eBay Seller Sues Coach Over VeRO

[stillconfused]

eBay Seller Sues Coach Over VeRO- Auctiva Learning Center

[oomalikoo]

link isnt real.

[jeffweico]

I checked this, and the link works fine.

And KUDOS to her! VERO members have far too much power the way the system is set up. It is high time such a lawsuit was filed.

I would love to read the complaint in this case. I'll see if I can find it.

[jeffweico]

I just read the complaint. I think this lawsuit will probably be settled. But that should STILL have a positive effect for other sellers.

As it stands now, any VERO member can take down anything they like, with no consequences and without having to prove that the seller did anything wrong. That is completely lopsided and unfair.

If nothing else, this case might make them think twice before taking down every auction they find without proof of wrongdoing.

[stillconfused]

I hope this does encourage others to take on these VERO members who abuse their power and indiscriminately have any listing removed.
I had all of my listings removed in one category, because of one item was deemed to be a phake.
By the time I was finally allowed to relist the others that were wrongfully removed, they had depreciated in price so much that I'm still trying to sell them well below cost price.
Others, I'm not game to relist, just in case.

There has to be a better system than the one they have.
Asking for proof of purchase or authenticity, would be a good start.

BTW, did anyone read the comments at the end from a couple of power sellers.

[jeffweico]

Originally Posted by stillconfused

There has to be a better system than the one they have.
Asking for proof of purchase or authenticity, would be a good start.

BTW, did anyone read the comments at the end from a couple of power sellers.

I did. Nothing new here. eBay's CEO, John Donohoe, has publicly stated that eBay looked like a flea market and that he was embarrassed by it.

His dream is that eBay morphs into kind of an outlet mall for top brands and department stores. There is no room in his dreamworld for small sellers.

eBay got lucky. It was the right idea at the right time and it grew like wildfire by word of mouth. And back when it started, it WAS very cool and a lot of fun. That is why they have the traffic they do. But they are losing ground to Amazon, quarter by quarter.

You couldn't duplicate what they did today. Very few companies would be capable of mounting a serious challenge to eBay. The one that comes to mind that COULD do it is Google. But they have said several times that they are not interested in running auctions.

eBay's smartest move was buying PayPal. They couldn't kill them, so they bought them. Now, PayPal is the one part of their business that is growing and doing well.

Buy eBay's glory days are over. Even if they totally turned around their philosophy back to what it was, the damage is already done. I sell on eBay only because of the traffic.

I also sell on Amazon, and I can definitely say that I much prefer Amazon. Their rules are clearer, the profits are better and the buyers are not as bad as the ones on eBay. Their customers demand more, that is for sure, but they are not unreasonable. Not that Amazon is overly seller-friendly, but eBay takes nastiness to an extreme.