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Re: eBay fees, paying or not?
 

Nobody says you are wrong jojo2012 but it is a tiny part of the whole scheme.

All business have to deal with shrink. Ebay only gets stuck with small sellers fees. Big sellers pay them and here is why.

My last big ebay account I lost I paid over $29,000.00 in fees and now, today almost two years later, I kinda wish I didn't. My accountants and attorneys tell me I am downright stupid for paying them.

This is what happens:
30 day temporary suspension first. This suspension is done by the SRS department. You can not talk to this department. Ebay reps can not talk to this department. Everything is done by email and not through ebay messages. They pretty much promise that your account will be reinstated if you pay your fees, ship all orders and handle all disputes quickly.
The moment I paid my fees I got an extension on my temporary suspension for 30 extra days and then on the day of reinstatement I got kicked-off with a "call to appeal every 90 days email"

Ebay baits big sellers into paying those fees. Small sellers are a pee hole in the snow. Not worth bothering with.

If I did not pay those fees, nothing would have happened. They would have chased a Corp that held no assets and gave up within months. Ebay put that business out of business and cost a dozen people jobs.

Re: eBay fees, paying or not?
 

Pretty sure you're the only one that is saying what you're saying. Other people are saying to pay, due to ethical concerns. So where are all these more experienced stealthers?

Re: eBay fees, paying or not?
 

I give up, you're all right don't pay you're fees. Don't worry about ebay getting harder for all of us. Don't worry about customers, or pp. and whatever you do don't try to convince me your right.

Im done with this thread.

Re: eBay fees, paying or not?
 

The whole reason they did this from the start is because of fraud and people taking advantage of the system.

I mean honestly....

If they thought giving high limits to new sellers didn't promote suspicious activity they would. The higher the limits the more money they get if the limits are used. By giving someone 5/500 that means generally speaking they'll only get 5 insertion fees and 500$ worth of fees (depending on category) but if they gave EVERYONE 1000/25,000 that would be different story. And they USED to do this, maybe not those limits but very high ones.

Back then eBay used to be sterotyped a high risk site to buy from. Sellers may disagree but when I was growing up eBay ALWAYS had that stigma attached to it. They have cracked down alot more since then..

It has everything to do with it, its not a "tiny" part.

Re: eBay fees, paying or not?
 

Look man, if you want to believe that paying your fees will make eBay like you more, go ahead.

But I promise you, they couldn't give to craps about your petty fee's you pay on your little eBay account(s).

Don't get defensive----I'm not saying you're poor. But whatever you're paying in fees is NOTHING to eBay, who has over 10 million sellers, and several anchor sellers who pay 20,000+ per month in eBay fees.

Whether or not suspended sellers pay their fees means NOTHING at the end of the day to how eBay treats sellers, ESPECIALLY "stealth" sellers. Why don't you shoot eBay an email on all your accounts and let them know you're using an assumed identity, but it's ok, because you will ALWAYS pay your fees, no matter what! I promise you they won't care and your accounts will be toast no matter what.

If you want to be a boyscout, go-ahead, but don't try convincing others it makes your accounts stronger. That's just hilarious.

+1, paypal=money, ebay=craiglist. Meaning paypal cares about fraud and volumes of money, ebay cares about quality of ads and see what exactly you get that money for