Room_service said on November 11, 2006 03:42:

I agree with that. Give a chance to people like me, that I can’t buy anything on eBay cause I am not able to open an account there (a credit card is necessary, apparently).

sandyam said on November 11, 2006 12:55:

Fair enough.

ally77 said on November 12, 2006 08:44:

Well here I am again and I am going to express my opinion but I really don’t see the point in bringing in this as a rule when people who sell on eBay have been using the Market Place to gain interest in there items since the Market Place was put in place here at TDR.

Many sellers (me included) prefer eBay to make sales as our feedback rating at eBay normally makes it known that we have a good reputation and are reliable sellers. Also the beauty of Paypal as well means that if anything goes wrong people can normally get a refund.

On private sales this is not the case. Many people here have been ripped off by people claiming to sell something, parting with money and not receiving goods yet TDR are encouraging people to do it this way. It’s not the way I prefer to work; it’s very rare I offer private sales on items despite the amount of times I have been asked.

Pretty much anyone can get an eBay account; it’s very easy to do these days!

@ Room Service

I wanted to talk about the shipment costs. You have to take into consideration that your not only paying for the cost of the posting by checking the stamp stuck on the parcel. eBay states “Posting & Packing” costs. You need to take into account the packing materials used for your parcel as well. Cost of Jiffy Bag, Box, Bubble Wrap, Brown Tape, Pens used to write your address and also the cost of printing out any receipts that are included in your parcel. Many years ago people used to add extra for Paypal charges but eBay don’t allow this now so most sellers add a little extra in the postage costs to cover this!

I’ve sold on eBay for almost 4 years now and have done many sales with people here at TDR and I don’t overcharge on postage costs. In the past I have lost out on postage charges, especially on bigger items! There have been a couple of occasions where I have overcharged and because I am so honest I have refunded people back the difference! Of course not all sellers are like that!

The thing what people have to remember about eBay is that most sellers clearly state there “Postage & Packing” costs in the item description and it’s up to you as the buyer to determine if it’s really worth buying and if you really want to spend so much on postage for that bargain! There is little point in moaning about it when the parcel arrives that you have been overcharged if you knew the postage cost before you placed a bid for the item!

Personally the amount of rules around here now makes TDR a very uncomfortable place to be for many people, maybe that’s why a lot of the regular users are disappearing and there is little action seen on these forums anymore.

Of course this is just my opinion, I emailed Lars with my comments on this new rule yesterday and I have received a reply from him. However I still felt the need to just post my opinion here.

Roxette-atic said on November 12, 2006 10:47:

I like these new rules. Im one of the people who does not have access to Ebay. And I have traded with a lot of people here in TDR and I have never been ripped.

Lars-Erik_Olson (moderator) said on November 12, 2006 22:22:

Further consideration has been given to this issue... and we at TDR agree that eBay (and other such auction sites) serve a purpose. The things we object to do not necessarily prohibit someone from letting TDR’s readers know that they have items for sale on eBay.

What we ask is this: Just like everywhere else on SmallTalk, the Subject of new discussion topic MUST clearly and simply indicate what is for sale, and not contain “promotional fluff.”

“Look at this GREAT eBay item!!” for example would NOT be allowed, whereas “eBay auction: Roxette Times Square t-shirt” would be.

We would also ask that some self-constraint be shown... and that the privilige of posting here not be abused by a seller coming back to “bump” his/her post back up to the top (or having a friend post to the thread for this purpose).

Thanks for your input, and thank you in advance for your cooperation.

tr1dy said on July 12, 2007 22:15:

@ ally77

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Of course not all sellers do this, I too have received many items that have arrived in packaging not suitable for there needs or re-used.
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I don’t think it’s right to say that people cannot re-use the packaging. If you manage to open the bubbly envelope carefully and then glue the white sheet of paper on top, write a new address and ship it to somebody else, I believe it’s a good thing to do. For the sake of saving the paper and materials, being more nature-friendly. How many of you have actually separated the bubbles from the paper and recycled it, huh? I do it every time. But I have re-used the packaging as well. So, tell me what’s wrong with re-using?

Jud (moderator) said on July 13, 2007 04:54:

I re-use bubble-envelopes, couldn’t imagine myself throwing them just like that if the envelope is still usable O_o

I don’t think this means a seller is “bad” - as long as the package is OK and protecting the item inside :)
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arnie said on July 13, 2007 13:02:

Ebay offers protection for sellers and customers in case we use paypal.
It may be simple, you want to sell that Dangerous single to one person,
just sell it as “Raxet - Dongeraus” (or whatever, this is when you don’t want to sell it
to another person) and you let the customer know the link.

coyboyusa said on July 13, 2007 23:09:

maybe it’s just me but whne I first got a computer places liek ebay were a godsend for people that don’t have the ability to import alot fo rox related material. Why is it such a problem that epopel post links to their rox related ebay auctions...by definiton your more protected in an ebay auction then sending anyone on here an international money order or money gram. But maybe that’s just me.