Now some things (those I made myself) I've listed on ETSY and others I thought I'd give a go on eBay. Easy Peasy. Or so you might think...
Well, ETSY was certainly easy, but eBay? Dreadful!
I spent 2 days trying to list a collectable bear (Muffy Vanderbear) for sale and it was IMPOSSIBLE.
Mostly, I got this message...
... and I spent 30 minutes on the phone to who-knows-where trying to resolve this. In the end I put the phone down during one of the inevitable 'please hold for a couple of minutes while I check' moments. The call centre guy obviously had no idea how to resolve the problem and we were just going round in circles with him telling me I had to have had 10 sales feedbacks and 90 days must have elapsed since my first sale - which I could read for myself on the message!
How can I get 10 sales feedbacks if I can't sell anything!!!!!
I wondered if the problem was that my eBay account is registered in England, but I am posting from a French Internet provider. So I changed to my French address throughout. Still the same message, but in French...
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!
So. goodbye eBay. I won't miss you...
I don't know where else on the Internet I might sell my stuff - eBay has such a hold on auctions. Anyone got any ideas?
So many Muffys needing new homes...
3 comments:
Hi Penny
Check out this post -
http://weansfrugalworld.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/an-alternative-to-ebay.html
Don't know if there are the same restrictions but it might be worth a look.
If you have a British address, have you tried Folksy.com for selling your handmades? I had some success with that site.
Sue x
What a blooming nuisance Penny! I haven't had this problem and like you my ebay account is registered in the UK but I ship from Spain, so the only difference is that I have sold quite a few things in the last ten years without any problems and you've not been selling, I assume? And yet I never had any problems back in the beginning when I started to sell either. I have either listed on ebay UK or Ebay US...so this is all very weird. The only thing I can suggest is trying again with their help desk in the hope that you get someone who knows what they are talking about.
I have however had problems in the past with Paypal, in that twice they 'froze' my account and all but accused me of money laundering!!! I had to produce copies of my passport, proof of address and bank account, and several other things, TWICE, all because I sold a few of my dolls and had a healthy paypal balance. I was really fortunate last time to get a good English speaking operator who talked me through getting my account back from frozen! But it took more than 3 weeks to do so on each occasion.
So I really do wish you well and hope you can resolve this and quickly. Ebay (and paypal) can be a real pain in the neck when they go wrong but sadly we do really rely on them and they have such a big customer base that they can't be beaten when it comes to reaching a big audience of potential buyers.
Big hugs Sharon xx
I sold one thing on Ebay and had no problem. But it could have been the French/English thing, I suppose, that caused you a blip. What a nuisance. There is something called Folksy but I know nothing about it.
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