STOP EBAY FORCING FREE SHIPPING ON LOW VALUE ITEMS

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This petition speaks on behalf of the many thousands of small sellers on eBay who wish to express their absolute disgust at eBays latest conniving dictate which forces small sellers to offer free shipping in many media categories which will effectively prevent them from continuing to trade.

Until 19/10/2009 sellers advertising low-value items did not pay a listing fee if the opening value of an item was 0.99p or less and with postage and packing fees realistically capped in most categories. Obviously eBay could not and did not levy their commission charges on postage and packing fees.
Now however, having forced sellers to offer free postage and packing, eBay advises those same sellers to lump shipping costs into opening bids thereby (because all such opening bids will be well in excess of 0.99p) not only attracting an immediate revenue stream in listing fees that they were not gaining previously but also effectively levying commission on those very same inherent shipping fees when an item is sold!

It is a morally bankrupt, contrived and underhand move on eBays part to purely bolster its own revenue stream and we, the undersigned, strenuously object to it and wish to illustrate our disgust. Furthermore we urge eBay to either revert to the system as it was previously or, at the very least, only enforce this dictate on higher priced items with a starting price above 10.00 a level capable of enveloping free shipping.

244 Signatures

  • Monty Santos
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    • eBay are a fascist dictatorship and should be stopped at all cost
  • Jennifer Heward-Mills
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    • Its not fair or justified to do this people will go out of business
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    • 100\%
  • Mickey Mouse
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    • Meh
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    • 798,302,734.1
  • Shaun H.
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    • Its nothing but a hidden fee increase under the disguise of a favour to the buyers - The only winner in all of this is eBay, everyone else loses.
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    • 2000+ 99.9\%
  • S. D. B.
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    • I wont be using Ebay again unless this decision is reversed *Ebid for me until then*
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    • 659
  • Pierre Omidyar
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    • Sorry, folks, it was the only way I could think of to stop businesses listing for free!
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    • I INVENTED feedback! :)
  • David Williams
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    • I only joined ebay a few weeks ago to sell a few things i didnt need anymore i guess i wont be doing that now. come on ebay listen to what people want and bring back postage
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    • 7
  • John
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    • OH MY GOD, WHAT ARE EBAY PLAYING AT?
  • J. M. Zero
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    • Whats wrong with capping postage? That would stop people over charging.
    • Ebay Feedback Score
    • 158
  • Fred Flintstone
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    • Another price increase but hidden this time. Do eBay really think their members are too stupid to realise that this is just about more money for ebay?
  • Donald Duck
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    • Quack Quack
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    • 2
  • Mick
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    • BRING BACK POSTAGE OR I WILL NEVER USE EBAY AGAIN, LIKE 1000'S OF OTHERS
  • Jason Muller (Trip)
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    • 100\%
  • Dick Head
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    • four and a half
  • Hugh Jarse
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    • Does my bum look big in this?
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    • 36 24 36
  • Susan Willis
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    • Ignore the to**ers below, some of us really do care that ebay have done this.
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    • 24
  • Father Chirstmas
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    • Jingle bells jingle bells Ho Ho Ho
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  • Elvis Presley
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    • I work in a chip shop.
  • A Wanker
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    • BOOOOOOOOOOOO HISSSSSSSS
  • Jesus
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    • We're all DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED
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    • who cares anymore
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    • OH LOOK MORE BOLLOCKS
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    • let me out of here
  • dukebighunt
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    • I am a tosser
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    • 101
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  • A Seller (Mrs)
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    • 57.5\%
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  • miss_minxykitty_meows
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  • theyre_angels_really
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    • I havent signed a petition in ages..
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  • retard
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  • Booo
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    • The UK economy unexpectedly contracted by 0.4\% between July and September, according to official figures, meaning the country is still in recession.
  • nmnm
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    • The UK economy's reliance on the service sector, and financial services in particular, may be the reason why it is still in recession when partners such as France and Germany exited earlier in the year. The UK economy's reliance on the service sector, and financial services in particular, may be the reason why it is still in recession when partners such as France and Germany exited earlier in the year. The UK economy's reliance on the service sector, and financial services in particular, may be the reason why it is still in recession when partners such as France and Germany exited earlier in the year.
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    • There's no disguising how grim these figures are. Almost every City analyst expected there to be positive growth in the third quarter. Instead it was negative. The UK economy unexpectedly contracted by 0.4\% between July and September, according to official figures, meaning the country is still in recession.
  • In many ways, the economic decline this time has been similar to that of the 1980s and 1990s.
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    • In many ways, the economic decline this time has been similar to that of the 1980s and 1990s. .
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    • In many ways, the economic decline this time has been similar to that of the 1980s and 1990s.
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  • mark brown
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  • Roger the Rabbit
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    • All buyers should get a crisp 5 note in their parcels
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    • 1,000,000,04
  • kkkk
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    • The STOP EBAY FORCING FREE SHIPPING ON LOW VALUE ITEMS Petition to eBay was created by and written by KEV HILL (petition@kevhill.com). The petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form. The STOP EBAY FORCING FREE SHIPPING ON LOW VALUE ITEMS Petition to eBay was created by and written by KEV HILL (petition@kevhill.com). The petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form. The STOP EBAY FORCING FREE SHIPPING ON LOW VALUE ITEMS Petition to eBay was created by and written by KEV HILL (petition@kevhill.com). The petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or im
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