Amazon's new refunds policy will 'crush' small businesses, outraged sellers say

Re:Amazon's new refunds policy will 'crush' small businesses... by Leader2light on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @12:08PM (#14911721)

eBay needs to reduce seller costs and they will take over with buying it now prices. Also no tax.

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Re:Amazon's new refunds policy will 'crush' small businesses... by Karunamon on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @12:39PM (#14912095)

eBay is already tremendously hostile to sellers before the fees. Can't leave feedback for buyers, a refund policy via PayPal that seems tailor made to allow scam buyers to get free stuff, and so forth.

Basically it seems like the only thing a buyer can be sanctioned for is simple non-payment.

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Re:Amazon's new refunds policy will 'crush' small businesses... by notfromhere on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @01:10PM (#14912479)

Also ebay's huge fees make it almost not worth bothering to sell on there.

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Re:Amazon's new refunds policy will 'crush' small businesses... by dgacmu on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @02:39PM (#14913379)

Amazon's are as high or higher. https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/seller/registration/part...

The "referral fee" ranges from 8%, to 15% (common), and up. Up can go pretty high, but mostly for Amazon's own stuff.

Ebay's are mostly just in the 10% range: http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html

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