Originally Posted by
nowheels
I've been on ebay for a long time...... these are good some good changes and it is about time. But my major complaint over the past few years is that they are starting to treat the 'Average Joe' like we are some sort of retail establishment and that we have to act like one. It's gotten to a point where I will just buy and no-longer sell as the cost has gotten to high and dealing with all the smucks out there just makes it a pain.
I'm with you. I mean, literally, since we apparently are in the same geographical area. But also, I'm taking my selling on the road this year - Westminster, Cirque, Trexlertown, and bypassing eBay for the most part. Plenty of good deals to be had at my table, just to avoid the hassles. Used to be the redeeming feature of selling vintage bike stuff on eBay was that it was small community that kept one another in line to some extent. You usually knew the person you were selling to, and were likely to interact with them at some point in some other way. But with the expansion of the hobby, that seems to be less and less the case.