eBay May Wrest Control of Prices from Sellers

by: FeelingFroggy

Why don't the morons just purchase my inventory and sell it themselves for whatever they want. Weing and company have no idea what a nightmare Ebay is becoming.....To prevent negative experience for the buyer Ebay is coddling, burping and changing diapers for them. All the while they don't worry about the negative experiences of the seller. This is going to be a very rude awakening for them when they realize that all they have left are the large sellers who pay nothing and I guarantee you won't be bullied into price cutting by anyone.

by: thriftyone

Devin in the past has mentioned embracing what made Ebay unique and not trying to be Amazon; to quote him:

"I'd rather have a billion unique items that arrive in three days than a billion commodity items that arrive in an hour," he said. "That's our business and that's why we’re unique."
What a crock of ****

by: sellerchick

How about booting off the Chinese Counterfeiters who CAUSE the price disparity in the first place. So ridiculous to compare "like items" in this market for price disparity. It's Apples and Won Tons!!

by: Snapped

Nobody seems to be getting it yet.  If you want to sell on eBay, give up your labor, your voice, your entrepreneurial identity, your visibility, and half the value of your product, and you too can become an eBay supplier, soon to be compensated at their convenience - IF there's no 'glitch' in both process and system.  

It's all they have left as a desperate hope to undisrupt themselves.  And all you will have left if you haven't left by then.  

by: cfrphoto

eBay does not have useable market data for one of a kind collectible items.

If eBay starts adjusting prices based on "market conditions", buyer demographics or voodoo, buyers will find ways to game the system by repetitive viewing until a low price is offered or opening multiple buying accounts to avoid pricing bias.

by: eXtinctBay

NO WAY IN HADES will I ever let ANYONE change my pricing.

Except three people: ME, I, and MYSELF.

It's my item and MY CHOICE what to sell my merchandise for. PERIOD.

End Of Story........

by: pace306

Giving eBay ANY control over your listings is a receipt for disaster.

As you can tell from the topics Ina has been discussing- eBay has no clue how to grow their marketplace and that should scare EVERYONE.

This idea makes no sence at all and is not needed.

These people are D grade smart.

#ebaysellerscounttoo

by: epuise

Eliminate the Race To The Bottom Chinese Sellers & Strong arm USPS into giving US their discounts... Problems solved.

by: chester

No! Hell no!!  eBay is NOT going to set my prices.

I only have about 25% of the number of listings there than I had 10 years ago, since I've pretty much abandoned eBay as a selling site, but them thinking that they're going to set my prices would result in me pulling the few listings that I have remaining there.

by: Royal Presence

Entirely nuts.  How can they do that?  I haven't been on ebay to buy or sell for about ten years.  Ridiculous that they would be so controlling.

by: BobNJ

I sell collectibles and eBay has no clue what might make one item work $1 while another very similar item might be worth hundreds of dollars. There's no way I would ever let eBay control my pricing. In fact since my category on eBay has fallen apart, new non-collector sellers have stepped in and are trying to sell very common items for ridiculous prices and nothing is selling so none of the knowledgeable collectors even bother looking on eBay any more. A category that used to have thousands of items listed all the time now is lucky to have 300-400 items on eBay.  

by: toolguy

eBay has no idea what my used American made tools are worth!

They ain't made in china. . .

by: Rural artist

I have to laugh at eBay pretending they can compete on the same existence as Amazon: “Hello! Is anybody Home?” Go to Goodwill online. They have no problem selling or charging whatever they want for shipping and handling. And yes the Chinese have graced us with cost savings but  have ( by our government) some unfair advantages.  

by: donald

For me I think is a bad thing. It will attract more fraudulent buyers.  

by: Rural artist

And I also think Ebay does not work for a seller. Take shipping, why are you taking a cut the same tiny (not full negotiated discount, discount they are receiving for volume) you give sellers. Scrap everything you think you know in the late 90ty’s on up and go back. I look constantly for another route to sell on.  

by: LasVagueness

Color me incredulous. How would that work? Say I buy a handbag for $500 and sell it for $650. eBay reprices it for $600 and absorbs the extra $50? That makes no economic sense. What if I price it at $700 or above? How would eBay know my margin? Anyone?

by: DeathFromAbove

"With price adjustment......sellers would receive the same margin as they would on a sale at their full asking price. The discount provided to the buyer would be absorbed by eBay."

Oh, in the beginning I'm sure.

No one will want to sell here any more, because it's like having big brother watching your every move, and it's not even to anyone's advantage. Sellers know their niche and are pretty good at setting prices.  "AI" isn't going to get it done without breaking everything.

Board needs to dump the idiot leader before he puts them in the ground.  Trying to be amazon will never work, you idiot.  Time to veer onto another vector.  This guy is like a toxic privileged landlord, who has no faith in anyone - even the best possible tenant, and demands perfection and complete micro control, where it's IMPOSSIBLE.  eBay didn't get huge by handholding every seller and watching them like the surveillance police.

by: Paul W

As if eBay would have a clue that my dining car plate with two green pinstripes is worth 10 times as much as a similar one with one gold pinstripe.  Or what my profit margin is on either one.

by: CardyChung

eBay has been trying to buy turnover by funding the everything 5% or 10% off for a quite a while.
Letting eBay set the prices for me is fraught with danger. I wouldn't cede control and let someone be in charge of my profitability.
It'd be much better to use an eBay repricer software to dynamically reprice my listings.

by: Marie

@ruralartist

Would you mind being specific.  What carrier rates are you seeing that Ebay is not giving the full discount on that they are suppose to?