SITE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NIGHTMARE IF YOUR A SELLER, BASTURDSSS HAD MY MONEY ON HOLD, COUPLE OF HUNDRED POUNDS, GOT IT AFTER BLOODY 180 DAYS, and even then they told me I can NO LONGER SELL ON EBAY EVER AGAIN IN MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!! :O NOW PAYPAL, I JUST WISH I CAN BEAT HE CRAP OUT OF THE OWNER AND HIS EMPLOYERS!!!!!!!! I purchased something overseas through paypal, thinking it would be safe just incase sonething goes wrong. I only received half of my goods. Opened a case on PAYPAL went on for a while had all proof that the person whol sold me the stuff agreed on giving back the rest of the money, showed scanned it to PAYPAL, they said THIS IS NOT PROOF AND THAT I MIGHT HAVE THREATENED THE SELLER TO MAKE HIM GIVE ME REST OF MY MONEY!!! Now what the hell PAYPAL!!!!!!!! They asked me to show any proof of the conversation I did and this is what they said!!!!!!!!!!! I COULD STRANGLE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM BASTURRRDDSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :@ guess what they told me to do, type up a short report of what has happened go to your local police station and tell them to stamp it whaaattt thheeee f***!!!!!!!!!!! THE POLICE SAID WE DONT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS its PAYPALS business THIS IS STUPID!!! EVERYONE PLEASEEEEEEEEE DONT USE EBAY STOP SELLING ON THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IV HERD SO MANY COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE THAT THERE MONEY HAS BEEN KEPT SONE DIDNT EVEN GET IT BACK!!! EBAY AND PAYPAL NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN!!!!!!!! Seriously! EBAY IS THE WORSE SITE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NIGHTMARE IF YOUR A SELLER, BASTURDSSS HAD MY MONEY ON HOLD, COUPLE OF HUNDRED POUNDS, GOT IT AFTER BLOODY 180 DAYS, and even then they told me I can NO LONGER SELL ON EBAY EVER AGAIN IN MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!! :O

NOW PAYPAL, I JUST WISH I CAN BEAT HE CRAP OUT OF THE OWNER AND HIS EMPLOYERS!!!!!!!! I purchased something overseas through paypal, thinking it would be safe just incase sonething goes wrong. I only received half of my goods. Opened a case on PAYPAL went on for a while had all proof that the person whol sold me the stuff agreed on giving back the rest of the money, showed scanned it to PAYPAL, they said THIS IS NOT PROOF AND THAT I MIGHT HAVE THREATENED THE SELLER TO MAKE HIM GIVE ME REST OF MY MONEY!!! Now what the hell PAYPAL!!!!!!!! They asked me to show any proof of the conversation I did and this is what they said!!!!!!!!!!! I COULD STRANGLE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM BASTURRRDDSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :@

guess what they told me to do, type up a short report of what has happened go to your local police station and tell them to stamp it whaaattt thheeee f***!!!!!!!!!!! THE POLICE SAID WE DONT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS its PAYPALS business THIS IS STUPID!!!

EVERYONE PLEASEEEEEEEEE DONT USE EBAY STOP SELLING ON THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IV HERD SO MANY COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE THAT THERE MONEY HAS BEEN KEPT SONE DIDNT EVEN GET IT BACK!!! EBAY AND PAYPAL NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN!!!!!!!! Seriously!

]]> By: Maxime http://sherifabdou.com/2008/09/100-reasons-not-to-use-ebay-it-sucks-auction-alternatives/comment-page-2/#comment-4914 Maxime Sun, 26 Jun 2011 13:14:15 +0000 http://sherifabdou.com/?p=403#comment-4914 Everybiddy is today one of the best alternatives around the web! It fixes all the bidding problems of Ebay, like the annoying last minute bidding! Here on vimeo a little video about it: http://vimeo.com/25551009 Everybiddy is today one of the best alternatives around the web! It fixes all the bidding problems of Ebay, like the annoying last minute bidding!

Here on vimeo a little video about it: http://vimeo.com/25551009

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