HELP!

My patience is failing! Really, I am truly losing patience. I have a gorgeous HERMES - very VINTAGE bag up - between 50-60 years old. The real thing, the real quality of Hermes - vintage beauty. You can look at the photos and know without doubt that the bag is real - and tell me, were they making fakes 50-60 years ago - I don't think so!
Why do people ask such dumb - yes dumb, questions?

"Hi, is that original Hermes since I can't found Made in France"

I know - I know - I must be patient - but if you look at this auction, if you read my feedback, if you look at the photos - you wouldn't ask a dumb question. I certainly wouldn't. Yes, I know - you want to be sure before you buy something on ebay - yes, I agree. But please - that was a dumb question and unfortunately followed by so many stupid questions that people ask.

I know that many sellers like myself are feeling the squeeze that we're getting from ebay. Ebay wants to be Amazon - they want to forget how they started. It was so brilliant-how to sell things that you have to people anywhere in the world. The internet - it brings the world together in so many ways. I don't believe they really want sellers like me anymore.

Of course that has nothing to do with stupid questions - and I get so many. Look, I don't blame people for being careful. I'm very careful when I buy things on ebay. But the question is NOT - is that authentic? The description says it's authentic - if I ask the question and it's fake is the seller going to say that it's fake? I don't think so. The job to discover if the item is authentic is up to you, the buyer.

Look at the photos - come on, look at these photos and then you tell me, is this authentic?
Then, read the feedback - know who you're buying from - what kind of items does this person sell - car parts or high end clothing and accessories?

Ahhhh, really - this is nothing - people are really getting to me.
The gal with the 4" heels - it is making me crazy to be held hostage by these people. Now that ebay has taken away my right to leave negative feedback I am forced to bend over backwards so far that sometimes it gets very uncomfortable.

Don't get me wrong - I love ebay - I love that I'm able to offer up these great things to people all over the world and I meet so many fabulous people. Met a gal from New Zealand who really gave me some good advice and steered me to a new auction listing manager site that I would have never found on my own. Most people are so nice! So nice! But some people really make you crazy.

So in the end - it is really not this particular question - it's a lot of things and I'm not alone. I speak to many sellers like myself and we are all feeling the ebay squeeze!

HELP!

I'm really losing it!

Yup - that's why I do not have time to post blogs! Ebay is killing me! I gather I'm not alone - but that doesn't make me feel any better.
Yes, ebay wants to make their site a SAFE HAVEN - that's great! They should - better for you, better for me - but why are they removing AUTHENTIC items from my listings? GUCCI INFRINGEMENT - they have removed as FAKE two AUTHENTIC GUCCI items from my listings. There is nothing that I can do about it AND it effects my rating as a seller. Ye G-d!

Ebay really (probably) doesn't want sellers like me anymore - we can't leave NEGATIVE feedback and therefore we are at the mercy of the buyers.

I sold a BRAND NEW pair of patent leather pumps last week for $30! I mean, really - is this a great buy or what? 3-3/4" heels if you measure (not at the outside of the heel - but the inside). If you measure on the outside - 4". So the buyer tells me they are NOT AS DESCRIBED! and she wants to return them and have me give her back ALL of her shipping (meaning it will cost me $20 if she returns them) or a $10 REFUND!

Oh, you mean - if I don't give you a refund for $10 they are too high - but if I do give you a refund they are fine? Give me a break! I HATE PEOPLE like this! This is what is making me want to give up selling on ebay - this and ebay's treatment of their sellers.

What did I do? Gave her the $10 - put her on my BLOCKED buyer's list and then knocked my head against the wall.

Two little things that are just part of so many other hair pulling out issues with ebay.

What to do - what to do? Overall I really enjoy it - but it is a lot of work and meeting the really awful people takes away much of the pleasure of selling. Ebay is not helping either.

I'll stop complaining now and get on with my day!