EBay’s Workshop On The New Policies

Well, that was a total waste of my (and most of the other participants’) time. The fellow who was supposed to be answering questions didn’t show up until 9 minutes past the hour, and then he must have been overwhelmed with the questions, because it took a good long time after that to start seeing his responses - or non-responses, I should say.

 The beginning statement was that the policy is a done deal, so there’d be no further discussion of that. Most of the rest of the replies were restatements of what they have listed as policy - not really clear, but I’ve pretty much decided that I’m staying away from ads, at least until I see there are clear guidelines and some rational use for them. I just don’t see much of a service in a potential customer needing to email me to get information on the product, especially when I’m paying a fee for an ad that should include the necessary information. Oh well…

There were many questions about the sellers who are still listing their items for digital delivery, although I am seeing fewer and fewer of those. I don’t really want to be a narc, but if I’m forced to charge more for my product because of the cost of putting it on a CD and into a mail container, it just isn’t fair. I don’t plan to spend a great deal of time at it, but since doing research on how stuff is listed and how much it’s selling for is a part of what I see as good business practice, I am going to attempt to let eBay know about improper listings. This, though, has its own challenge, as eBay hasn’t changed the categories in reporting abuse.

It still seems kind of odd to me that they’d implement these policies waaaay before they’re ready to deal themselves with the changes. But sellers are supposed to suck it up and adapt in minutes.

Must be in a cranky mood. Sorry about the rant. I think it’s best that I go back to getting products ready to list for the weekend.

 Best to you.