Has ebay lost its way?

[mackenzie]

I stopped going on it about 17 years ago when my account got hacked.

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

It’s a pain in the arse but if you’re looking for something really obscure and niche it’s hard to beat.

I buy a lot of cycling and outdoors gear and it’s the best place to get hard to find stuff.

Selling is a nightmare though. I only sell the odd thing but it’s a minefield of scammers and time wasters and massive fees.

And it feels like their website still runs on Windows 95.

The mrs uses depop and Vinted a lot but that’s just designer fashion stuff, she’s always buying and selling clobber from trendy French brands I’ve never even heard of.

But then my fashion sense extends to whatever’s in John Lewis.

John Lewis? Very posh, get yourself down to Greenwoods.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Sounds like the market is ripe for something to come along and massively undercut eBay and take over. It's a huge global brand, but so were blockbuster videos.

 

[nellyonthewing]

I was looking today at buying an item . Slightly hidden in the text was a disclaimer that the seller ‘was a private seller ‘ and as such I would not have the usual consumer rights provided in law when you buy from a business . I noticed the seller had sold 1200 other items
No more eBay for me if they allow such blatant malpractice.

 

[MikeF]

I use Gumtree and have for a few years.

Can’t remember the last time I used eBay. Surprised they haven’t gone the same way as friends reunited!!

 

[mexico1970]

I have never had any trouble on ebay and have gotten my money back if things were not as it seemed.

I sell on facebook marketplace though because of the fees and scammers on ebay.

 

[Two Gun Bob]

I mentioned a while back that a buy sell exchange thread on here would be a thing of wonder. You pay the Moon for listings, but no selling unless you have a years service under your belt .. or whatever criteria the forum suggests.

 

[sir baconface]

They are snide cnuts who side with the buyer every time, even when the buyer patently breaches policy. They don’t investigate properly and their appeal procedure is totally opaque. Everything appears to be done by bots and not a flying fcuk is given about about customer service.

I’'ve been on there 20 years or more, albeit less and less often, but will never ever sell there again. And on principle I hardly ever buy there nowadays.

 

[pirate]

I was looking today at buying an item . Slightly hidden in the text was a disclaimer that the seller ‘was a private seller ‘ and as such I would not have the usual consumer rights provided in law when you buy from a business . I noticed the seller had sold 1200 other items
No more eBay for me if they allow such blatant malpractice.

I am a private seller on ebay
I have sold over 1200 items, but then again I started with my 100,000 comic collection
its down to about 80,000 now
should have them all sold in about 8 years

 

[pirate]

They are cnuts who side with the seller every time. They don’t investigate properly and their appeal procedure is totally opaque. They don’t give a flying fcuk about customer service. I’ve been on there 20 years or more, albeit increasingly rarely, but will never sell there again.

my experience as a seller on ebay is the complete opposite
in my experience eBay sides with the buyer in almost every case

 

[sir baconface]

my experience as a seller on ebay is the complete opposite
in my experience eBay sides with the buyer in almost every case

Apologies. I meant to say buyer, and did amend accordingly, but you got in before my edit.

Agree with you entirely.

 

[mexico1970]

I mentioned a while back that a buy sell exchange thread on here would be a thing of wonder. You pay the Moon for listings, but no selling unless you have a years service under your belt .. or whatever criteria the forum suggests.

We are both to be trusted Bob :)

 

[Two Gun Bob]

We are both to be trusted Bob :)

Goodfellows.

 

[goat boy]

Agree, turned to total rat shit many years ago. Not sure if it'd still the case but at one point if you sold something valuable and 100% not a thing you can put on a courier, then you could set it as 'collection only'. Ok fair enough. If some arsehole from birmingham or somewhere wins the auction and insists that you courier it, they can force that issue. If you don't post it because it can't be couriered... they'll let you settle but they're keeping their 11%. Nearly cost me hundreds of quid. They're finished.

 

[BlueMoonday]

There's cheeky c*nts selling fake football shirts for £30-£40 which have been bought from DHGate for £13.

 

[bakerdave76]

Thinking of selling some old city scarves,,, eBay or marketplace?

 

[Magicpole]

If I didn’t have eBay to sell the stuff I steal from old folks houses, I would be forced to get a job. Although to be fair, I mostly go for their hidden cash. Saves all the faff around packaging and posting. Jewelry is a good earner, although it isn’t easy getting rings off them while they sleep. Still, it’s a living.

 

[oakiecokie]

I've been a member of ebay for over 20 years. There was a time when it was a genuine auction, it was a bit of fun and there were some real bargains to be had. Nowadays, there seem to be too many chancers selling the same items as amazon but the SP is much more, people selling home-made tat (photos downloaded from the internet, old programmes and football magazines) but this is taking the mick: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/17575608...uid=SZjZxZOjT6G&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
I emailed him to ask if it was a joke but he got the hump and reported me to ebay. I'm waiting for a knock on the door from the ebay police as I type this!

My main gripe with E-Bay and like yourself I`ve been on it for 20 years, that as a Seller I cannot leave any negative feedback for a Buyer.
This also includes trying to leave negative feedback for non payers !!!

 

[MCFC Wirral]

There's cheeky c*nts selling fake football shirts for £30-£40 which have been bought from DHGate for £13.

I buy and sell football shirts on there but only from my own personal collection. Never a major issue.

eBay isn’t what it was but what truly is?

 

[Kinkladze 1]

Vinted now for me. Fuck eBay and their fees