Comments on: eBay Allows Unregistered Users to Bid on Auctions

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By: Perde

Perde — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:49:25 +0000

Besides this, as far as I know they keep acquiring e-shopping companies worldwide.

By: minicix

minicix — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:35:49 +0000

So much fraud is already there. eBay should think more about security of its users not making life easier for mass sellers and buyers.

By: tarihteneski

tarihteneski — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:54:46 +0000

Internet is already keeping the question of being secure. So, this move may make the users feel more incomfortable.

By: ocdcollectibles

ocdcollectibles — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:30:00 +0000

The reason why ebay’s sales are falling is because they provide way too littlem in fact less and less support for it’s sellers, and too much support for the delinquent buyers and bidders. The fees have escalated for sellers, along with the dysfunctional customers who have been regularly buying and selling and have been supported in publicly displaying their distorted feedback for the sellers who are knocking themselves out to build a decent reputation. The ma and pa ebay sellers have been replaced by big conglomerate sellers of commercial merchandise. Ebay is no longer ebay any more. There needs to be a way for sellers to rate their customers in DETAIL by putting the facts in such as date of cleared payment. date of email contact from customer. ebay non-compliance activities such as asking to modify terms after an auction is over. That information is always hidden, but the sellers get to be graed down for a priority mail charge of $4.60 being too high. PLEASE this is just one more nail in ebay’s coffin. Now that paypal is fractured I am freezing my selling activities and relying on my antique booth to sell. Thanks alot ebay for improving the seller’s experience!

By: Jeff S

Jeff S — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:39:44 +0000

It’s already raising too many questions from sellers regarding viability.

And besides, eBay promises not to make changes during the all-important Q4, yet here we go again..

By: Lee Turner

Lee Turner — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:07:39 +0000

I don’t think this is a good move. Registration makes it easier to detect fraud and goes someway to protecting the parties involved. Bad idea.

By: Bob O'Donnell

Bob O'Donnell — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:01:27 +0000

I don’t like this idea at all. Ebay is wide open to fraud and this isn’t gonna help one single bit.

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» Local Online Advertising And User Sign Ups Local Advertising Journal — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:47:19 +0000

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By: Dan Schawbel

Dan Schawbel — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:40:23 +0000

This is a good move because it allows for more bids, thus pleasing the seller.

By: Chris Proudlove

Chris Proudlove — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:53:25 +0000

Poor eBay – the victim of its own success. How long, I wonder, before they admit they are auctioneers in the legal sense, and have a responsibility to buyers and sellers that up to now they have shirked. It’s hard enough getting help from an eBay “person”, imagine trying to deal with a dispute with an unregistered buyer.
CP

By: Zen

Zen — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:27:55 +0000

It’s interesting to see that what seemed impossible a while back is being deployed in the present. Great info.

By: SEO Copy Paste

SEO Copy Paste — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:29:41 +0000

In response to David’s question, you get up to $25 per referral now.

You still have to have a paypal account to bid on items, so don’t think of it as unregistered users can now bid. Just think of it was paypal and ebay finally synching your accounts properly.

By: GoWFB

GoWFB — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:17:33 +0000

It does sound as though ebay (who must, most likely be the biggest online marketplace?) is hurting. I suppose in the face of fierce competition, such measures are called for. That is some interesting information and insight, David Isserman.

By: David Isserman

David Isserman — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:58:47 +0000

I used to own one of the largest ebay consigment companies in the US and I can tell you that this would be our worst nightmare…dealing with PayPal is a Pain and now unregistered user…ugh…

eBay must be hurting for buyers. They used to pay us $12/user for every user we referred and had signup for an account…I wonder what those new users are now worth??