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Here's what I don't get. Why do a price match guarantee? Why not just price your items lower? Or do a "match" where you guarantee every item for 10 cents cheaper than your competitors?
No? I'll stick to Amazon then.
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I don't agree. As a buyer I have never had a problem they did not settle to my satisfaction. I did make sure in each case to have my facts in order. I tend to buy mostly antiques, glass and china, and have had three bad purchases which were fraudulent in some manner. This out of nearly three hundred purchases. I also purchase consumer items like batteries, dog toys, beef jerky, a DJI drone, and whatnot off the site.…
As a buyer you're more than protected. As a seller, I'm exposed for 30 days, because you can, for any reason, choose to return the item with a full refund, and just say it doesn't work. Ebay does not take evidence from the seller that this patently untrue. I've been burned twice this way and lost hundreds trying to sell two laptops.
He said you're asking to get screwed unless you list serial numbers and have photo proof of functionality and mention it in your listing.
In the hundreds of transactions conducted by the university club I was a part of (we sold IT stuff that went missing on its way to the dumpster). Based on his advice we generated packing lists that included the device serial, tests performed, by who, when and screenshots. We never had a problem. Our biggest worry was the accuracy of the fish scale we used to weigh shipments.
There's people out there who make a business out of buying stuff from sellers who are far away, claim warranty and then resell the working item.
What I don't get about eBay is they found initial success in being an auction site then they almost immediately decided they wanted to be an online retailer instead. Why not just be the best auction site you can be rather than be yet another Amazon wannabe? Interestingly Amazon has done the same thing except they want to be Google (Android) and Netflix (content bundling with Prime). I get the desire to grow but hones…
> What I don't get about eBay is they found initial success in being an auction site then they almost immediately decided they wanted to be an online retailer instead. Why not just be the best auction site you can be rather than be yet another Amazon wannabe? I recently read a book [0] that outlined some of the reasons why that happened. Two of the main reasons outlined were: (1) As more and more people started selli…
Finally, get paypal scammed at competitive prices! :)
Do you have any examples? I use PayPal (even on Chinese sites) for many years -- never have been scammed yet.
Doesn't seem to impact buyers often.
Are they seriously expecting anyone to put effort and wait just to buy something from their place? Granted, I hate how Amazon doesn't support Paypal, but last I recall ebay doesn't do 1-day shipping, let alone 1-day replacement when opening an RMA.
Besides, they don't even actually lower the price to match the competitor, they just give you a one-time coupon with the difference. They're not even trying.
PRO TIP eBay: people don't use your site not because of prices but because you are a horrible company to deal with.
https://medium.com/@datafacts/why-ebay-is-allowing-e-cigaret...
What I don't get about eBay is they found initial success in being an auction site then they almost immediately decided they wanted to be an online retailer instead. Why not just be the best auction site you can be rather than be yet another Amazon wannabe? Interestingly Amazon has done the same thing except they want to be Google (Android) and Netflix (content bundling with Prime). I get the desire to grow but hones…
> rather than be yet another Amazon wannabe Amusingly, seeing eBay's profitability early on, Amazon tried to build on an eBay wannabe product and failed miserably at auctions. eBay has had the segment to itself ever since. Why didn't Amazon solely focus on being the best retailer it could be, instead of pursuing a foray into auctions? They couldn't help themselves, they saw the $$$ eBay was earning, as Bezos did with…
Why would i go through all that work for just a match? If I'm only going to get the same price, I'm buying from Amazon/Walmart where I dont have to 1) contact someone, nor get the difference as a "coupon".
But I don't buy on Amazon only because of price. I buy for 2-day shipping, peace of mind on returns, and a consistent experience across the app and website.