[July,16] Buy.com deal with eBay angers sellers

[Aurion]

The golden era of the small seller on eBay, hawking gewgaws and knickknacks from the basement or garage, is coming to a noisy and ignominious end.

Consumers appear to be tiring of online auctions, and rivals such as Amazon.com are attracting more shoppers with fixed-price listings, while eBay has been struggling for growth. To shift toward that model, eBay has struck a deal with the Web retailer Buy.com that enables the company to sell millions of books, DVDs, electronics, and other items on eBay without paying the full complement of eBay fees.

The recent change is one of several under eBay's new chief, John Donahoe, that is stirring rancor among the faithful who depend on the site for their livelihood. The deal with Buy.com has added more than 5 million fixed-price listings to eBay.com since the beginning of the year--for items from Xbox 360 video game consoles to Weber grills.

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Buy.com deal with eBay angers sellers - CNET News.com (http://news.cnet.com/Buy.com-deal-with-eBay-angers-sellers/2100-1038_3-6243654.html?tag=cd.top)

[zatoicchi]

with the exorbitant fees that ebay is charging , im not surprised that this is happening

[anon]

they think they can charge every time more and more just because they are EBAY, and their members won't say a thing, but in the end it's the customers that decide what they can do :wink:

[zatoicchi]

but in the end it's the customers that decide what they can do

absolutely most of the ebay customers are unhappy with their business practices, their heads are getting too big

[Aurion]

CHO !! this is actually what large organizations do to Capitalize Customers demands !! Just ask for more charges to provide fake service (as offered in Pronounces)

[anon]

Just ask for more charges to provide fake service (as offered in Pronounces)

sometimes the services aren't fake, but not worth the extra money. so we're at the same end :tongue: