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Re: eBay changed how sellers get paid « Reply #15 on: May 14, 2021, 11:09:09 AM » Author: xmaslightguy
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Update your account details by 31 May 2021, or your ability to create and edit listings will be disabled.
I have a message like this from eBay as well (except its May 28).
I'll be canceling the items I have listed...as soon as I figure out how to do it!

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Said and done^
To hell with eBay as far as a place to sell stuff.

 ..now the hard part: trying to find somewhere else that's worth a damn .LOL.
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Re: eBay changed how sellers get paid « Reply #16 on: May 15, 2021, 09:36:00 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
For what it's worth , I got an offer from a private offer from a seller who is looking to liquidate their stock as they are leaving eBay ! GEE , I wonder why !!  :wndr:
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Re: eBay changed how sellers get paid « Reply #17 on: May 15, 2021, 11:19:04 PM » Author: Bulbman256
For what it's worth , I got an offer from a private offer from a seller who is looking to liquidate their stock as they are leaving eBay ! GEE , I wonder why !!  :wndr:

Hmmmmmmmm..... :wndr: :wndr: :wndr: :mrg: :lol:
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Re: eBay changed how sellers get paid « Reply #18 on: May 16, 2021, 08:37:47 AM » Author: sox35
For what it's worth , I got an offer from a private offer from a seller who is looking to liquidate their stock as they are leaving eBay ! GEE , I wonder why !!  :wndr:
No wondering about it. They'll be haemorrhaging anybody but the cheap crap importers and the really big businesses hand over fist here. eBay is doomed.
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Re: eBay changed how sellers get paid « Reply #19 on: May 17, 2021, 12:45:22 AM » Author: takemorepills
I think this is just in the EU or UK, but it seems now eBay will allow outside agencies to take down auction listings that violate "safety"

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57021383

I could see this being used against collectibles, as anything without a current safety mark could very likely be a candidate for removal.

I have heard in some countries, sellers can't knowingly sell old stuff like Christmas light sets, vintage lamps, vintage electrical appliances, etc, without cutting off the power cord(s) to "disable" them, as they are "unsafe".

Thank goodness Big Brother is keeping y'all safe!
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Re: eBay changed how sellers get paid « Reply #20 on: May 17, 2021, 08:01:47 AM » Author: sox35
Thank goodness Big Brother is keeping y'all safe!
I can't see this power being used against collectibles, it's more intended for the crap we've all seen listed on eBay. An awful lot of it is downright lethal. See one of Big Clive's videos on a so-called travel adaptor here. The sooner this sort of thing is removed from the market, the better.
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Re: eBay changed how sellers get paid « Reply #21 on: May 18, 2021, 06:22:58 AM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
Does this mean the end of buying vintage lamps and fixtures off ebay?
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Re: eBay changed how sellers get paid « Reply #22 on: May 18, 2021, 08:15:42 AM » Author: sox35
Does this mean the end of buying vintage lamps and fixtures off ebay?
Not necessarily, but I'm willing to bet that most small private sellers will be leaving eBay in droves  :-\
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