Originally Posted by mjgroves

Funny you should mention this. I've been an ebay seller for 10 years now, and ebay SUCKS now. Hard.

Fees continually increase. They bought paypal, now force you to do transactions through paypal. They now charge you a final value fee on SHIPPING COSTS on top of item costs, which they never used to. Oh, and don't forget they charge you AGAIN 3% on the paypal payment (don't forget shipping).

On top of all of this, sellers now have NO ABILITY to leave negative feedback for buyers. Ebay buyer protection is a joke.

I recently sold a video game on ebay for $60. Took pictures of my receipt, tracking number, invoice with item, and multiple views of item. Shipped the game. Buyer threatens me, uses vulgar language to try to get a refund on the product that I already shipped, and claims "I WILL WIN IF I FILE A BUYER CLAIM". Then says he received an empty package, despite proof of a shipping weight of 2 pounds. Paypal sided with buyer IMMEDIATELY, despite proof of vulgarity and a previous history of screwing sellers. Multiple calls later, I am out full price of item, loss of item, loss of shipping charges, and to top it off, cant even leave the mother fker negative feedback.

You want to get free stuff? Buy an item on ebay and then claim item is "Significantly not as described" and say you received an empty package. You will win, no questions asked. I would bet my life savings on it. It's sickening. The fact is though, they have a monopoly and can do whatever the hell they want to do. It won't be until we see google auctions will we be free... and when that day comes I will laugh as ebay gets it's ***** chopped off and rammed down it's own throat.