eBay Updates Developers on Managed Payments

by: ebayout

eBay is a collection of fiefdoms under an unattended umbrella.
There is NO central control.
No matter what door you beat on, it's the wrong one.
The answers you get depend on who answers the phone, and what their native language is.  

by: Silver Ice King

@CanBrit

And to top it all off when you are booted from the boards you are no longer able to see the Announcement boards where Ebay gives out much pertinent information.  So in truth Ebay is preventing many Sellers from seeing many pertinent announcements while holding them accountable for knowing about them.   I am sure this is just another one of their crooked and illegal schemes to continue to line Ebays pockets.

by: ebayout

Silver Ice King...
Even if you're booted, you can sign out of ebay and read the announcements and discussion boards anonymously.
It still sucks, because they're still gladly taking a seller's fees, but not his comments.  

by: Fiona

On the 2nd of June I ordered two products amounting to £50  speedpak has provided tracking details and say the parcel was delivered
This was not true and ebay refuse to refund my money.
I am very upset and out of pocket

by: CanBrit

@Silver Ice King and Mr. Iannone

I wanted to show you why I was banned for life from the boards.
"Violating the rules and policies of the eBay US Community, with actions such as “Do not discuss or post about moderation actions. Discussion of moderation actions, reposting of deleted posts or discussion of suspended or no longer registered members. ”. Your Restriction is indefinite, effective 03/21/2018 Your post: “Community Chat, Mar 21st @ 1pm PDT - Private Offer Parts & Accessories” posted on 03-21-2018 01:01:34 PM, quote:” Hello everyone. Nice to back after a short sojourn.”

I said "nice to be back from a short sojourn" because my husband and I took a short holiday. They, in their ultimate wisdom, believed I was talking about being given a suspension from the community.

Those dolts don't even understand English. 🤐🤐🤐🙄

Mr. Iannone, Please clean up your boards!!!!!!! Time to clean house.

by: Silver Ice King

@CanBrit

That must have been Alan at his best.  He was brought in from the UK with the task of destroying the boards as I gather he was able to do in the UK.  Problem was he was not ready for the knowledge that the posters on the US Boards had and gladly shared with those that needed it.  So he then started booting posters who gave Sellers or Buyers good advice that was not to the benefit of Ebay although it was within their current policies.

I am still able to post there but I had a target on my back from Alan shortly after he arrived for following the directions he PMed me for how to contact them for a thread.  He deliberately gave me incorrect information and when i used it I immediately received a suspension although I had never violated any policies previously.  When I tried to appeal low and behold I was informed that he was the final word on things and that it was Alan that told the Moderator to ding me although the moderator did not see anything that warranted the violation.  Ultimately Alan failed his stated assignment and recently left Ebay, not sure if it was voluntary or not but was definitely an upgrade to the community team.  Ebay really does not want the boards to be used, they would rather force everybody to use Facebook rather than their own boards as it is much easier to control the topics and erase what they do not want the public to see and as we have recently found  out I am sure there is a lot more dirt similar to the recent story buried at that company as their goal for whatever reason was not to build the company and help their sellers to grow and be successful but to be able to control our every move.  Then Ebay wonders why they continue to lose marketshare in the Ecommerce market.

by: purpleiris

It must be mutually beneficial for a seller to sell on a marketplace. Otherwise, it's not worth selling on; especially when your "landlord" is bent on destroying you because you don't like being robbed by them.

That is the environment of eCommerce on marketplaces these days...except eCrater (that I know of).

by: CanBrit

@Silver Ice King

Be still my beating heart. ARE YOU SERIOUS???? They finally got rid of that little leprechaun worm?  My God, you just made my day.

Happy Dance. 💃💃💃💃

by: CanBrit

@Covid-20

My post was removed from the video too. Left another one asking why they removed the first. I guess I'll just keep playing the game a bit.

by: Silver Ice King

@CanBrit

It was my understanding from his farewell message on the boards that he made the decision to move on.  It is very possible that he was given a slight nudge but of course he would never have said anything about that. Unless they deleted it there should be a post from Alan stating that his last day was either that day or the next.  If he was fired I really doubt that Ebay would have allowed him to post using his Ebay account and privileges.

I am sure that Ebay did not pay enough money for his newly added wife and if I remember correctly they were expecting their first child, but that might have pure terror on my part.  One Alan on this planet was bad enough but to know that he had a child that had any of his DNA is absolutely scary.  He should have been sent back to the UK when he left Ebay since they sponsored his H1A visa to take a job in the US that could have easily been filled by a US citizen as there was nothing hard about his job other being able to speak Ebays special language of saying something that makes absolutely no sense at all but can be manipulated by CS in a fashion that hurts the Seller the most.

He should also received the same fate that Karen did for changing the format of what the discussion boards looked like and made it much more difficult for Sellers to find anything that was relevant to them.  Then they both left a newly hired executive hanging on a small twig by not disclosing the response from  the Ebay community but telling them that the posters loved it.  His first post to the site received so many negative comments that they had to shut down the comments.  

I just found the link to the post so here it is:

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/Thank-You-amp-Farewel
l/td-p/30871767

by: toolguy

They say we have until July 15th to sign up for MP.

We'll wait until 7/15/20 and not a day sooner!

Our other 2 accounts have been spared this time around.

We'll move more items to those 2 ID's over the next few months.

by: NoMoreEbay

TrintonFoe and Tool

Install a second browser like Firefox or whatever. Go to the boards without being logged into ebay.  Read whatever you want.

by: CanBrit

@Silver Ice King

I can't use the links unfortunately, but I did do a read through this morning without signing in. Absolutely stupid process that is. It did sound like a termination to me because of this post on April 9th, pretty much 2 weeks before Alan left.
"@dhbookds wrote:
We heard from Marni that a new head of community was coming in from J & J........Alan, are you leaving (please say no)?
Hi @dhbookds!
I'm still here
Sorry about the delayed response on this one. Rebecca joined the team this week! We're excited to have her on board, and I am sure she will be posting on the boards as soon as we get her set up. "

When Alan send his farewell message DHbooks responded "I was afraid of this (didn't fool me with that answer).......  Considering the state of this Board when you came, there is no doubt about the fact we all owe you alot for your fairness and even handedness over the years.  You've done alot and done it well.    May the Force be with you in the future."
Alan posted back to him saying"I knew you wouldn't be fooled! The timing of your question was spooky.
Thank you, @dhbookds. Hope you stop by my last Community Chat tomorrow.

Two weeks later Rebecca posted the following...

"You may also be wondering did I shove the previous community leader Alan out the door...? And the answer is no! I actually shamelessly begged him to stay, but he got an amazing opportunity and knew he’d be leaving the community in great shape for the future."

Begged him to stay? What, with a demotion. There is never any honest dialogue out of any of them. Silly wabbits.
 

by: purpleiris

"Silly wabbits."

Hahaha! Thanks for the laugh! =)

by: lancecorp

Surprised me to see so many of the posters who were negative about Ebay wishing him well. Alan had already left the boards to the other guys months ago. He only came in to chastise someone who might be putting up a fight with the boys.

Those who can't see the boards - no big loss. Very little going on and you'd probably spend your time in "discussions" with those who think they know it all and banned again. I've always thought it ironic that posters who are only buyers - and there are a couple of them left - are posting on the Selling Board as if they are experts.

The fact you can't see announcements is the biggest problem and I've questioned upper management about this a few times only to be told people can appeal. Yep to the guy who decided you be kicked off.

by: toolguy

@lancecorp

I was reading the "sellers" board the other night and I saw an old friend, Mr. "C" I couldn't respond to his post but that didn't stop me from sending him a message thru the system. . .

by: purpleiris

@toolguy, I actually tried that once on Etsy. A seller was seeking help with their SEO, so, I sent them a link to my article on my own private business forum. We do no spamming of any kind on my site. It's just a gathering place for sellers to help sellers "navigate the world of eCommerce," as the slogan states.

Would you know, the trolls somehow got wind and told everyone who received what was supposed to be a helpful email to report it as spam. That resulted in the brief shut-down of my ability to send and receive emails. When support saw what they were reporting as spam, they lifted the restriction and suggested I just leave them to their own vices.

Apparently, my posting privileges were reinstated back in March or so (just found out within the past week). Do you think I'm going to hop over there and try to help anyone? Forgetta bout it!

by: sickandtired

Does anyone know where we can find a link to a sample report of what we will get before we are dragged into managed payments?  I can't get any response from calling ebay c/s or find any decent info on the site.
I am a Canadian seller and another wrinkle is that our reports may be different than what my US brothers & sisters may get.
Before we get too deep into this I want to insure that ebay is not going to try a sneaky way to charge more fees than they are entitled to collect.
Canada does not allow the fees to be charged on taxes collected.......ebay can only charge on the item + shipping + handling (if charged).  I want to see a sample of the report to verify they are going to "do the right thing".
Not holding my breath :)
By the way, my sister  works for a large international company whose corporation is registered in South Carolina.  She is in finance and told me the same rule applies there.  Any fee/commissions are not to be charged on sales taxes.
Here is the deal -

by: purpleiris

"Canada does not allow the fees to be charged on taxes collected"...neither does my state; nor does the USPS allow profit to be made on postage (they never have), yet, there they are blatantly breaking laws left and right without any involvement from our lawmakers, much less any repercussions.

by: purpleiris

By the way, my state (along with most others) DOES collect sales tax on shipping. Funny how the government can do what The People can't and the USPS actually belongs to The People...just like the government does.