Originally Posted by
deltadelta48
I had loads of trouble on feebay and got suspended, then reinstated because my state's Attorney General for consumer protection got after them. Received a call from a real person, welcoming me back, telling me to behave (although they never knew why they suspended me). Everything I said to her went right over her head, unfair rules, etc. She had a snippy answer for everything. I said I had my own website and went to ebid and would not come back. Snippy answer. Then I said I had the names/addresses/emails of 5000+ customers and would contact them, THATS WHEN I GOT A REACTION OUT OF HER.
feebay does not want to lose its customers. Those customers are vital in their plan to reinvent themselves with new items not collectibles. Every ex seller must convince those customers to come over to ebid with a personal invitation. tv ads wouldn't do it, radio ads won't do it, YOU contacting YOUR customers and telling them about ebid will do it.
You don't like feebay and what they did to you, or the fees they charged, then contact your customers and tell them where you went and why. It generates sales for you, sales for me, sales for all of us, and helps ebid to grow. It hurts feebay to lose customers.
Like it or not, with any alternate auction site you have to work to get sales. That is a reality. Makes it easier to make those sales if you bring your old customers over here.