eBay My World: quazy19( 3993)

Right now I have a Premium Store subscription. But on 6-16-10 ebay just sent me a message saying that if my feedback scores (ONLY in the shipping and handling area) do not increase (I'm thinking to a 4.8 or 4.9) then they will down grade me to a Basic Store subscription meaning the fees will change drastically. Right now I pay $115.85 just to keep my store up and running; this is not including the FVF's that are charged when an item is sold. My bill a month right now and for the past few months has stayed around $250 (all ebay fees). I remember a time when I used to pay about $150 a month all ebay's fees included but that's never gonna happen again due to ebay changing the way they try to run their business. Anyways, back to my situation. So if they down grade me to a Basic Store subscription I will be paying $279.40 just to keep my store up and running. That's a $163.55 difference. HUGE difference. I feel like I'm drowning in fees and not even breaking even now can you imagine adding $163.55 just to keep a full store up. It's ridiculous, really. So in the end I haven't decided what I am going to do. My favorite 3 categories are DS games, GBA games and my instruction books (my instruction books take the most time to make and to pull them off would be disappointing). But in the end I have to concentrate on what will make me some money while not paying so much. If I would only keep DS & GBA games my ebay fees for the Basic Store would be $178.80 to be running. It's still a lot of money. Question is...Is it really worth the time and money for getting so little out of it. I just wished ebay would realize what it means for them too. I mean serious; do you really think when you down grade sellers that they will pay your bogus fees that are way higher then what they were paying before? I have 100% feedback and does that mean nothing to you. SO what if some buyers are upset at getting FREE SHIPPING and leave poor feedback. What can I do to make them happy; I have already offered free shipping now I can't be giving away games at a low cost just to please them. So hopefully for you last watchers looking for an item you had saved in your watch list I suggest you decide to buy or never see it again for a looooong time. And for you new comers looking for a game; you've come to right place and time. I need all the help I can get to stay in business one step at a time. All I need is 5 stars for feedback esp for Shipping and handling charges; this is a small favor I am asking. I have had free shipping for USA for the last few months and don't know what else to do to boost my sales and sell more. I do get more international buyers then USA lately but unfortunately international buyers do not disturb the feedback system nor does it help it. International feedback does not help toward your DSR aka stars. So am I only to hope for USA buyers and block international buyers (ebay) no cause if I do then I wouldn't be expanding my options not to mention make money plus don't you (ebay) try to get sellers to ship internationally? Ah, I've been ranting...I'm just so pissed off that these just might be my last days selling to my full potential. Now I will literally have to move on to another website that I am not 100% happy with since I've been with ebay since Jan 03' and have gotten used to how easy it is to sell an item to having to move to another website not be happy with the ways they run it.Well, thanks for reading this and your support would be appreciated. Thanks and good luck with everything!P.S. You would think an ebay business will lose more money and sellers if they keep up this ridiculous charades up. With all of the changes that ebay has made over the last few years I would say this is what is going to down them to their graves if it isn't changed.Written on 6-17-10 ... 2 - 3 AM

This message is to let all buyers know that:ALL DS GAMES WORK ON THE DSI SYSTEM !If you find a seller that states in his or her description that the game will not work in the dsi; then there are 2 cases. 1 the seller doesn't know much about games (10%) - check to see if the seller is selling more games if he is then he knows about games and is just lying to you & 2 the game is a cheap replica / counterfeit / fake game usually from china. Now it doesn't matter if the seller says that the game is brand new; they can still be fake.Here are some ways to spot fake games before bidding / buying. These are obvious ways and you don't need to see the game in order to spot. 1 - The sellers say in their description "The game will not work on a dsi system" (weather you  have a dsi system or not this is very important detail; see below why). 2 - The description say something along these lines: The case is not the original case & the artwork may be different. You should know right away that these are fake games because all of the ds titles that are original Nintendo made are all the same; not 1 differs from the other. In most cases when they say not in original ds case it is in a white bulking thicker case like those for European games. Still be careful since there are a few fake games that look European but are just fake. There are other ways to spot fake games if you have it in front of you. Do some research to protect yourself from buying replicas.