News from eBay

Now they are "threatening" us with the mobile thing.

What mobile thing? I've received no threats regarding the mobile app.

What mobile thing? I've received no threats regarding the mobile app.

the news from eBay about images on mobile devices refers to the fact that if one puts pics within a listing's text area (using html) then eBay is saying those images may not show up correctly on mobile devices.

I'm still not seeing the threat. What I am seeing is eBay is being upfront by telling you that embedding pictures in the text area might not be compatible with all mobile devices.

While I do agree with you that eBay could do much better by their sellers, to me it sounds like you're making some assumption over what 'might' happen and that you're being a bit oversensitive in the area of how things are worded.

Hence the word "speculation" I would be the first to be thankful if I was wrong about them taking html pics out of the picture...and also the first to say "I told you so".

Regarding being "oversensitive" to how thing are worded: A statement such as "you should" is a command. A statement like "we recommend" gives a person a choice. Either has the potential of getting the same result...perhaps one more than the other (my opinion)

As to the feedback, even though I am a seller on eBay, I think that it's the seller that should be required to leave feedback first. I say this because the buyer buys, the seller gets paid, and then the seller ships. Now the seller is done and should leave feedback. After the buyer receives the item they should leave feedback based on how fast the order was processed, shipped, and if it is as described.


According to your philosophy on feedback (if I read you correctly) I am leaving feedback for the buyer having paid for the item. I can somewhat see that approach but I can't totally buy into it. Yes, the seller theoretically would leave feedback based on speed of order completion, shipping and if it was as described, but that doesn't always happen...not every buyer falls into a mold like that.


When the seller waits for the buyer to leave feedback first, it's for no other reason than to manipulate the buyer into leaving better feedback than they otherwise might. This strong-arm tactic was the very basis as to why we can no longer leave negative or neutral feedback.

That sounds like a condemnation of me personally...or at least of my approach but I won't take it personally. As to your assertion that "this strong-arm tactic" was the basis as to why we can no longer leave negative or neutral feedback, I didn't realize what power I had. Unless of course I was not the only one who felt this way. Getting negative feedback recanted by eBay is like pulling teeth and when it comes right down to it, we are always dealing with a single person at the other end of a communication with them and whether that person can be swayed or not.

It once took me a month and many emails and phone conversations to get eBay to yank some folks who had stolen my pictures and text for their own listings as another example.  On the other hand a couple of years ago the person I talked to about the same situation shut the offender down in a flash.

Large and loud text, plus feelings of being personally attacked? I guess you're trying to push an agenda instead of having a rational discussion. Since you're so personally into this subject matter, there's really no positive points in going forward with this discussion from here.