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10-31-2009, 09:11 AM #1Disabled
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eBay scam
I would like everyones views on a scam run by eBay.
they have now decided after consulting with their users (lie) on some catagories that sellers HAVE to offer free postage, even though it costs seller to post the items to buyers.
the only winners is eBay in their FVF fees.
i sell items at £10 + £1.95 postage, this cost me a FVF of 95p + 61p to paypal per item sold, now because i have to add the postage to the item cost my FVF has gone up to £1.17 per item sold I can guess that the paypal fee will also increase.
so great scam run by ebay although it is ILLEGAL for them to force any seller to offer free postage, which they cant grasp as eBay are under the impression that they are above any law.0
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10-31-2009, 09:19 AM #2
There's your answer.
which they cant grasp as eBay are under the impression that they are above any law.Your one stop shop for decentralization
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10-31-2009, 09:29 AM #3Disabled
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UK trading laws (checked with trading standards) an auction site or any 3rd party sites cannot force any seller to give free postage if a seller has to pay postage to sent an item to a buyer. they can give you the option to offer free postage but cannot demand that this is your main postage option.
both royal mail and trading standards are going to contact ebay on this matter.
due to this eBay charge sellers more in FVF fees, so this is the only reason eBay are doing this, so they can take more money from genuine sellers.0
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10-31-2009, 09:34 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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10-31-2009, 09:59 AM #5Web Hosting Master
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Stupid fees.
Holding onto payments.
Now Royal Mail delays.
I've lodged several 'non-receipt' disputes and complaints over the past couple of months - eBay really is not worth the hassle anymore.0
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10-31-2009, 10:35 AM #60
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10-31-2009, 10:36 AM #7Disabled
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Use amazon or newegg instead if you live in the U.S. Not sure if they ship internationally.
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10-31-2009, 10:45 AM #8Disabled
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I spoke to trading standards about this and have an emailed response. both trading standards and royal mail in the UK are going to confront ebay in relation to this.
ebays payment arm paypal had their registration with the FSA removed because of their lack in following trading laws.0
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10-31-2009, 11:43 AM #10Disabled
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----- Original Message -----
From: D******, C*****
To: 'T****'
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 8:19 AM
Subject: RE: Terms and conditions
Dear Mr Robertson,
Thank you for your enquiry.
I have in the past dealt with complaints about E Bays policies. The bottom line is E bay is a facility which you choose to use but the way they are forcing sellers to give free postage when a seller is charged by a postal service is in breach of several trading laws, especially if it is a way for eBay to get more money from sellers. Having done a quick internet search i can see others are also disgruntled about Ebays new policy citing it as a money making plan for E bay. We will be contacting eBay on this matter and if they refuse to do anything then we can prevent them from operating within the UK or Ireland. In the meantime you could use other vehicles to sell your DVD's such as Amazon or Play.com etc.
Kind regards,
Public Protection Service
Northumberland County Council
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10-31-2009, 11:50 AM #11Web Hosting Master
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10-31-2009, 12:41 PM #14Disabled
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I work with trading standards and have worked in consumer affairs for 3 years and yes they do have employed trading standard officers based an Northumberland County Council, who have the power to enforce trading regulations, just like all county councils. if a local store breached trading laws they would not wait for someone from trading standards HQ to sort it out, they have the power to do this themselves, anything major then they just pass the paperwork to HQ who acts on the paperwork recommendations.
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10-31-2009, 01:01 PM #16Disabled
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They have 2 full time Trading Standards Officers paid by Trading Standards and not the council, with a support team of council paid staff.
So they have all the powers of Trading Standards and can and do enforce trading regulations.
Trading Standards and the Royal Mail are going to talk to eBay about this policy, which they cannot force anyone selling to give free postage, especuially if its just so they can get more moeny from sellers, which this is clearly the case.0
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