I am an ebay buyer... but I would have to think long and hard before selling there.
I am tired of the seller begging for feedback because of the draconian policies ebay has to keep the seller on edge. I have a few vendors I am loyal to, but I beg them to move off ebay and deal with e personally so they can make their margins... which they won't do because of their fear of ebay's reprisals.
I have issues with paypal, but use it as so many vendors accept it, and many use it exclusively, and considering what paypal takes off the top, I cannot understand why aside from ease of use. I wait weeks for products from overseas, and I have been very pleased with what I found- bar the occasional breakdown in translations, it is smooth-
I would do business in the US for stuff I find- and I have had luck there, but the margins are tight for a US vendor reselling imported goods to begin with- so after all the added costs of ebay and paypal, it pretty much makes the US vendor not able to compete.
When did it become okay for these banks and financial institutions to take more than their share? Oh that's right... when the country decided Gordon Geko and his greed philosophy were so darn cool. (a little secret folks- Speilberg was using satire... m'kay?)
