Hi, Franc, I don't give a damn if they eBay calls me a "Power Seller" or if I get a "Shooting Star" ranking. It all seems like grade school crap. All people have to do is look at your feedback rating....or will they take that away, too? Ebay has certainly gone downhill over the past few years. Totally buyer-oriented. The sellers end up getting screwed, Rick In a message dated 2/28/2012 12:48:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, fdav...@verizon.net writes:
This release makes it sound as if it's not mandatory to have tracking #s for all purchases but if you don't, you won't be able to be a "top-rated seller" and won't participate in Ebay's crappy seller commission discount. You know what. It's not worth it to me to now have to upload tracking numbers or to charge my overseas customers for Priority International, so screw Ebay. I'm going to continue as I always do. FRANC -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Dale Dilts Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:21 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] AS OF JUNE 1st, EBAY DEMANDS THAT ALL PACKAGES SENT HAVE TRACKING NUMBERS IMPORTANT INFO ON HERE TO MAINTAIN A SELLER DISCOUNT %, READ UP SELLERS. Highlights Starting with the June 20 evaluation cycle, to achieve and keep your Top-rated seller status, tracking information or a Delivery Confirmation number must be uploaded to eBay on at least 90% of your shipments to US buyers within your stated handling time. Start uploading your tracking by May 1 to make sure you qualify on June 20. Starting June 1, only those listings from Top-rated sellers that include 1-day or same day handling and a 14-day or longer return policy with a money-back option will qualify for the greatest average boost in Best Match and 20% final value fee discount. You can choose not to offer 1-day handling or a 14-day or longer returns on some or all of your listings. Based on your great track record, all your listings will continue to receive some additional exposure and a Top-rated seller badge. But only your listings with both of these services will receive the maximum exposure and 20% final value fee discount. Also starting June 1, the annual sales requirement for Top-rated status will be lowered from $3,000 to $1,000 to expand eligibility to more sellers who provide great service. Special limited-time offer-extra 5% discount to help you get started From March 1 through May 31, Top-rated sellers get a bonus 5% final value fee discount for listings with 1-day handling and minimum 14-day return policy with a money-back option. Plus your usual 20% Top-rated seller discount will still be applied on these and all your listings. So start adding these services now! Tools to help you succeed Starting this week, you'll be able to track your progress toward Top-rated seller status-including the new requirement to upload tracking on 90% of your US transactions-in your Seller Dashboard. By the end of April, current Top-rated sellers will be able to easily identify those listings that don't include 1-day handling and a minimum 14-day return policy with a money-back option, and then edit those listings in bulk. This information will be available in My eBay >Selling, Selling Manager and Selling Manager Pro. Starting the week of May 2, sellers will begin getting access to business policies, a new way to manage your own custom settings for shipping, payments and returns from one central location, rather than specifying the information separately on each listing. Using business policies, you can create settings that qualify your listings for eBay Top-rated seller discounts and apply these settings to your listings-or to a specific group of existing listings-with just a few clicks. Also starting the week of May 28, Top-rated sellers will be invited to opt in to an easy new way to manage returns right from My eBay. Your buyer can initiate a return and print a prepaid return shipping label with a click of a button in My eBay. When you get the return, you can initiate a refund and get your final value fee credited with a single click on your end. This new process will be available to all Top-rated sellers by mid-summer. Timeline for changes Take Action Start now to think about how you can adapt your business practices to qualify for the Top-rated seller program and maximize your benefits. Make sure you upload tracking information or Delivery Confirmation on all your US transactions within your stated handling time. eBay will begin counting your transactions toward the new requirement starting May 1. One great way to meet this requirement is to use eBay Labels-USPSR Delivery ConfirmationT is now free for First-Class Package service and automatically uploaded to eBay. Start now to add 1-day handling time and a minimum 14-day return policy with money-back option to your listings whenever possible. Remember, from March 1 through May 31, Top-rated sellers will get a bonus 5% final value fee discount for listings with 1-day handling and minimum 14-day return policy with money-back option. Plus the usual 20% Top-rated seller discount will still be applied on all their listings. If you're an existing Top-rated seller, at the end of April, start checking your Selling Reminders on the My eBay All Selling page or the new Listing Improvement section of the Selling Manager summary page to see which listings don't meet the new service standards, and then easily edit those listings in bulk. If you currently offer 3-day or 7-day returns, be sure to update your listings to offer at least a 14-day return policy. Also, select "Money back" or "Money back or exchange" as your refund method before these options are retired the first week of May. To boost your efficiency in adding these services and managing returns, opt in to use the new business policies and the new way to manage returns from My eBay as soon as they're available to you. -----Original Message----- From: Freeman Fisher [mailto:flixs...@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:16 PM To: Dale Dilts Cc: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] AS OF JUNE 1st, EBAY DEMANDS THAT ALL PACKAGES SENT HAVE TRACKING NUMBERS Wait guys, As of yesterday, using the feature when you click on "items sold" on EBAY and click add tracking link that is on every sold item listed, I have been able to enter in both kinds of customs forms numbers (for first class, the smaller form, or the larger form for priority) on overseas sales and seemingly that satisfies the tracking information issue. Indeed tracking using customs form numbers only tells you when it has arrived at the overseas destination, and when released from customs. IT DOES NOT TELL YOU WHEN IF EVER DELIVERED TO ADDRESSEE. This may not ultimately win a dispute because signature wasn't required on delivery but at least its something but at least its something that seller can see that the item has been shipped and on its way......which helps assuage his panic. On Feb 28, 2012, at 12:05 PM, Dale Dilts wrote: > This is an impact for INTL shipments. No longer will I be able to > offer 11.00 shipping. HUGE impact to INTL shipping rates. > > From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of > Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:52 PM > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Subject: Re: [MOPO] AS OF JUNE 1st, EBAY DEMANDS THAT ALL PACKAGES > SENT HAVE TRACKING NUMBERS > > Rick > > if you get your postage at Paypal, tracking #'s are free for priority > mail not sure if it is for first class or not > > but everyone should use tracking numbers anyway > > Rich > > > At 10:54 AM 2/28/2012, rixpost...@aol.com wrote: > > Hi, Everyone, > > I just received notification from eBay that as of June 1st, all > packages sent out by Sellers will be required to have a tracking number...all packages. Even some guy in Podunk U.S.A. who sends out 100 packages a day, each one containing a near-worthless trinket he's sold for 50 cents as of June 1st will beforced by the powers-that-be at eBay to spend 70 cents extra per package to the Post Office for a friggin' tracking number. > Let's see...that'll only cost Mr. Seller from Podunk an extra 70 bucks > a day...and the trinket he's sending out is only worth 50 cents! > I don't know if other sellers agree with me, but I think eBay is > truly crossing the line here. It's one thing if they raise their > rates (which they've done many times). I can begrudgingly accept that. But to issue me a decree that I must provide a tracking number to them for every package I ship as of June 1st makes me think that eBay is getting to be more and more like Big Brother every day. I'd like to hear if other sellers on eBay agree with me or not. If you do agree, I'd suggest you give eBay a call and let them know what you think about it. I just got off the phone after making a call to eBay. The airhead on the other end was obviously lock-step with eBay's latest "plan". Of course, in their email they emphasize how many rewards they plan to give us as sellers, treating us like a bunch of imbeciles who aren't fully aware of how transparent their B.S. has become. Hey, you can dip a turd in chocolate and cover it with a rainbow of sprinkles, but it's still a friggin' turd. (Sorry about such a crude metaphor, but as you can tell, I'm not pleased with this...) > Rick > rixposterz > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed > to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: > SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for > its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed > to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: > SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for > its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed > to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: > SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for > its content. 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