E-bay shme-bay!! is there any other site/

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   Nell Roseposted 15 years ago

   Hi, anyboy know whether there is any other site apart from e-bay that you can sell on? I set up my account, put on there what I wanted to sell, got all ready, and boom! 'you have no landline, we cannot do it without a landline, sorry' Why the hell not? how many people have landlines today? anyway I got to thinkin, and thought myself into the thought!, that maybe there is another site that is similar? any ideas? thanks

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      Marisa Wrightposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I would just use a friend's phone number (with their permission of course), or make one up. 
      
      eBay customer service are notoriously hard to contact and the chances of them deciding to contact you is virtually nil.  So it's not as if you'd be causing your friend any inconvenience.

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         Nell Roseposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Hi, Marisa, thanks for the tip. I was given the name Bonanzle, which is similar to e-bay, and I have just signed up for it. Mind you, I have asked the questions first! not last, like I did before! not falling for that again! so if it is good, i will come back and say. thanks

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   Madame Xposted 15 years ago

   That is the silliest thing I've ever heard. I sell on ebay all the time and I have no land line - only wi-fi. You should email them and ask them what's up.

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      Nell Roseposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Hi, Madame X, really? so what the hell are they talking about? they said it was because they may have to get in touch occasionally to confirm your selling etc. but whats wrong with mobile phones? maybe it is different in America? e-bay uk is the one I use. thanks

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      TamCorposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      The landline rule may be new--I'd never heard of it, either!  But Ebay is pretty much shooting itself in the foot, as far as keeping the small sellers onboard, though...
      
      Tammy

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         Madame Xposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Maybe that's why they're doing it !

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         Nell Roseposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Hi, Tammy again, yeah I had never heard of this before, it would just happen when I wanted to go on it though!

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   TamCorposted 15 years ago

   There are many other selling sites, and some are slowly building more and more success, such as "Bonanzle", "Etsy", and a few others.
   
   I would check out auctionbytes.com--they have lots of info on all of the selling sites!
   
   My husband and I have been selling on Ebay since '03, but lately, have cut way back on it.  The fees and new rules are starting to strangle us, lol...
   
   Good luck!
   
   Tammy

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      Nell Roseposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Hi, Tammy, thanks for the info, yeah I think I will try another one. I just didn't know where to look! thanks

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   wrenfrost56posted 15 years ago

   I had the same problem, I got so anoyed I even wrote a hub on it! Anyway I now use price minister, you don't need a land line for them.

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   waynetposted 15 years ago

   Ubid.com is the only one that springs to mind and as for your ebay account needing a landline just use someone elses in your family with permission of course, because if people need to contact you there is your email address, ebay bah!

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      Nell Roseposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks waynet, yeah I might just say bye bye to e-bay!

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   Nell Roseposted 15 years ago

   Thanks wrenfrost, I really appreciate the info, I will write all these down and have a go.

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   FranyaBlueposted 15 years ago

   I have been using ebay for a few years and I'm starting to hate them a lot. Every week they change some rule here or there or the fees go up again and again etc. The last thing I remember, I tried to list a book to sell and ebay wouldn't even let me charge for p&p, when is posting an item ever free?? ebay just grows more stupid by the day.
   
   I too am looking for somewhere else to sell stuff.

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      waynetposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Yeah that P&p rule pisses me of too, Ebay is becoming a site that's more for the rich to sell stuff, so I always will look to the alternatives, such as your site, classified local ads and ebay alternatives.

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      Nell Roseposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks franyablue, yeah it does sound weird! thanks

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   Drwibbleposted 15 years ago

   Hmmm, I just got approved last week for the ebay partner network based on of my own website and using my mobile phone as the contact number.
   I am also located in the UK. I haven't activated the ebay affiliate for hubpages yet.

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   Nell Roseposted 15 years ago

   Thanks everybody for your help, gotta go out now, but I will check back later and try out some of your great ideas. thanks again

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    The10DollarMarkposted 15 years ago

    Well there's always Amazon and Ecrater. Sure, they're not auction sites, but amazon gets lots of traffic.
    
    Ecrater doesn't get as much traffic so you'll have to promote and/or be willing to wait months before sales occur but it's free. I've had some success with it (maybe 20ish sales? along a very small and rarely updated/promoted inventory).

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    Lily Roseposted 15 years ago

    I've had great success selling things on Craigslist.com

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