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The big internet platforms are very customer friendly and increasingly seller hostile. It is the same thing with PayPal/Ebay for example. I have no problem buyi
by qznc 9y ago
The big internet platforms are very customer friendly and increasingly seller hostile. It is the same thing with PayPal/Ebay for example. I have no problem buying on Amazon or via PayPal, but I would never sell through them.
- javajosh 9y agoeBay is pretty scary as a seller, I have to admit. The high volume people take it and chalk it up to the cost of doing business; unlucky individuals can get really, really hurt if they run into an unscrupulous buyer. I worked for BrickLink for a time (a niche online marketplace for adult Lego fans) and I was surprised at how smoothly that place ran, which is actually a big reason to prefer niche marketplaces if they exist. Community, and reputation, means something there, whereas with the huge world-spanning monster markets you're just another face in the crowd, which is great news for criminals who know that police can't and won't pursue online property crime.