RANT

i don't normally do the whole rant thing because that isn't really what this blog is about but i am pretty ticked off right now.

i've been selling on eBay for a long time now and they have recently made a bunch of retarded changes to their selling policy. i use eBay as a quick and easy way to make extra money. everything i do is legit but eBay have made it harder for sellers to make easy money. they also offer less protection in terms of the seller and they have even instigated a new rules in which they can hold your money up until even after you have sent the item to your buyer; isn't that illegal?

also eBay and PayPal are pretty much a monopoly. aren't they the same company. basically this allows them to double tax you and charge all these crazy fees and stuff.

anyways, what has me most ticked-off is the number of retards and morons that bid on things on eBay. mostly i get people who get off on bidding on things and never intending to pay for the item. today took the cake, this retard bid on the item before he read the description or the title. he also waited until the auction was over to ask permission to back out, which was a totally unnecessary thing to do. you don't have to ask permission to retract or cancel a bid. eBay and PayPal charge you if any number of these retards bids on something and doesn't pay, guess what? they don't reimburse you for all of those ridiculous fees that shouldn't have been incurred in the first place. it is a waste of about a week of my time selling something that some idiot blindly bids on and also a waste of money since i won't get those charges incurred to list the item reimbursed.

i think i am going to start doing the Craig's List thing from now on. eBay sucks.