Ebay Issues: (was: IBM on a downward spiral?)

[Sy Ali]

On 5/15/06, phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org <phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > * Some sellers like to hide their $20 "handling" markup.
>
> That borders on dishonesty. You could mention that in your user feedback,
> right? They wouldn't last long with that kind of feedback.

I just watch out for this kind of thing and avoid those sellers.  It
was really annoying to get excited at a well-priced store only to
realise that they're making up for it at the end.. +$8 per item, etc
etc..


> > * Some item descriptions are very vague.  It's also quite annoying to
> > need to ask about shipping policies.
> > * Shipping can add horrific hidden costs.
>
> Yeah, you have to be very careful to nail that down. Caveat Empor still
> applies.

For sure.  I like tracking down locals, or at least people in Canada
for most things.. but I'm quite an impulse-buyer.


> The USPS and Cdn Post must be enjoying a surge of business because of
> Ebay. Canada Post has recently set up a special deal for Ebay customers.

That's cool.  I wish more people would just use regular post.. but
people like do use Fedex etc for their tracking.  Isn't there a
tracking mechanism from USPS through to Canada Post?


> > * Even a repitable seller (store) can suddenly clam up, fail to ship
> > for no reason, lie in emails and force a paypal refund.
>
> True, but is this common?

Thanksfully not.  It bit me the one time, and it was quite ruffling..
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