eBay Changes to Coupon Terms for Sellers

chakel on 16/01/2024 - 10:18

Ebay just sent this message to sellers, which makes the coupons an actual deal now.

We’re making some important changes to our Coupon Master Agreements. The changes will take effect from 16 January 2024.
What’s changed
Clause 7 of the master terms has recently been revised.
As of 16 January 2024, clause 7 will now read as follows:
7. You shall not increase the listing price of any of the Included Items and/or items within the Included Categories for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the start of each Offer Period, or at any time during the Offer Period. You warrant that at no time prior to or during the Offer Period will you increase the listing price for any item so as to make the Coupon Offer/s appear more attractive. You agree to act in good faith at all times in connection with the Coupon Offer/s.

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  • Bargainitis on 16/01/2024 - 10:22
    +2

    Is this their way to minimise manipulation of prices to benefit from the coupon? for example, eBay says buyers need to spend $15 or more to have $5 off so if your product is $14.99, you can't just raise it above to increase sales?

    or is it to avoid sellers raising their price to exactly what the discount coupon would have saved?

    I don't know but usually eBay catches on these loopholes pretty efficiently.

    • Look Up on 16/01/2024 - 11:17

      or is it to avoid sellers raising their price to exactly what the discount coupon would have saved?

      This

      Shopping Express and their clone stores, MobileCiti and clones, Computer Alliance plus every other seller doing big $ sales on small margins run a spreadsheet with their real price and then a jacked price to setup in eBay depending on the % off coupon that month

      Very easy to detect because of the mass number of listing revisions done every month just before a coupon starts

    • ironworthy on 16/01/2024 - 13:10
      +2

      I’ve just got my $5 off coupon for the month and the minimum is now $35, not $15. Wtf. It’s useless now

      • UosdwisRDewoh on 18/01/2024 - 23:25

        yep, that's way too big of a hike. I remember it used to be $5 minimum spend, at least sometimes.

  • Muzeeb on 16/01/2024 - 10:23
    +2

    I'll pass this on to AFCA. Cheers

    • Bargainitis on 16/01/2024 - 11:52

      I must admit, for the first time, your reply isn't actually funny… shame. Have you lost your touch Muzeeb? :O

    • Jimothy Wongingtons on 16/01/2024 - 11:55

      but that guy alerted us this morning ebay not a member of AFCA?

      I've already reached out to me member of parliament, tracey grimshaw, the angry Russian dude that runs my local fish and chip place, and the fortnightly cleaner at my workplace office for further comment .

  • Look Up on 16/01/2024 - 11:12

    ACCC had a word with eBay over Christmas about price jacking

    eBay's management of their own promotion calendar is extremely poor so applying these rules to sellers is delusional

    Net result will be that more big sellers drop off the platform so the now rare deals from some sellers eg. Computer Alliance will disappear completely

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