Both ebay and paypal are a rip off

[stevebills]

Both ebay and paypal charge fees on postage which seems a rip off to me as that is money we have to pay out
so is there anymore ripoff charges for other things let me no?
I presume ebay want every to use free postage option but postage isn't free just ask the Royal mail

[oompaloompa]

yes, I will tell you another they try that annoys me;
watch out when you list, they often pre-tick options for extra charges eg. photo pack and people do not notice and they rely on that, as nobody would opt for some of those...in fact they can end up paying more in extras than the auction is even worth.....

[stevebills]

Well pictures can be sent from photobucket as HTML in large sizes for free

[isitworththestress]

be careful of photobucket and treat as another ebay/paypal site as it is one of those that are in the share cookies group with ebay. Until I know what info they are sharing they all get treat the same as far as I'm concerned.

[jeffweico]

I hear you on the shipping, but I don't blame eBay for that. Before, when they didn't charge commission on shipping & handling, items were being listed for 1 cent with a $19.95 shipping charge. Obviously, this was being done to circumvent fees. eBay just got tired of it.

[stevebills]

Tired = profit and Im sure there is a better way

[stevebills]

Originally Posted by isitworththestress

be careful of photobucket and treat as another ebay/paypal site as it is one of those that are in the share cookies group with ebay. Until I know what info they are sharing they all get treat the same as far as I'm concerned.

I not really sure about that and can any mod enlighten me pls?

[stevebills]

I cant believe ebay and photobucket share cookies but im sure if u use same pictures for more than one stealth its risky
so maybe best to get a photobucket account for each stealth to be safer than sorry

[stevebills]

Originally Posted by jeffweico

I hear you on the shipping, but I don't blame eBay for that. Before, when they didn't charge commission on shipping & handling, items were being listed for 1 cent with a $19.95 shipping charge. Obviously, this was being done to circumvent fees. eBay just got tired of it.

and what paypals excuse?

[rsot]

Originally Posted by stevebills

I cant believe ebay and photobucket share cookies but im sure if u use same pictures for more than one stealth its risky
so maybe best to get a photobucket account for each stealth to be safer than sorry

Take your own photos for everything you sell and keep pictures separate for each account as well

[clapclap]

All my photobucket accounts are opened with the same stealth info and I have never had a problem yet.

[stevebills]

I think we an all say after ebay and paypal fees you have lost 15% of your hard earned cash
unless you shoplifted the items them u can make a profit

[PeHe oT PecToPaHTa]

Why people don't use multiple img hosting / separate ones for each stealth acc? All should be fine. Very popular ones are:

• IMGur | Flickr | ImageShack | TinyPic | ImageBam | BeeIMG | puush | IMGSea | Minus | Picasa;
• TabDay | Deffe | ThumbSnap | PixlPaste | PhanFare | BayIMG | UPL | ImageVEnue | ImageCross | ImageFra.

[oompaloompa]

no imageshack does not share cookies, but it is a good idea if you sell similar products on different accs to use different imageloaders, I prefer the ones you do not need to log in to.

fees on shipping is not fair. I agree the 0.1 auctions and $20 postage were silly but all they need to do is limit catagories to reasonable postage parameters...

[stevebills]

Maybe we should ask royal mail for a free service for all eBay seller

[isitworththestress]

Originally Posted by clapclap

All my photobucket accounts are opened with the same stealth info and I have never had a problem yet.

That is how I do it also.

stevebills

Did some research, or as much as i could looking for the companies I could recall involved, they all spam google to death.

Photobucket used to belong to News group international, who were one of the companies that were involved with ebay in sharing data cookies.

Most of it will just be marketing but we all know the way ebay uses their terms and conditions and how little newsgroup international think of peoples privacy.

Have they dropped out of it now they are self owned? No idea but I would not take the chance in finding out.

[rsot]

Originally Posted by stevebills

Maybe we should ask royal mail for a free service for all eBay seller

Define "we"

[stevebills]

We is when u get home drunk and use the sink to have one and wife catches you out

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by stevebills

We is when u get home drunk and use the sink to have one and wife catches you out

Behave!

Users across the pond will not understand.