A good site ruined over the last few years (ebay.co.uk)

Member Name: dagenham

Product:	ebay.co.uk
Date:	15/06/09 (31 review reads)
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Advantages: A place to sell your things

Disadvantages: High fee's, Silly Ebay rules and an unfair rating system.

Ebay was a good site a few years ago but over time, like most things, it has been ruined by its owners in search of higher profits. Ebay is a great way to sell your old 'junk' and can make the average person a lot of money. Recently it has come to my attention that Ebay are taking down listings that have too many words in the titles (word spamming) and many authentic goods are being taken down every day as to avoid legal battles encase the products are fake, while at the same time allowing lots of other fakes to be sold on the site. Ebay fee's are rising all the time and soon any profit from items on the site will be swallowed up by paypal and ebay fee's. The site has also got a reputation lately for getting hacked and people having their accounts accessed by third parties who then sell and buy goods illegally.

Ofcourse the site has its good points, namely a huge market to advertise to and somewhere to sell your old items but there are better alternatives out there such as gumtree (unfortunately also owned by Ebay).

Summary: A review of Ebay by an Ebay veteran.