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Jeff

As you are probably now aware, quote from AuctionBytes today 29th Jan 2008 :-

"eBay will announce today that beginning in May, sellers will no longer be able to leave negative or neutral Feedback for buyers."

And the comments from sellers are already flowing in stronge terms, please don't be dragged under with them, please bring in support for other sites like the UK's Tazbar and SpecialistAuctions. Smile
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I am another seller that would like to see auctiva support another avenue for sellers to use """besides""" ebay. The fact that sellers will only be able to leave positive feedback for buyers destroys the """two way street"""" concept. While there are some GREAT new ideas, (lower insertion rates, free gallery and multiple feedback) has everybody realized that the final value fees are changing also and they ARE NOT GOING DOWN.
auctiva is a GREAT way to list your items and pictures. I have referred several people to this site because it is user friendly. My friends and I are not power sellers so the listings do not pay the rent. I started doing this because it was FUN.....IT'S NOT FUN ANYMORE. Frown
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free gallery

We don't get that in the UK Frown

Yes Ms M greedbay have a strangle hold on some markets for sure at least I can move some stuff now but on some sites you cannot afford to auction an item if it only gets one bid where on greedabay there can be a tustle which pushes the price up.

Certainly items I would put out fixed price can be sold elsewhere with much less overhead even if it takes longer. Smile
Cute little feepay cartoon from ioffer herehttp://www.ioffer.com/feepay
I already had an account with ioffer and just imported my ebay ratings and listings with Mr. Grabber; I registered with ola.com, ecrater, bidville, and will look around for more. There's google checkout to give paypal a run for its money. I hope auctiva starts playing ball with the little guys, too. There's always amazon for the barcoded items if you don't mind the high commissions.
The problem with those sites is they give you zero buyer traffic. eBay can change what they do and treat sellers how they do because they bring you buyers. It's pretty much as simple as. that.

That ioffer cartoon has got to be close to 3 years old now. What that tells me is that it means nothing. They are a failure. eBay brings sellers buyers and ioffer really is a nothing. They are zeros. Losers. Time wasters.

As for the eBay stike mentioned by Mouser it was so pathetic that we actually listed more items in the past week during this so called boycot than we have ever done. The boycot was a failure. It meant nothing and achieved nothing.

While many may loathe eBay they remain the best place to sell and the best value for the fees they charged for the traffic they bring. Believe me I'd like to see alternatives as much as anyone else but right now nothing compares. To not list there you are only hurting your own sales and not them.
Nothing ever will compare if we sit around and say "Oh, they're the only ones with the traffic". People left last time they raised fees and became successful on other sites and their own websites. More people are leaving this time - with or without the traffic. Eventually the buyers will come to where the sellers are. And sellers of collectibles and unusual items are not going to be on ebay - they are running them off.

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