[ARC5] A New eBay Screing

[J. Forster]

Well, that's really crap on a cracker, because it forces people to pay
multiple shipping charges...   and eBay takes it's comission on the
fraudulent charges, of course.

Thanks,

-John

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> ---- "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
>> About a week ago, I bought a connector for $1.50 from a profific eBay
>> seller. I've known the guy for some time, and emailed him directly,
>> telling him I as interested in another lot, closing tis evening.
>>
>> Well, I sniped it at about T-20 seconds and eBay locked my bid out,
>> saying
>> I have to pay for the items in my 'cart' before being able to bid on
>> this
>> seller's items.
>
> Jay,
>
> It is a new rule they came up with that took effect for 2014. Not sure how
> it works exactly but they have had messages pop up when you list items
> stating that it was coming. From those messages, I have gotten the
> impression that they were going to force the buyer to complete each
> purchase, one at a time, unless you use the cart.
>
> From a seller standpoint, and if it does actually work, it may help with a
> problem that sellers have been having for a long time now. The problem is
> that a great multitude of buyers don't understand how to buy from more
> than one listing from the same seller. (eBay's fault entirely) They
> complete each purchase, paying shipping on each item, and don't wait for a
> combined invoice which reflects the combined shipping cost. (In spite of
> how you plaster it all over your store pages and descriptions)
>
> Now, all this hinges on how well ebay communicates the new procedures. If
> history repeats, they will mess it up or just plain not say anything and
> leave everyone to figure it out the hard way. The latter seems to be their
> preferred way. I have had several heated phone calls with them about this
> topic and so have many others. If I didn't have a conscience I could just
> keep the extra money they send and not refund it, but I can't seem to do
> that. Seriously, there have been many instances where people have actually
> paid me $100 or more in shipping cost for a package that would ship for $6
> to $12 combined.
>
> Hopefully this solves the mystery.
>
> Steve
> KC4WN
> aka kb4dmf