eBays attempt to become more like Amazon

[forummember]

On the September seller update it states that the MP3 category and GPS category will now be merged, making the listings like Amazon.

[rsot]

Nonsense - and the merging of that category probably makes it easier to flag a lot more sales as high risk in paypal, making their logistical work easier.

Way to go.

[DogFacedBoy]

Sold something on Amazon yesterday for $289 bought it today on ebay for $130...after fees and shipping I should come out $100 ahead...boy would I like to do 2-3 of these a day!

[jeffweico]

Originally Posted by DogFacedBoy

Sold something on Amazon yesterday for $289 bought it today on ebay for $130...after fees and shipping I should come out $100 ahead...boy would I like to do 2-3 of these a day!

Yeah.... You and everyone else on this forum!

[pod]

eBay hasn't a hope in hell of ever becoming like Amazon. The products and pricing are simply not the same. Whether they like it or not eBay is a place for cheap crap. And they did it to themselves. Half the sellers that used to sell quality goods on there are long gone. Either forced out by crappy rules, or feedback issues, or cant compete with China or just booted out

With eBay giving huge sellers top priority to sell their junk, and get away with almost anything, the smaller sellers couldn't compete. I buy cheap stuff off there all the time. Its the first place I go if I want something and I dont care about brand name. But I dont go on there looking for quality goods...

Its worse now then it was a couple years ago and it will only get worse. They are not going to boot all the mega sellers and their junk to bring back quality sellers. So they should just give up that absurd dream of being like Amazon.

[jeffweico]

eBay may want to be like Amazon, but really, they are more like the American version of DHgate!