Please see the message by sick_of_ebay
That's me.
I am ready willing and able to join forces to put these greedy b*ast*ards in their place. I had been notified of a class action lawsuit that took place about a year ago, recently I was told Iwould be getting a settlement but have not seen one dime of it nor do I know how much I was supposed to get.
My drama with ebay continues, now due to some bullsh*t (pardon my Italian, I am VERY ANGRY RIGHT NOW) PayPal has now "restricted" both of my PayPal accounts. I have over $200 locked up in there, I can not print postage and yet part of their requirement to get unrestricted is to provide proof that these items (which were paid for just 24 hours before the lock down on my account-during a week end no less) were mailed. I called these people on the phone at PayPal and they obviously got their training from the great eBay school of ignorance because they were just as helpful as the customer service @ Feebay. ZILCH.
I can be reached at patti54@centurytel.net if you need further information.
Oh and another thing, they cancelled one of my auctions because I was describing a leather vest that had a patch on it that said I SURVIVED SHIT CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE. The voice onthe phone said that profanity is not allowed. Gee, this from a site that sells SEX TOYS?
And what is up with these MYSTERY Envelopes that are selling for big bucks? I say that ebay is behind that to get us suckers to list ridiculous items so they can make their fee. For heavens sake one auction shows a baby picking his nose and what you win is a tiny envelope with a surprise. I am not kidding look up item Item number: 5606174122
I figured something out yesterday that I think will make people think twice about selling on ebay:
Let's say you list something for 19.99
it costs you 1.05 to list it
1.05 final value fee
the buyer pays you by Paypal, so now you are charged a percent of the TOTAL which means they are getting a fee on the shipping costs
Let's say the shipping is $11.90 and the person wants insurance, you are charged a percent on that insurance too!
So now PayPal takes $1.26
So it has cost you $3.36 to sell one item for less than $20
Let's say you sell 100 items at that price this month
Your ebay and PayPal fees are $336.00
That's a lot of money.
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