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Now it is the only market player it only seems to want big business on there.
Where are the Monpolies Commission?
Ebay is a monopoly.
Remember - buyer's do not actually contribute any money to Ebay.
Ebay get all their transaction fees from the sellers.
And yet it is the sellers they take against the most in their easy-to-abuse / can-be-punitive 'buyer rights' programme.
And they charge a 10% fee on the actual real cost of posting an item!!
Cheeky b######s.
Buyer - seller activity contributes to Ebay revenue.
But hat contribution comes exclusively from the seller.
So the seller deserves some recognition and decent customer service imho.
Adverts contribute to Ebay revenue but none of that contribution comes from buyers.
Ads work on the basis that maybe someone viewing them will decide to go with the advertised product.
Buyers and sellers view Ebay pages.
So I repeat - buyers do not contribute to Ebay revenue.
Without buyers Ebay could not function.
But they are not the direct revenue source.
Adverts - If it's a pay per click advert then the product does not have to be bought in order for Ebay to make money. Seller and buyer alike, whoever clicks on it earns a wee bit more for Ebay. Saying none of that contribution comes from buyers is plain wrong.
The sneaky so and sos.
I didn't know that.
I concede that point.
Others are encroaching on Google turf now at least.
Where are the newly emerging classifieds sites?
Ebay needs stiff competition as it really is abusing it's power position ... shafting sellers / Inland Revenue / whoever it pleases.
I admit I wasn't clear and should have been in my first post. I was meaning direct revenue source.
Ebay is a type of market place and they can only function and exist where there is buyer / seller activity. Transactions bring revenue to Ebay. Sellers make their profit with a cut going to Ebay. Buyers only influence that amount of revenue by [a] engaging in buying, [b] bidding prices higher. It is a chicken and egg scenario.
Without sellers there would be no Ebay.
Without buyers there would be no Ebay.
What really frustrates the hell out of folk is that buyers are afforded many more rights by default than sellers.
There is virtually no burden of proof on a buyer when claiming that, for instance, a 2nd hand item is not as described, did not arrive etc.
And in those cases the seller is helpless as they watch their paypal monies frozen and then refunded automatically to the buyer making such a claim.
The moment someone raises the dispute, bang, the moneys gone from your account!
Now you imagine how much money Paypal have in their account purely from disputes at any one time. This new policy will provide them with a massive new income stream - it has nothing to do with improving customers experiences - its all about making money.