Pros and Cons of eBay's Pilot Fulfillment Program

by: geoffreymason

I doubt that ebay will be around long enough to fully implement this program. For myself, I almost always ship within 24 hours with no problem; 48 on the outside. Since ebay can't do anything else right, who would trust them with fulfillment?

by: sasikat9

The real winners are going to be the sellers who keep this so called program as far away from their store as possible.

by: angryllama

CAUTION !     Punji Sticks directly ahead.  Followed by Bear Traps.  and  Finally Tiger Trap/Pits for those LUCKY FEW who made it past the first two.  Letting EBAY do anything at ALL for me is out of the question given that they cannot successfully so much reliably SHOW my 1,437 GTC listings in my PREMIUM LEVEL eBay "store".  Sheesh.  How many morons do they think they have sitting around just mindlessly Grabbing at the Bait setting themselves up to get DONE, DONE AGAIN, and then finally ReDONE by eBay yet again?

by: notfunanymore

Lol. I like the comments so far. At least there’s hope that sellers understand that eBay can’t do ANYTHING right. They simply want to control every single aspect of every single thing you do on their collapsing platform.  

by: iheartjacksparrow

I'd be terrified if eBay was fulfilling my orders. They can barely keep the site running, yet I would have to hope they would send the right item to the right person? I foresee a massive number of the wrong items being mailed out. And the "Support, Protection, and More": you already know there's no support or protection on eBay, so what hope is there that things will be better if eBay is fulfilling.

by: notfunanymore

@iheartjacksparrow who gets dinged if the wrong items are shipped? Who’s responsible for everything that WILL go wrong? This is a recipe for destruction. I love how they push the whole “partner” angle.. they definitely play on the stupidity of people. It’s unbelievable to me

by: toolguy

@geoffreymason

"I doubt that ebay will be around long enough to fully implement this program."

eBay's been around for over 20 years!

I expect them to have 20 more. . . .

by: quirkyantiques

And I'm sure Ebay is doing this for free-right? Look at the massive costs increase for buyers when they buy from sellers that are just using the Ebay Global shipping program. Now imagine if you let Ebay knuckleheads come get your stuff-pack it and ship it.

by: pace306

eBay wants you to join "the program" but the page has ZERO details - not a one.

All you can do is "schedule" some kind of call.

OBVIOUSLY, eBay is afraid to explain how it works, whos responsible for what and what the costs are!

If they werent - why would there be so many SECRETS

Its like eBaypay - why the games? why the shenanigans?????

Can any of eBay crooked lawyers make an announcement on what the details are? or are they too busy hiding?

by: The End

I've been around since before the Beatles.
I see all this online nonsense shooting itself in the foot and giving birth to the resurgence of Brick and Mortar stores.
I want to have a place near by to go for a ride to get stuff.
Toys, Housewares, Sporting Goods, bath supplies....
I don't want to wait Days for stuff.
I like listening to great music while driving to Point B to get stuff.
If good old fashioned shopping, and other business was available locally, we could save THOUSANDS of dollars eliminating "online".
Online is for people who don't want to expose themselves to real life.
Or speak to strangers.
Very anti social.

by: geoffreymason

PACE: No, the ebay lawyers can't reveal the details -- because they haven't figured them out yet!

TOOL: If ebay lasts, it will have to be in a radically different form; it will be unrecognizable to us. In any event, we will all be gone. Don't take it too hard.

by: Snapped

''You Sell It.
Our Partners Do the Rest.''

Uh huh.  So here's a question.  If eBay is limiting - in some cases deciding upon - listing style, technique, content and method choice details, and YOU can't control who sees it and when (or even IF), and YOU won't (soon enough) even SEE a penny of the sale proceeds until eBay deems you worthy of receiving whatever THEY see fit to release, whenever THEY decide that to be....  Moreover, if eBay themselves have declared the buyer to be THEIR customer....

Just exacly what part of ''You Sell It'' applies here?  Except for the part where YOU are doing all the sourcing and listing WORK of course.  

eBay wants to be the ''Tom Sawyer'' of eCommerce, and want YOU to pay for the privelege of grabbing a brush and whitewashing their fence.  

by: TomH

Quote: eBay wants to be the ''Tom Sawyer'' of eCommerce, and want YOU to pay for the privelege of grabbing a brush and whitewashing their fence.  

Very nicely put and fairly well explains it all in regards to eBay and ''its sellers''.

by: NoMoreEbay

I'll join as long as I can list everything on half.com...

by: iheartjacksparrow

toolguy writes: "eBay's been around for over 20 years! I expect them to have 20 more. . . . "

Remember when that analyst said eBay would only last another five years? Well, eBay is now at four years and counting down.  

by: DeathFromAbove

ere's even more benefits.
Reduced Shipping Rates*
You get variable rates depending on the product's size and weight.

Why aren't they passing this along NOW?  Prices will drop across the site, and sales will increase right?  Won't they make more money without having to lift a single finger?  Instead it makes sense to try and do everything amazon ever did with the last dying breath?  patchwork together some unreliable "partners" to do the same thing every single business-level ebay seller can already do with their eyes closed and hands tied behind their back?  What's next?  Cloud computing?  eBay Video?

by: BargainzBabylon

Well, they've got the marketing spiel down - only problem is that they seemed to have forgotten how to get there.  

by: Chicago48

UPS also offers a FBA fullfillment setup.  There are several "FBA" fullment centers - UPS, Fulfillment Works, many centers.  It's possible EB is using one of those centers, whereas the regular seller can do the same.  Just send your stuff to a fulfillment center.   You don't need EB or AMZ.  

by: eBaySince2006

I've been selling since 2006 (as my username states). I remember back in 2006 when I told people I sold on eBay their eyes lit up and they would say "I love eBay!"
Now I tell people I sell on eBay and they say "I used to love eBay but now I can't ever find what I want."
My wife and kids also refuse to shop on eBay because it takes too long to find what they want. They'll spend about an hour browsing the other site but won't even spend a minute on eBay because the search is so frustrating.  

by: Paul W

Just another step in the hiding of our customers from us.  Already eBay has made it difficult to contact buyers other than by eBay message in order to limit off-site sales.  FBE makes contact impossible.  And makes eBay even more impersonal than it already is.  Forget about repeat customers--they won't have any idea who you are.