Jumping back into the ebay saddle after 2 years

Hi mar30.

Welcome back! Since you've had a 2 year break from Ebay, you may not know this...Ebay offers NO buyer protection anymore at all. Only PP does. I used to think nothing of sending a $100 money order to a seller, but not anymore. If the seller didn't want to send my item I'd be up the creek now

Alot of folks, including myself will ONLY pay with Paypal now. As long as what you sell isn't going for hundreds of dollars, I wouldn't even worry about chargebacks etc. And even in the event of a chargeback, your CC would fight it. I would want the buyer to fell more secure in bidding, therefore hopefully getting more bids JMHO...
I don't know anything about Amazon or other ecommerce sites because I've never used any of them. Speaking for myself, I would take PP.

OH and CEO Meg Whitman from Ebay is gone now and there are rumors of lowered seller fees (think I even read something to that effect in Auctionbytes).

In any case, good luck with whatever you decide

If your books are very common, Amazon is probably the way to go. If they are unique or would generate interest by having pictures, go with eBay. I've sold books for $20 on eBay that were one cent on Amazon. It does take more time to list on eBay.

I think its good to accept PayPal. If you offer combined shipping discounts, require the buyer to ask for combined invoice BEFORE paying PayPal and it will save on the PayPal fees.

booklady

I have watched ebay for a while, and I have watched the pulse page...seems to me there are some people who are hogs of the front page...if you look at thier watcher counts things just don't add up to the counter on the bottom of the page if they put one...How can we stop this from going on. I thought the pulse page was for everone not just the 3 people who have the first page... any ideas on how to make it fair for all of us...or should we all band together and knock them off over and over so we can have a fair chance???

IMHO you will get a 20 to 50% higher net using Aamzon over eBay. And listing is easer, just put in the ISBN and $.

The bad thing is tha Amazon charges an Arm & Leg for shipping but only gives you the fingers.

And the latest, from May 2008 sellers cannot leave neutral or negative feedback so combined with other changes in future a buyer can always be 100% perfect green and sellers, well, assuming they stay can gradually turn red.

Just leave and forget it. Don't bother coming back. eBay sucks, and yes, that sucking sound is the sound of more money being sucked from your pockets.

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Originally posted by JeffS:
Just leave and forget it. Don't bother coming back. eBay sucks, and yes, that sucking sound is the sound of more money being sucked from your pockets.

LMAO jeff, that just about says it all!!!!

i'm going to start having garage sales.

OK, I just read the announcements about the fee changes and the seller feedback changes....WOW THAT REALLY DOES SUCK.

Guess I'll be looking into Amazon and CraigsList for my books (and other stuff I may have intended to sell) instead once this batch is over. I've got bids on 2 items out of 16 so far, and they're up until Thursday night.