Ebay Strike Begins Today.....

Every body tries to make every little cent they can. Who cares about the little guy trying to make a few dollars.

Exactly my point....nobody cares about the little guy. Corporate American is squishing all small business and that's sad.

Go little guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Having companies nickle and dime me with revenue enhancing (for them) additional fees is irritating. No one likes to be up front about true cost anymore.

support the little guys - they usually have unique items

I buy from ebay occasionally but not on a regular basis. I'll join the strike. Hopefully things will work out and this strike will be over soon.

Give some more info..

Unfortunately, when Ebay raises their fees...it forces sellers to raise their shipping costs.

This, to me, does not make sense. When eBay raises their fees, shouldn't it be the seller's prices that change, not their shipping costs?

Dawn....it costs a fee to put items on Ebay (cost to sellers). That cost is going down but the final value fee (another cost to buyers where you have to pay a percentage if your item sells) is going up.

For example....the cost to put an item up on Ebay was .20cents for an auction starting at .99 cents. Supposedly, they've lowered it .5cents. BUT, final value fee is going up...possibly 66% which not only nullifies the first reduction but makes the whole auction more expensive to sellers to list. Each little "feature" on Ebay costs the seller money such as extra photos, bold print, gallery view, setting a reserve and more.

Besides the costs to sell on Ebay, PayPal also charges many sellers (with certain types of accounts) to accept payments from buyers.

As it is now, many sellers on Ebay already charge a bit more money on shipping to cover some of the costs that Ebay and PayPal charge to use their services. With the increase in costs to use Ebay, sellers will more than likely hike up their shipping costs to try to cover more of Ebay's fees.

Jan is right. The increased costs get passed on to buyers.

P.S I wrote a review of a new Ebay book. Article is up now.

Thanks for your comments J. I took a look at your article and will be watching for that book at my library.

What I'm saying is that I really don't like it when sellers add in the extra fees that they have to pay into the shipping charges. Inflated shipping is probably my number one reason for not buying stuff on eBay. I do sell there too (and am aware of the changes), and I charge either exact shipping or a very close estimation.

Oh wow! I'll have to check out the link.

Wow! This is the first I've heard about the strike! I'm going to read the article now. I bid and buy things on ebay all the time!

Whoa! I just viewed the YouTube page, and I have to admit that I'm stunned! I'm going to read some more about this elsewhere, but if all is true that I read there, I'm joining the strike for sure and hope it has the desired effect!

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I buy sometimes but not much! Only if its a cheap deal..

It used to be fun selling on ebay, but now the only one who profits is ebay!