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Automatic 5 stars on Ebay for free shipping now

zep33zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭
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Just read this over on another board. Can anyone verify that Ebay actually changed something for the better?

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  • MeteoriteGuyMeteoriteGuy Posts: 7,140 ✭✭
    Yes, I can confirm it.

    It is sort of offering back a bread crumb from the loaf, for something that never should have been possible.

    And it is not retro...I have a few 1 and 2s and was free shipping on everything. (Now I am doing auctions and about 50/50 on free shipping).
    Collecting PSA graded Steve Young, Marcus Allen, Bret Saberhagen and 1980s Topps Cards.
    Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    Doesn't say that on Ebay yet, just that five stars is appropriate in cases of free shipping:

    Linky-Doo

    If the seller offered free shipping, you'll see a note indicating a 5-star rating is appropriate.
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  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
    Yea....I never understood how a buyer can give a '1' for shipping and handling charge when they never paid shipping to begin with. Nor could I understand how a buyer could rate a seller on a transaction that they buyer never paid for in the first place. That whole DSR system is wacky......
  • MeteoriteGuyMeteoriteGuy Posts: 7,140 ✭✭
    I received some notice on this....my quick search did not find it, but here is ebay forum talk on it.


    link to ebay forum talk on this
    Collecting PSA graded Steve Young, Marcus Allen, Bret Saberhagen and 1980s Topps Cards.
    Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,629 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Greedy bastiges from ebay - they should just charge their stinkin' overpriced seller fees on freight and get it over with...you know they want to do it...instead of all this nonsense with almost "forcing" free freight and all the other crap on sellers. I am so friggin' sick and tired of their constant rule changes all the time which basically accomplishes nothing as far as me making more money selling on ebay.
  • MeteoriteGuyMeteoriteGuy Posts: 7,140 ✭✭
    I think you understand it, Steve.

    This was not a be fair to sellers...it is to get all sellers to go free shipping...so eBay can make it's fee % off the shipping, as most will just add it to the listing cost.
    Collecting PSA graded Steve Young, Marcus Allen, Bret Saberhagen and 1980s Topps Cards.
    Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
  • dontippetdontippet Posts: 2,609 ✭✭✭✭
    Yes, it is happening. I left some feedback last night, and could not enter stars for shipping cost. There was some note stating that the seller will automatically get five stars. This may be a motivation for sellers to offer free shipping.
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  • zep33zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭
    motivation or not if it prevents the douchebags and morons from leaving anything but 5 stars, it's a good thing

  • SDavidSDavid Posts: 1,584 ✭✭


    << <i>motivation or not if it prevents the douchebags and morons from leaving anything but 5 stars, it's a good thing >>



    It only protects you from the latter. The former will just ding you on something else.

    I've never offered it and I've received the full discount ever since they switched the focus to the percentage of low star ratings. It's practical for some listings, but for many card listings it's not. For instance, a seller like codyp2000 would see his sales plummet if he built the shipping charge into every BIN because he depends on multiple purchases per transaction and that would no longer happen if he increased the price on EVERY listing. For many sellers, it's only practical to offer free shipping on additional cards purchased.
  • saucywombatsaucywombat Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭
    I think its stupid that they have you rate the fee paid for shipping rather than the quality of the shipping. $3 is reasonable but what if it was used to send the card PWE?

    All this category is a ploy to force sellers into "free shipping", which puts the cost of shipping into the auction price and PRESTO more $$$$ for Ebay (vs. no cut of the shipping $)

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  • jivanjivan Posts: 1,009 ✭
    better for ebay .lol 99 cents for everything on a bin..figure what card is worth and charge that into shipping so tiny tiny fees for ebay...
    always looking for 1969 graded basketball
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