The Ebay seller performance standards have become too difficult to understand and I find myself in a hole with limited sales and funds being held up to 3 weeks. I live in Canada and get American folks rating my shipping costs as too high. Many American folks don't understand it costs more to ship from Canada to the USA. Their lack of understanding of Canada being a foreign country makes some think that me, the seller is ripping them off.
ebay has became so ridiculous, i don't even know where to start, i've been a seller since 2004 and i can't believe what i'm facing now. But what pisses me off is the lack of customer service
You are right on about keeping track of the money and taxes, if you don't have a tax advisor or CPA to to do or check your books you are headed for a world of hurt....I lucked out, and married my Tax CPA.
Never mess with the IRS. they win 1/2 of every lottery and never buy a ticket !!!
I just found a site called bonanza.com. They are like like an eBay or amazon but they only charge a flat fee which in a lot of cases is only $1.00, nothing to list just a flat fee. I am not certain how much exposure it gets as I just created a profile today and added a few items. Has anyone had good success with the? The low fees just blew me away, almost too good to be true and they take pay pal.
this ebay user bravosixx was dropping docs on ebay. I tried to alert ebay about this and they got back to me 3 days latter. by then brovosixx had changed his account.
who knows how many people got their personal info posted on that public online auction due to ebay's lack of caring to protect its users personal info
craigslist is also trip'n like a mofo! they just changed it so you can't edit the listing every 3 hours to bring your ad to the top of the seach! also they made it so you can only post 2 ads a hour! ....so now i can't pimp craigslist! wtf!
@cycosteve2006 - I do not know how many email accounts you have but get your self about 50, grant you can only list a few things without opening an account but that process is getting me through the year. I swear they are asking for my phone number every 3 months!
@Diggiti -already there, I selling my books on ebay after two months, I said forget it! Ebay needs to get back to its core business and leave all this other stuff off the plate!
I have never dealt with any corporate entity that changes policy as frequently as ebay. I do like it, because it gets the most exposure. However, if you're looking for predictability, you wont find it there. Good advice to know the rules you are playing by, and get ready to MOVE WITH THE CHEESE! Thanks G
@thevintagefetcher - dude it drove me crazy, once I was trying to relist 1500 items and they kept being denied. The reason they had the word " cash" in them, so I had to edit 1500 + auctions to get them listed!!!!!! ( GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR) yes I am still pissed!
great video, youve reiterated some very important points that are easily ignored or not taken seriously enough by the self-employed...running a cash business doesnt help anything, im trying to stay under the radar which does nothing but let me KNOW that ill probably get audited next year...ive got a problem with paying the majority of my taxes for bullshit wars and bailouts...tired of the IRS? vote Ron Paul and NO, HE IS NOT A RACIST, haha.
@ARNTORXWINDIRX1184 The thing about going undercover is that you have to struggle to remain unseen, which in the business world is the OPPOSITE of what we're trying to accomplish..good points.
@thevintagefetcher - yes, it is getting damn near impossible to be "undisclosed" seller online in today' market, they are putting it to the little guy, corps are going to buy established IDs and get around this wrinkle.
The Ebay seller performance standards have become too difficult to understand and I find myself in a hole with limited sales and funds being held up to 3 weeks. I live in Canada and get American folks rating my shipping costs as too high. Many American folks don't understand it costs more to ship from Canada to the USA. Their lack of understanding of Canada being a foreign country makes some think that me, the seller is ripping them off.
ethicomm 4 months ago
ebay has became so ridiculous, i don't even know where to start, i've been a seller since 2004 and i can't believe what i'm facing now. But what pisses me off is the lack of customer service
brunobliss 7 months ago
Thats why local online classifieds work the best. ksl rocks for me . I never use ebay and I sell my stuff fast.
natetest2 9 months ago
You are right on about keeping track of the money and taxes, if you don't have a tax advisor or CPA to to do or check your books you are headed for a world of hurt....I lucked out, and married my Tax CPA.
Never mess with the IRS. they win 1/2 of every lottery and never buy a ticket !!!
kgtrains 9 months ago
I just found a site called bonanza.com. They are like like an eBay or amazon but they only charge a flat fee which in a lot of cases is only $1.00, nothing to list just a flat fee. I am not certain how much exposure it gets as I just created a profile today and added a few items. Has anyone had good success with the? The low fees just blew me away, almost too good to be true and they take pay pal.
aoenterstuff 9 months ago
@aoenterstuff - you will sell more on fee-bay in one week than you will sell on that site in a year
Glendon007 9 months ago
this ebay user bravosixx was dropping docs on ebay. I tried to alert ebay about this and they got back to me 3 days latter. by then brovosixx had changed his account.
who knows how many people got their personal info posted on that public online auction due to ebay's lack of caring to protect its users personal info
TheUnmaskedMagician 9 months ago
@TheUnmaskedMagician - MILLIONS!!!!
Glendon007 9 months ago
@Glendon007 could be
he had the personal info of 5 different people posted on his auction page and that was just for one thing he was selling.
ebay went down hill over the years
TheUnmaskedMagician 9 months ago
craigslist is also trip'n like a mofo! they just changed it so you can't edit the listing every 3 hours to bring your ad to the top of the seach! also they made it so you can only post 2 ads a hour! ....so now i can't pimp craigslist! wtf!
cycosteve2006 9 months ago
@cycosteve2006 - I do not know how many email accounts you have but get your self about 50, grant you can only list a few things without opening an account but that process is getting me through the year. I swear they are asking for my phone number every 3 months!
Glendon007 9 months ago
The closer ebay gets to Amazon's way of doing business .. the closer ebay sellers get to selling on Amazon.
Diggiti 9 months ago 6
@Diggiti This is so very true, and a bit of a revelation for me.
y2kh8r 9 months ago
@Diggiti -already there, I selling my books on ebay after two months, I said forget it! Ebay needs to get back to its core business and leave all this other stuff off the plate!
Glendon007 9 months ago
@Glendon007 I dont think they know what their Core business is anymore.
They bought Skype and had no real use for it.
Focused on Buyers instead of the people keeping the doors open, Sellers
Diggiti 9 months ago
I have never dealt with any corporate entity that changes policy as frequently as ebay. I do like it, because it gets the most exposure. However, if you're looking for predictability, you wont find it there. Good advice to know the rules you are playing by, and get ready to MOVE WITH THE CHEESE! Thanks G
thevintagefetcher 9 months ago
@thevintagefetcher - dude it drove me crazy, once I was trying to relist 1500 items and they kept being denied. The reason they had the word " cash" in them, so I had to edit 1500 + auctions to get them listed!!!!!! ( GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR) yes I am still pissed!
Glendon007 9 months ago
great video, youve reiterated some very important points that are easily ignored or not taken seriously enough by the self-employed...running a cash business doesnt help anything, im trying to stay under the radar which does nothing but let me KNOW that ill probably get audited next year...ive got a problem with paying the majority of my taxes for bullshit wars and bailouts...tired of the IRS? vote Ron Paul and NO, HE IS NOT A RACIST, haha.
ARNTORXWINDIRX1184 9 months ago
@ARNTORXWINDIRX1184 The thing about going undercover is that you have to struggle to remain unseen, which in the business world is the OPPOSITE of what we're trying to accomplish..good points.
thevintagefetcher 9 months ago
@thevintagefetcher - yes, it is getting damn near impossible to be "undisclosed" seller online in today' market, they are putting it to the little guy, corps are going to buy established IDs and get around this wrinkle.
Glendon007 9 months ago
@ARNTORXWINDIRX1184 - I feel you on the tax issues in many ways!
Glendon007 9 months ago
yeeeeeeeap. life's a bitch.
ounitproductions 9 months ago
@ounitproductions - yes, unless you make life your bitch! ;-D
Glendon007 9 months ago
@Glendon007 now you're talking!!!!!!!!
ounitproductions 9 months ago