Summer is beginning to wind down and folks are beginning to think about back to school and ecommerce merchants are looking towards holiday sales strategies.  We tend to procrastinate and do not yet have any plans set for the holiday shopping season.  More than likely, we will do very little differently we strive every day to provide a superior ecommerce shopping experience, that never changes.  If you have shopped in any of our venues

ebay http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=4&campid=5335986409&toolid=10001&customid=&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fstores.ebay.com%2FFred-Sanford-Returns

Amazon          http://www.amazon.com/gp/shops/index.html?ie=UTF8&sellerID=A2TC9KVDN3H2Q5

Our home site

http://www.gbfenterprisesllc.com/

please let us know how we are doing.

  ebay’s DSR ratings are a great cause of concern we do well in every area except for shipping charges.  We do offer free shipping on many items, but if you are a seller I know you are aware of the expense of shipping.  We have had many international buyers in the past week or two and as a result our shipping and handling DSR rating has taken a hit.  How do you educate buyer’s in regard to the cost of shipping? ebay loves the free shipping concept, which is fine, but what catches in my craw is this, when you offer free shipping you add the shipping cost into the price of the item, thus ebay collects fees on the shipping as well as the sale price.  No wonder they are so sis boom ba rah rah rah on free shipping.

In addition to our ecommerce ventures, we also have an interest in a car lot in the Richmond, VA area.  (if you are in the area and need to find a vehicle let us know we can probably help also watch our ebay auctions for bargain and interesting unique vehicles).

Once again it is late at night so I will cut this short.  Visit often and feel free to let us know what you think.

Until next time

George

It has been quite some time since my last post.  In fact, this is a whole new blog and we have an entirely new site gbf.  Once again, all credit goes to the folks at Richmond Web Design http://richmondwebdesign.net/ for our improved look and functionality.  If you have a need for most any kind of web site they are the folks to see.

Here at GBF Enterprises LLC we are a multi channel enterprise our endeavors cover the internet and beyond.  We got our start on ebay, which continues to be a large part of our enterprise we can be found at http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=4&campid=5335986409&toolid=10001&customid=&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fstores.ebay.com%2FFred-Sanford-Returns.  We have a presence on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/gp/shops/index.html?ie=UTF8&sellerID=A2TC9KVDN3H2Q5.  And of course our home site http://www.gbfenterprisesllc.com/.

We carry many interesting items on all of our venues.  We got in on the liquidation of one of the Sharper Image retail locations and managed to bring many interesting items to you at a fraction of the original price.  One item of note is the Lovehandler http://www.gbfenterprisesllc.com/~gbfenter/product_info.php?cPath=35&products_id=300&osCsid=c68952bfe5b5b9dc58a6d4222fd4a646 grab one quickly as we are almost sold out.

In January, ebay announced many changes that were, to put it mildly, unpalatable to the sellers who make all or a portion of their living on and in turn make up the backbone of ebay.  Sellers are no longer allowed to leave negative or neutral feedback for buyers.  Neutrals left for sellers now would count as negatives, and of course there are DSR ratings whose impact upon sellers ebay has done an abysmal job of conveying to buyers.  Ebay has suggested the burden should be upon the seller to educate the buyer regarding the impact of the DSR ratings.

In June, we attended ebay Live in Chicago the event was smaller than those we have attended in the past and the general atmosphere was different.  We have been used to an air of energy and positive excitement.  This year the sellers’ demeanor ran the gamut from concerned to downright angry.  The ebay staff and management team got an earful at every turn (and rightly so).  To my mind, they had to have been unprepared for the level of passion and insight that was displayed by the sellers.  They said they were listening, I hope they were.

Since ebay Live, it has been announced that neutrals will no longer be counted as negatives and they are reevaluating the announced changes to the links policy.

There are things I do not like about ebay.  During the Town Hall at ebay Live a lady got up to the microphone and asked almost in tears why can’t we go back to the old ebay.  I felt this lady’s pain, as I am sure many in the room did as well unfortunately, life and the things in it constantly change, the old ebay is gone, we have no choice, but to adapt or move on.  Ebay still works for me so, I will continue to hang in there for the time being.