posted on December 4, 2006 03:38:15 PM new
pixiamom. I believe he did about 6 months ago. But he used my link and never done any bidding. he just went into his site to check his auctions.
Ebay told me that we are not allowed to bid on auctions of anyone we know. Even if it is genuine. They said that we must arrange for the sellers to do a bin so we can buy immediately. I told them that they should have to suspend at least 20 to 30,000,000 of their registered users.
I also asked them does this mean that it is an offense to deal with people whom we have been dealing with for about 9 years. As some of those people have become friends. They never answered those questions.
[ edited by agate18 on Dec 4, 2006 03:39 PM ]
posted on December 4, 2006 04:24:11 PM new And the moral of the story is...
Don't put all your eggs in the eBay basket....
People often say this when the topic of sudden suspensions comes up, but I can't say I agree.
For one thing, it's a problem hardly unique to eBay. Entrepreneurs in all kinds of fields sometimes find themselves unable to do business for a short period. Does this mean they shouldn't have committed themselves fully to their business? No, it just means that you anticipate the roadblocks and prepare for them.
After having been suspended three times, I now have a fat cash cushion squirreled away because I know very well there might just be a fourth NARU no matter how clean I keep my nose.
Financial experts say you should have three to six months' earnings in your savings account, but I think a careful entrepreneur can get by with one month as long as you never touch it for any lesser purpose. Most wrongfully NARU'd sellers are back in business within two weeks.
posted on December 5, 2006 09:38:33 PM new
Nope, not unique to eBay - but smart to minimize risk through diversification - if one sales outlet is performing poorly or not at all, you still have other outlets available. A mom and pop with a single store is at higher risk in the event of a disaster than a chain with multiple stores in multiple locations that can continue to provide cash flow and absorb some of the risk. It's no different on the internet.
posted on December 5, 2006 10:38:46 PM new
I beg your pardon. It is entirely different on the Internet (big I).
Web sites aren't appropriate for everyone or even for most people. Not every auction venue is suitable for what one sells. There is no eBay equivalent but there sure is a lot of time and effort wasted trying to make one.
Which is not to say there aren't low-tech ways of doing business,
posted on December 15, 2006 01:54:43 PM new
Personally I can't complain on how Yahoo has produced for me this fall.
At work, they dropped eBay and couldn't be happier. There website is kicking butt over what they did on ebay.
To the person who said, "don't put all your eggs in the ebay basket" hit the nail squarely on the head.
Although I can state the original poster made the fatal mistake. You should have never contacted ebay at all. Keep your mouth shut and you could have opened more accounts and ebay would have never known.
