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Gail Casseus
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I listed 3items for sale. Immediately, I needed to "EDIT" the "TITLE". The EBAY "edit" screen had the "TITLE" EDIT Grayed-Out. No change allowed to correct errors! ERRORS!!! As a result, to avoid "MIS-REPRESENTING" my items, I had to END my listings, 3-4 minutes after my INITIAL LISTING TIME!
I was forced to end and "re-list" to make Listing Corrections to a TITLE!
I was CHARGED initial listinf fees 2 & 3 times, w/i the first 5 minutes to make a correction!
EBAY states UPFRONT that "listings --especially errors" can be done w/o NEW Fees. Unfortunately, Ebay HIDES the "FINE PRINT" that "CONTRICICTS this REPRESENTATION! wHEN i CALLEDTODAY, BECAUSE I got an email outside of Ebay that I'd been charged AGAIN for my listings! I had been there WHEN I LIOOKED UP "HOW TO MAKE CORRECTIONS" and did not see that "fine Print". Such a "fee"/misrepresentation should be "BALANCED and noticed in the "LOW FEE" page as "FEE CHARGED, REGARDLESS of our representations elsewhere!. I was "forwarded to the "FINE PRINT" today when I called about tne NEW CHARGES made to my credit card!
I tried to "CLOSE" my Ebay Account and was DENIED, with a ZERO BALANCE, because of my recent "FEE CHARGE TO MY CREDIT CARD! I SHOULD TRY AGAIN in THIRTY (30) DAYS! The'll charge my Wells Fargo card again within that time! I am forced to call Wells Fargo to block further charges from Ebay! I cancelled my account w/ PayPal to prevent their processing ANY payments, IRREGARDLESS OF TO WHOM, outside od EBAY!!!!!
Sorry Excessive Fees charged for selling. FEE? "$43++ for listing 3 items, because I ncould not make "CORRECTIONS" to my listings immediately after listing! FEEs should have not exceeded $18.00!!!! $$#+? FRAUD!]]>Jan 25th 2010 3:39PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/07/09/ebay-takes-on-craigslist/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/09/ebay-takes-on-craigslist/Jul 9th 2007 11:43AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/07/09/ebay-takes-on-craigslist/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/09/ebay-takes-on-craigslist/Jul 9th 2007 1:09PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/07/09/ebay-takes-on-craigslist/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/09/ebay-takes-on-craigslist/Jul 9th 2007 12:30PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/07/09/ebay-takes-on-craigslist/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/09/ebay-takes-on-craigslist/
I actually found another site that has a different twist--they pay YOU to list your classified ads. You only get 25 cents per ad, but if you have a lot of stuff (and I do right now) it can add up nicely. I think I've gotten about $30.00 already.

It's www.listasaurus.com. I think it's fairly new but it seems like things are starting to pick up on the site, and I've actually been able to sell and giveaway a couple of things.

It will be interesting to see what happens in the coming months between ebay and craigs...very, very interesting!]]>Jul 10th 2007 9:50AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/07/09/ebay-takes-on-craigslist/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/09/ebay-takes-on-craigslist/
They are much like the credit card industry where they charge fees for the person taking card and charge the person giving the card interest.

In both cases the fees should be on one side or the other.

In any event, Craigslist (and Backpage) are both good sites but you just have to be even more careful about who you take money from.

Atleast Ebay does try and validate buyers - though it does not always work. ]]>Jul 11th 2007 5:53PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/07/09/ebay-takes-on-craigslist/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/09/ebay-takes-on-craigslist/Jul 30th 2007 4:36PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/07/09/ebay-takes-on-craigslist/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/09/ebay-takes-on-craigslist/Sep 6th 2007 5:03AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/07/09/ebay-takes-on-craigslist/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/09/ebay-takes-on-craigslist/Sep 6th 2007 5:07AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/07/09/ebay-takes-on-craigslist/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/09/ebay-takes-on-craigslist/Nov 21st 2007 5:20PM