Are You Disillusioned with Ebay? Reviews

I joined eBay about four years ago but until the last few months I had only sold a handful of items. Their complicated fee system had always put me off. However, every now and again I get an email from them inviting me to participate in special one day promotions whereby you can list auction items for free no matter what the initial auction price ...  Read the complete review

In the early days of ebay I was a huge fan. I made a lot of money thanks to there only being a small amount of sellers and 10 times as many buyers. You could pretty well sell anything, and you would get good money. I personally used to buy a number of items from stores offline and sell at a great profit online. Buyers seemed to be a addicted to ...  Read the complete review

When Ebay first began i used to enjoy getting a bargain from there as there were a lot of people selling on things they had no use for and the best time for this used to be after christmas when everyone was selling there unwanted presents on there at realy good prices. Over the last few years not only have i noticed that the price of ...  Read the complete review

****Introduction**** Ebay has become a massive household name over the last 5-10 years, I was first introduced to ebay when i moved house and a neighbour recommended i sell my kitchen and sofa, basically stuff i didn't need to take but needed to be removed so the new buyer had an empty canvas. I thought she was crazy but ...  Read the complete review

I first began buying and selling on Ebay in 2003, and it was a very different experience then. Whilst I have no issue continuing to use Ebay's services for buying, selling has become a very different matter. The fees ebay have started to charge make selling low value items such as books, clothes, the general household items that you don't want ...  Read the complete review

I've been buying and selling on Ebay for quite some years now, and yes, I am thoroughly disillusioned with them. And I'll tell you why..... Originally, I was actually able to make a reasonable amount of money back, mainly on games, books etc that I had bought and that were now finished with. Nowadays, it's proving extremely difficult to ...  Read the complete review

I first joined Ebay back in early 2000 and for the first couple of years I only used it to buy. I started selling later on and at first I enjoyed it - I found it flexible and an excellent way to sell old CDs and other items. Back then I was able to accept payment from overseas buyers using either Paypal or Billpoint, postal order or ...  Read the complete review

I am a business seller on ebay and thus I'm on there non stop. I've become really frustrated with it over the past few months and would love to find an alternative. Whilst i LOVE shopping on there and can't fault the amazing bargains you can buy on there I've had too many problems that I'm not able to do anything ...  Read the complete review

In short no, but I do think there are some things that should be changed. I have been using Ebay to buy and sell things for a few years now and I love it. I visit ebay everyday and love selling and buying on it, no major bad experiences thankfully. I use the site a lot and there is the odd thing that bugs me. The fact that ...  Read the complete review

Having written about how much I love etsy earlier I've decided to write about the flip side of the coin... ebay. A few years ago, back in spring 2005 I was a penniless student, so I turned to ebay to get rid of anything I could think of. I made a bracelet which I'd never have worn, so I put it on the site with my other bits. It sold ...  Read the complete review

omg yes ebay has seemed to turn into a very expensive auction to use. i used it once before many years ago and only recently have i decided to use it again. What can a say to list something to sell is extortionate!!!! i put a printer up and the listing price (for the very basic use of ebay) was £50 it seems absolutely rediculous, ...  Read the complete review

eBay used to be a great place to buy and a reasonable place to sell through. Recently there have been issues though: 1) The fees have risen to an unacceptable level for sellers 2) Royal Mail have put up their prices after admitting making profits because of eBay 3) Feedback that sellers can leave makes ...  Read the complete review

When I first started buying and selling on eBay, four or five years ago, I loved it! There were lots of bargains to be had. There was the thrill of getting a good price for something I no longer wanted. I enjoyed watching the price go up and endured with optimism the inevitable relisting, because something didn't sell first time. It didn't matter ...  Read the complete review

It is now becoming more apparent that ebay is no longer the place to buy your books, toys, clothes and generally anything else that floats your boat. They have messed around with their system to the extent it is no longer viable for home sellers to list there. Fees and the additional fees of paypal being forced on its users ...  Read the complete review

Sad to say, yes I am disillusioned with ebay. Let's see, I started very cautiously quite a few years ago, just buying. That was fantastic. I managed to get some brilliant items, old second-hand stuff that simply wasn't available elsewhere. I think my very first purchase was a bundle of old Omni magazines that I bought to replace the ones I had ...  Read the complete review

I used to be an eBay-aholic, with over 4000 happy transactions (and a few unhappy ones) I visited the site every day and used it to buy pretty much everything, as well as running a couple of small businesses (very small... never made money but really enjoyed doing it) and selling off my unwanted possessions from time to time too. The ...  Read the complete review

I'm certainly disillusioned with ebay it has to be said. I used to be a fan of the site as it meant you could sell off all your old stuff and use the money towards buying new stuff. I also found you could pick up the odd bargain along the way. Unfortunately though, things really aren't a bargain when you factor in all the times ...  Read the complete review

I have been using Ebay for about five years and I must admit that in the beginning it was great. I bought things like garden plants, CD's, Video's, Books and I had few problems. There was an occasion when I bought some plants and they were dried up by the time they arrived. The seller replaced them. On another occasion I bought some ...  Read the complete review

I am finding lately that you can quite often find something cheaper on Amazon than Ebay, I am also disillusioned with the amount some sellers are charging for postage and packaging (ie buy something like a CD for 99p but P&P is £10) this is basically to keep their listing and selling fees down. Ebay started as an online auction site ...  Read the complete review

I have read quite a few reviews on this subject and it seems to attract the users who want to say - yes I am disillusioned with EBay so I thought that I would go some way to redressing the balance and say - no I am not disillusioned with EBay! I have been a buyer and seller on EBay as Auburnsue now for about 8 years. I do not have an ...  Read the complete review