Guys,
Ppl want to oppose powership, trying to form a group here....Since you have handled the shipping yourselves for so long, your mind not accepting to leave it to someone.
More over u r not going to pay the shipping charges from ur pocket, u r only going to collect it from the buyer. Buyer wouldn't mind paying little more(this does not apply on all products, some products u r being charged very less weight in powership)considering the services.
I hope some of you are also selling your products on other platforms too. In most of the sites they handle the logistics themselves, u only need to call the assigned logistic company and request them to pickup like wat we do in powership now.(for eg:re**ff charges you rs.20 for each product, if u want to handle the shipping on ur own)
eBay gives us lots of freedom for sellers right from listing the product, mentioning ur contact details, inventory not necessary-only virtual stocks, shipping, etc. To be more practical, many ppl have misused it in many ways like a.) entering fake docket numbers and shipping after the timeline, b.) ppl who r eligible for express remittance, enter the docket number first, get the money then ship the product c.)and there is also a thread in forum itself like how to escape from submitting pod copy. All these things put together created a bad image about the shipping in eBay. eBay now wants to make the shipping regularized, that is the reason of launching powership. There is nothing wrong in making it mandatory too, but as of now there are some modifications to be made . It usually happens on every new launch.
eBay also should change their approach in making powership mandatory, forcing will not help.
Pethachi
Sreelakshmi Traders
Chennai