I still don't understand why eBay hasn't leveraged eBay, Skype and Paypal into something like WeChat.
The untold origin story of eBay that I lived (2018)
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Re: The untold origin story of eBay that I lived (2018)
#32It’s funny how Amazon feared eBay, and then failed to beat them — in 1999. But when I worked at eBay in 2003, they had the mailroom put a sticker on every amazon box that said “Next time get it on eBay!” And now the tide is swinging back a bit as people get fed up with fakes and commingling at Amazon. At least with eBay you know the product you’re getting is actually from the seller you bought it from.
At least with eBay you know the product you’re getting is actually from the seller you bought it from. The likelihood is generally higher, but I've received drop-shipped items from eBay that come directly from Amazon & Walmart warehouses. Took me by surprise at first, but it was still the lowest available price. Unsure if they are still cracking down on that. eBay has always been fantastic for used/refurbished electr…
that's usually a seller that has Walmart or Amazon fulfilling all of their orders and has multiple storefronts connected to that fulfillment program. Shopify is one, but there are many others i don't know about. I've been looking into it to resell some small parts in small quantities. just bag and tag them with an SKU that matches what you give Amazon, and they will pack and ship it for you.
Re: The untold origin story of eBay that I lived (2018)
#33I still don't understand why eBay hasn't leveraged eBay, Skype and Paypal into something like WeChat.
Microsoft bought Skype, and Paypal is independent now.
Re: The untold origin story of eBay that I lived (2018)
#34It’s funny how Amazon feared eBay, and then failed to beat them — in 1999. But when I worked at eBay in 2003, they had the mailroom put a sticker on every amazon box that said “Next time get it on eBay!” And now the tide is swinging back a bit as people get fed up with fakes and commingling at Amazon. At least with eBay you know the product you’re getting is actually from the seller you bought it from.
At least with eBay you know the product you’re getting is actually from the seller you bought it from. The likelihood is generally higher, but I've received drop-shipped items from eBay that come directly from Amazon & Walmart warehouses. Took me by surprise at first, but it was still the lowest available price. Unsure if they are still cracking down on that. eBay has always been fantastic for used/refurbished electr…
> At least with eBay you know the product you’re getting is actually from the seller you bought it from.
> The likelihood is generally higher, but I've received drop-shipped items from eBay that come directly from Amazon & Walmart warehouses. Took me by surprise at first, but it was still the lowest available price. Unsure if they are still cracking down on that.
> eBay has always been fantastic for used/refurbished electronics compared to anything else.
This is a method used to cash out stolen credit cards as well. Buy the item with a stolen card and ship to the unwitting purchaser. This is why they can afford to sell at a perceived loss.
Re: The untold origin story of eBay that I lived (2018)
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
On Amazon, you don't know which seller's goods are being shipped to you, if it's "fulfilled by Amazon" or from Amazon directly. So if two sellers are selling the same item, with the same exact SKU, and both send their inventory to Amazon to be warehoused and shipped, Amazon will happily send you either seller's item, depending on which is more convenient to send. (Perhaps seller A's stuff is in a warehouse closer to…
> seller A was powerless to stop it They could select the "Amazon barcode" option (instead of the default "Manufacturer barcode") under "Barcode preference" which prevents commingling (but requires the seller to apply seller-specific barcode labels to all units).
Had no idea this was possible. I wonder if some more judicious process to make it easier for sellers to use this could stamp out the issue at the source.
Re: The untold origin story of eBay that I lived (2018)
#36I thought the guy built it for his wife to sell pez dispensers? I seem to remember hearing that 20 years ago.
That story was invented by a PR agent to pitch eBay to the press.
And the press is not in the journalism business so no one bothered to ask around. Their job is to publish the PR apparently.
Re: The untold origin story of eBay that I lived (2018)
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
At least with eBay you know the product you’re getting is actually from the seller you bought it from. The likelihood is generally higher, but I've received drop-shipped items from eBay that come directly from Amazon & Walmart warehouses. Took me by surprise at first, but it was still the lowest available price. Unsure if they are still cracking down on that. eBay has always been fantastic for used/refurbished electr…
> At least with eBay you know the product you’re getting is actually from the seller you bought it from. > The likelihood is generally higher, but I've received drop-shipped items from eBay that come directly from Amazon & Walmart warehouses. Took me by surprise at first, but it was still the lowest available price. Unsure if they are still cracking down on that. > eBay has always been fantastic for used/refurbished…
>This is a method used to cash out stolen credit cards as well. Buy the item with a stolen card and ship to the unwitting purchaser. This is why they can afford to sell at a perceived loss.
Also a method used to make a few % margin on a discount code. Amazon and Walmart don't give out re-usable flat X% discount codes (AFAIK) though so that isn't the case for when something is drop shipped from those sellers.
But yes, this is a common method used to liquidate stolen CCs info.
Re: The untold origin story of eBay that I lived (2018)
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was under the impression amazon does not commingle it’s own inventory with FBA inventory. Is that false?
This is false based on my impressions which were based on twitter / medium outcries for help type messages confirming this.
I am unable to parse that sentence.
Re: The untold origin story of eBay that I lived (2018)
#39<3 portmasters
Re: The untold origin story of eBay that I lived (2018)
#40I wish ebay wasn't so buggy. Mysterious failures, absent error messages-- both as a buyer and seller.
Aliexpress has much better software in my experience. :(