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I just discovered the 2nd most useless thing on earth - becoming an ebay silver PowerSeller

stevekstevek Posts: 30,278 ✭✭✭✭✭
in Trading Cards & Memorabilia Forum
.....The most useless thing is being an ebay bronze PowerSeller

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Comments

  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,278 ✭✭✭✭✭
    But what should I expect from a company which doesn't know how to spell the word "receive" LOL
  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,278 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I really have nothing against ebay and actually do enjoy buying and selling there, but virtually every company on earth whenever doing more business with them, will lower pricing...but not ebay it seems.

    Why not have as a "standard" benefit to being a PowerSeller a reduction in some of the fees? I guess that might make sense? LOL

    If anyone can say what REAL benefit there is to being a PowerSeller, I would like to know. Thanks!
  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    Sir, how dare you. I am a proud member of the Bronze Powerseller club and it's one of the greatest achievements of my life. People like you give us hard-working Powersellers a bad name. You think it's easy to maintain a 97% positive feedback record while selling hundreds of dollars worth of items? How dare you sir. How dare you.
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    TWISM
  • LeiascardsLeiascards Posts: 3,233
    In alot of ways the negs of being a Power Seller outweigh the pluses. I get an invite to join about once every month but refuse to do so. Last time I did when the logo was put on my listings I saw a 20% drop in final sale prices almost right away. In one of my major categories many buyers simply refuse to buy from Power Sellers. I know of several sports card buyers who also refuse to buy from one. I myself am leary of buying from them, most of my buying problems have been when dealing with Power Sellers.
  • mtcardsmtcards Posts: 3,340 ✭✭✭
    Warning: The following statement is not meant to be a blanket statement on all powersellers, just an observation

    Many scammers use the PowerSeller identity to pull of scams. It means absolutley nothing at all. Heck, I only sell a little, but have been offered "status" as a powerseller. I agree that Powerseller status should include more than customer service support that EVERY ebay member should have anyway. How about 5 cent listing fees, or better yet..FREE listings. I mean, ebay will make more money from these fantastic sellers on final value fees alone.

    STAY AWAY..BE VERY AFRAID
    IT IS ALWAYS CHEAPER TO NOT SELL ON EBAY
  • rube26105rube26105 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭
    very true mt,im a gold powerseller,get no perks besides their stupid logothat i dont use anyway -i got the 24-7 phone # though which comes in handy ,thats about it-otherwise you get nothign but a big bill from meg-and megs big brother paypal al "the extortionist" takes his cut as well lol-kinda reminds ya of the old mob protection $ back in 30-40s gangster movies!
    randy
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