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and the slimy hands reach even deeper into “sellers” pockets
The most troubling part of this is that they will post these on our auctions or BIN listings. So even if a buyer clicks on your listing with the intent to buy it, they can be pulled away to buy from someone else. Will these appear on the checkout screen as well?
eBay is now a Pay Per Play site. If you are willing to pay them far more money you will be able to steal away sales from other sellers at the last possible second. So only those who can afford the extra funds will be getting the majority of the sales. The CEO clearly has no clue on the fact that small sellers made eBay what it is. Using terms like “Low Valued Items” or “Low Value Sellers” are insulting to say the least, and show how little the CEO feels about the vast majority of those sellers on the site.
eBay clearly is wanting to gain revenue from increased fees instead of improving the site, and selling more items. The CEO has said many times that they want to increase revenue off the backs of sellers, and do not seem to be worried at all about selling less items per year.
This is a short term strategy that is not at all looking at the long term consciences of these actions. This is also why eBay is now #3 in a market that they created. eBay seems to be losing ground daily due to poor decisions like these.