The restriction/Limitation for listing is real and if you are below standard seller for 2 months in a row they will hand down a 75% limitation on quantity of listings open sales and closed sales…This percentage is based off of who knows what and is actually 1/2 of what we currently have listed and 1/4 of what weve had on in recent months…In effect this limitation has restricted from listing anything new or relisting unsold items for at least 2 weeks easily more… To be under limitation in all 3 (Quantity open and closed sales) while we wait for auctions to end and then do not know what will happen with the next evaluation….
It amazes me that a 98.8 positive seller with above 4.8 DSRS in each category is completely stopped from listing in septmeber for being above 2.00 % in May in Jun….Many people have seen it coming I guess But there needs to be a rebalance between sellers and buyers in this “community” They are placing restrictions on some of the better/best sellers not weeding out the problem trading partners..And not increasing their bottom line .Someone on Wall Street or wherever they will listen talk some sense into these people…

So let’s get it together and baby step a couple other sites, OR BEG GOOGLE http://www.google.com/contact/ (en mass, please) to start their long awaited auction.

‘Cause by April we are ALL history.

And if you’re smart? You’ll be find your competition with searches, and blocking them ALL. They will be masking the IDs until the auction closes very soon.

The star system is NOT fully explained, I’ve had buyers give 1 star when there was NOTHING wrong with the transaction, and they said: “Thank you! Item just as described, Fast shipping!” (direct quote)

So it’s TIME, appears they are getting ready to close up, and if you still want to work from home, you WILL get your ducks (no pun intended) in a row, and sign up to a few other sites, see which one works, so you have a history by APRIL.

They did warn you, with 8 months notice!!

Quite frankly if the only sellers who will still be there in April are buy and the other diamonds whose numbers are artifically manipulated, what incentive is there for a buyer??

Bad news for all of us who used to love this site before the JD disaster.

BTW for everyone who doesn’t get it:

EBAY IS NOT A RETAILER.

THEY DON’T STOCK INVENTORY. WE DO!! (thank GOD we didn’t get roped into that one!)

Detailed information does not include “MAY”. The only certainty involved in a list of consequences containing MAY is there is no way to gain any clarity of what will happen, which is exactly why eBay continuously uses the term “MAY”. If you want to know how committed they are to the term “MAY” you should ask them if it would be a best practice for you to write a return policy stating:

If these is a problem with the product I may give a full refund including shipping, a refund less shipping, exchange for other products, or nothing at all depending on the circumstances.

Does that sound like something eBay would recommend you write in your return policy? No, eBay would not evident by the 3 options they force a seller to choose for their listings. MAY means only I’ll do whatever I feel like doing to whoever I feel like doing it too. For eBay that means they’ll suspend/restrict for 12 months any non-diamond seller.

I don’t mean to be rude, but I just can’t think of another way to express my thought. Where have you been for the past 18 months?

By the way, I don’t think eBay is trying to push sellers into leaving. I think eBay is quite confident in the power of their monopoly controlling the lives of millions of people. eBay’s intent is to whip you into shape so they can ride you and your inventory until you have lost any value to their benefit, they have stripped you of all dignity, and they have driven the price of your products through the floor while cracking the whip over your back to motivate you to bust your A.. managing the volume of low dollar sales. Once you are wrung dry you’re out of there and that is what these measures are about.

Simply put, you are eBay’s free labor and inventory. They are deliberately removing you – in its eyes the middle man- out of the buyers view so they can heighten the perception of the charade that eBay is a retailer that provides service at the level no other entity of commerce provides complete with free insured over night shipping, 100% money back guarantee regardless of reason, on demand email support, and the most competitive prices to be found.