Ebay limits sellers and is kicking sellers off site - Page 2

Very interesting stuff going on here. I will be trying to find more info on this mess since I was getting ready to start ramping things up a bit.

I have had 4 cases opened in the last month oddly enough. The first was an item that shipped small flat rate box. For some reason it was stuck at one post office for 8 days. It took 2 weeks for the item to get to my buyer.
The next day it arrived and all was good.

2nd was an item that the buyer claims was an empty box. I figured for sure that this one I was going to eat. It too was a small flat rate box so was insured for $50. I filed a claim with the post office and low and behold 3 days later, they confirmed and sent me a check. I was flabbergasted and immediately refunded the buyers money. Incidentally, the item sold for $35 with free shipping. I filed the claim for $35 and my check was for $40.15 the cost of the item and the cost of the shipping.

3rd was a case that came through paypal. The buyer claimed that they never got the item. I looked up the item and it said that the buyer was no longer a registered ebayer. I went through all of the hoops to file with paypal and the next day I got a message that the case was closed and decided in my favor. The item had shown delivered and all of that good stuff in the tracking. Looking at that person's account, they bought over 600 items in a one month period and never left feedback at all. I am wondering why this could have gone this far to the point she was able to make a claim through paypal. They are the same company.

4th case just came tonight. Yet another small flat rate box item. I shipped it on October 4th. Today is November the 1st and the item is yet to be received. It is all in the tracking. The buyer is in the same state as I am for crying out loud. It has not been seen for 20 days or more. I have once again opened a claim with the post office. This time the item sold was $55 with free shipping, so I could only ask for $50. We will see if they send me a check for $55.15.

In these cases it is of the utmost importance to have a constant flow of communication with the buyer.



Why did I list out all of these problems? Seemed like the right place since others were sharing some of their experiences with E-bay. I have been having problems as well, but mine have all been from the post office. The post office is getting increasingly inefficient, and it is going to start costing me business or my reputation.

PTS. Sorry to hear that they singled you out for some reason. I have no idea what it may be. You aren't hitting those limits are you? Even if you aren't it just sucks that they hit you with them. And odd. I know you take your business on E-bay seriously.

I agree with what others have stated about it is time for some competition. Amazon and etsy can only do so much. They have niche markets at best.

Post office and Fed Ex are really your only options and they do not handle the packages well........This costs Ebay sellers millions of dollars each year........I try to test the items to the best of my ability and describe the item but when the PO or Fed Ex gets ahold of it you just pray that it gets there in one piece...........Oh well Good Luck to all

My PO usually does a good job, very quick shipping. However, I have had a couple of things, I had a smaller item I ship in a standard envelope that supposedly did not arrive. No tracking # so I gave the buyer the benefit of the doubt and shipped another. Nuther time I got back a box with a metal switchbox I had sold, It must have gotten caught in a conveyer belt cause when I got it, box and switch was smashed flatter than a fritter. Refunded that one.
Last one was a buyer that filed a claim without contacting me even once. Not as advertised, but I had to message the dufas 3 times to tell them to ship it back before I refund. That's right in the listing. I reported that buyer for not communicating with me before filing the claim. Ebay probably did not do anything but it made me feel better.

Like Hypoman would say, I should have punched them in the face, you older members know what I'm talking about.

The 14 Day Money Back is one of the requirements that Ebay has to be a Preferred and or Power Seller and since it is a decent discount on fee's it's worth it to me. Hundreds of transactions so far on a wide range of products with no disputes...knock on wood. As they say...It's not a matter of if but when.

I just got my limits increased to 600 items and $15k. I have never hit the $15k limit but the month of october I sold 215 items. SO they put a limit on me that I had all ready blown past. The sad thing is the item limit is for sold and total items listed. So you all know I sell those blue dell hard drive trays on ebay. Well I have over 100 of them. So if I post a single auction with available quantity of 100 that would take half of my limit for the month at 200 limit. I should be able to operate normal now that my limit is 600 items. When they sent me the email about limiting me to 200 my current listing was 560 items. We will see how it goes.

Let us know how it works out. Mike

[QUOTE= Also something I have yet to do which is have my paypal associated with a separate bank account from my household account. I think I need to do this very soon. I can't have ebay dipping into my other funds. Mike.[/QUOTE]

Do it quickly Mike.

And HOW long have you guys heard me calling it Evilbay?

It varies hgow many i sell a month. I sold 5 this weekend.