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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

bucolic_frolic

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5. There are cheaters and scammers

Reply to Marthe48 (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 1, 2023, 07:41 PM

Nov 2023

About once a year I get fleeced. Latest was a guy who claimed damage but tossed the packaging, then disassembled the item. I have doubt it was the same item. But I couldn't prove it. eBay lost to Amazon, and to Etsy and Poshmark. The company is bloated I think with personnel all trying to maintain their place. Nothing is ever simplified.

Yup. Fun while it lasted.

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wow, I went to ebay to think about listing an item -- first one in a couple of years. [View all] Grasswire2 Nov 2023 OP

Sounds like a cut of the deal is where the real money is. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2023 #1

eBay's money is in big ticket sellers and etailers bucolic_frolic Nov 2023 #2

We listed our last thing in 2016 Marthe48 Nov 2023 #4

There are cheaters and scammers bucolic_frolic Nov 2023 #5

We'd look at the ratings and comments Marthe48 Nov 2023 #6

the change might have happened when IRS was hounding little sellers.. Grasswire2 Nov 2023 #3

what about Etsy? Grasswire2 Nov 2023 #7