Sellers believing the ebay hype like 1984 double speak

The biggest issue I have noticed at the moment, is more a problem for the BIN sellers, that seem to be under some delusion that it is their own ability that is doing all the work, and it has nothing to do with the changes ebay have made to increase their profits.
I have heard it several times from some of the most level headed sellers, claiming they are there due to their great knowledge, and ability. And then adding that those struggling on ebay are struggling due to their inability, as if ebay had not made the changes.

I think, if they really do believe this, and they really do seem to, then they need to check themselves, as this could really hurt their business in the future. Over confidence in your abilities can be just as destructive as under confidence, as when they come to face a real challenge then they quickly have to face up to the truth.

It is funny how these same sellers, start to struggle again, when they move to what is an auction site, such as ebid.net, that is set up like ebay used to be when it worked for all. Most of them are selecting the BIN alternatives, or stick with ebay, as their confidence in their abilities seems to falter when faced with the work to prove what they are claiming.

Come on people wake up I know ebay have a good brain washing school, but this could harm your business in the long run.

Ask yourself the magic questions?

What changed?
What did you change?

Now be truthful, when you ask yourself this, as the rest of the world is laughing at your stupidity and sudden ebay inflicted ego boost. I am also wondering if you get a message on the telephone every night that goes something like this

In hypnotic tone "Bad sellers will be removed from ebay, so you must be good sellers, praise yourself for all the good selling you are doing. You are successful, and we have not changed the search, the feedback and the pricing system to suit you, that is just the bad sellers making noise , do not listen to them, just remind them they are bad sellers, and you are good sellers, good sellers, good sellers."

Funny how when these sellers speak, and praise their own ego's that you would not think ebay had changed anything.

Just love this sort of article with lots of useful links

Just added a new article link to my free stuff links although it is not totally free it has a lot of great links to save you money, and is all related to online shopping.

A lot of the links are full of more links, like the Stop spending, start swapping! link, which leads you to links that allow you to swap everything from your home for a few weeks (holiday) to the clothes off your back.

As it is from a UK site, most of the info is for UK shoppers, but a lot of it will transfer, and some of the info such as in the second linked article Online shopping is cheaper which offers the insight into a buyers mindset to some extent. This also allows us to see what tools the buyers are now starting to use to search for items, and why getting your items out there is more important than ever.

If you wish to read the full article you can read it here