Many former eBay sellers have chosen this day to pull a massive prank on eBay. They’re moving or have moved all their listings elsewhere. You can read the details on the Facebook Page for April Fool’s Day Off From Corporate Greed. Those with too few listings to export them automatically have either just let their listings [...]
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April Fool’s Day Off From eBay
April 1, 2011
eBay’s New Fees Are Legal, Albeit Shady
March 19, 2011
I got an answer from the USPS, and they say it’s an eBay matter: I understand you are frustrated with the fees you are going to be charged when using eBay’s services. I apologize for the inconvenience, however, we do not have anything to do with, nor have any control over what eBay chooses to [...]
The USPS Has Apparently Been Lied To By eBay
March 18, 2011
The United States Postal Service is apparently unclear about what it is that eBay is planning to do. They think that eBay is charging a fee on the shipping through their discounted sponsor shipping services. They don’t understand that eBay is charging a fee based on the total amount of sales, not a fee for [...]
Requested Legal Clarification for eBay’s New Shipping Surcharge
March 16, 2011
I’ve written to the U.S. postal service about eBay charging fees for shipping, but doing nothing to earn them. The case number is HQ104683613. I encourage others to write them too, and if there are any lawyers or postal workers who could clear things up, please comment.
Oh and one more thing: eBay Product Search is Rigged
March 16, 2011
Since eBay is probably going to die, I might as well let the cat out of the bag. eBay’s product search is rigged. So that you can replicate my results and see it for yourself, I’ll tell you how I figured it out. If you’ve been wondering why on such a big site with so [...]
eBay Plans to Charge Final Value Fees for Shipping Costs
March 16, 2011
In an announcement about changes to their fee structure coming in April, eBay has posted that they’re going to now count shipping costs towards the final value fee. This means that if you win something for $0.99 that costs $2.00 to ship, instead of taking a fee off the 99 cents, they’re going to take [...]
Taking Back eBay: Promoting Your Listings
January 17, 2011
In an attempt to take back eBay as a good place to find hand made, artist and collective sold goods, I’m going to make a few posts on how to promote your eBay listings. There’s plenty out there already, but much of it is outdated and/or geared for high volume sellers. My posts are going [...]
eBay Losing Artists, Gaining Sweatshops
January 11, 2011
As a long time eBay shopper and seller, it pains me to say that artists and makers of hand made crafts are leaving eBay in droves. Some aren’t even giving it a chance. The reason is the fees and the competition with mass produced goods. I personally still like eBay for some things. I’m able [...]
WordPress.com Is Malfunctioning
June 1, 2010
It’s not completely down, but it’s malfuctioning. I don’t know why it is, and can’t find any news on it yet. If anyone knows what happened, feel free to comment. In the meantime, I’ve been considering possible solutions. WordPress.com and other large, high traffic sites are often targets for spammers and other nasties that less [...]
Amazon.com Drops Colorado
March 10, 2010
Because of new laws that require that purchases made through affiliates who reside in Colorado have to include sales tax, Amazon.com has deactivated their affiliates from that state. So now, Colorado joins North Carolina and Rhode Island on what’s basically an affiliate blacklist. This means a massive loss of income for many webmasters unless they [...]
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