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Post by val2525 on Dec 6, 2015 20:13:27 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2015 20:50:15 GMT
Great - that's just what we need.
The best thing buyers can do is vote with their wallet. Limit searches to US only, pay attention to item location, feedback, shipping location, etc. If you do get duped by a Chinese seller listing as US based - complain,note it in feedback, something.
I'm not xenophobic in the least, but the cheap, low quality, knock-offs, etc. coming from Chinese sellers is unbelievable. While I'm sure there are some good Chinese sellers, it's impossible to tell anymore.
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Post by Shirley U Geste on Dec 6, 2015 20:57:32 GMT
If this is what ebay really wants then they should just sell out to Allibaba and be done with it.
And yes I know that would totally kill off the US sellers but all this is the start of a slow death anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2015 21:03:29 GMT
The feeling of powerlessness. That there isn't anything we can do about it. Maybe at least those of us in this group can do as above--what shophippy says.
So far we can usually tell if something is coming from China, but not always. I would even spread it all over the ebay discussion boards where the newbies hang out. Buy from honest US sellers, not from the Chinese competitors and you will be better off.
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Post by RetroMonde on Dec 7, 2015 2:36:36 GMT
The last few times I logged into Paypal I got an ad saying, "Save 2.5% on your inventory. Explore our Global Supplier Directory to find trusted suppliers in China. Receive a 2.5% rebate when you source from select sellers". I took a screen shot of it cause I was sort of appalled by the suggestion but I can't seem to make links work anymore.
So eBay & Paypal are convinced that we're gonna buy cheap Chinese crap either as buyers OR as sellers, like it or not. I didn't know they were building warehouses to store Chinese inventory in the US; that's pretty devious. And how can they say they're trying to combat counterfeits while they're encouraging knock-offs? This is just all wrong... hope karma bites them hard!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2015 2:41:25 GMT
Great - that's just what we need. The best thing buyers can do is vote with their wallet. Limit searches to US only, pay attention to item location, feedback, shipping location, etc. If you do get duped by a Chinese seller listing as US based - complain,note it in feedback, something. I'm not xenophobic in the least, but the cheap, low quality, knock-offs, etc. coming from Chinese sellers is unbelievable. While I'm sure there are some good Chinese sellers, it's impossible to tell anymore. I limit to North America. I hate wading through the China carp. |
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Post by val2525 on Dec 7, 2015 2:47:23 GMT
I limit to US. Then I'll expand to North America to check Canadian listings if I don't find it with a US seller.
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Post by kritter on Dec 7, 2015 2:48:46 GMT
I limit to United States too but some of those Chinese sellers are putting in a U.S. town in their Item Location like that is really their location.
You can tell by the feedback when some of their buyers mention it taking so long to arrive and they didn't know it was coming from China.
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Post by val2525 on Dec 7, 2015 3:11:55 GMT
The ESL language in the listings give it away a lot of times too.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2015 6:26:27 GMT
I haven't read the article (yet), but I did come across a real Chinese seller anomaly yesterday... link Quality goods and great feedback. |
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Post by unknown on Dec 7, 2015 10:14:19 GMT
I absolutely LOVE this comment on the article
"Unfortunately you have to buy items that the Chinese can't duplicate. Many of them don't sell the designer name brands like Polo or Urban Outfitters, Free People, H&M. They don't sell Black&Decker. Name brands still have value among buyers."
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Post by staytuned on Dec 7, 2015 16:21:07 GMT
I gave Wenig the benefit of the doubt until I read the article this morning. It tells me he's out for the quick money before ebay is either sold or sinks beyond redemption. He's just another overpaid, overcompensated CEO who has no conscience, no morals and no ethics what he's doing to small US sellers who depend on the income to survive. He obviously doesn't care flooding ebay with even more cheap Chinese junk is going to lose more buyers as well as sellers he talked about helping when he took over. Wenig has shown his talk is as cheap as the Chinese crap sold on ebay. Shame on him.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2015 21:43:06 GMT
I just posted a response on ebay's facebook page. We'll see if they keep it up.
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Post by val2525 on Dec 8, 2015 2:21:18 GMT
I gave Wenig the benefit of the doubt until I read the article this morning. It tells me he's out for the quick money before ebay is either sold or sinks beyond redemption. He's just another overpaid, overcompensated CEO who has no conscience, no morals and no ethics what he's doing to small US sellers who depend on the income to survive. He obviously doesn't care flooding ebay with even more cheap Chinese junk is going to lose more buyers as well as sellers he talked about helping when he took over. Wenig has shown his talk is as cheap as the Chinese crap sold on ebay. Shame on him. ^^^THISI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ITA!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really thought Wenig would be different, that he "got" eBay. Very disapointed to find out he'd rather bow down to Wall Street. |
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Post by val2525 on Dec 8, 2015 2:23:32 GMT
The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service sets policy, procedure, and postal rates for services rendered, and has a similar role to a corporate board of directors.
Interesting comment. And I wonder - maybe I should start a Change.org petition and see just how many signatures I can get, demanding the cheap postage agreement be revoked.
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