Closing Down Sale
I am selling ALL my ebay stock and much of my website stock too.
I have got 20% reductions marked on website items and will consider all offers made on ebay items. (No insults please - all sensible offers considered!)
Please email me through the Ebay link with any offers you may have.
As well as this ebay shop I had over 5,000 items on my website but stock is now going fast! For both UK & OVERSEAS BUYERS, EVERY single item on the website has the WEIGHT written next to the price - so you can look at the "SHIPPING" tab & see the cost of posting immediately - no matter where in the world you are & no matter how many items you're buying. You don't need to wait for an OVERSEAS quote - just look at the list.
My site accepts easy-to-use Paypal - just like this Ebay site does.
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"Rees Apothecary Box" is my trading name for all 3 of my sites, so easy to find me on the internet to check me out thoroughly for yourself before you buy.
The Reasons for Genuine Sellers Being FORCED to Leave Ebay!
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1) Ebay INSIST that Wiccan listings have to carry a disclaimer saying "The items for sale in this listing are for entertainment purposes only ......" However they do NOT ever require that listings for Islamic, Catholic, Church of England, Buddhist items carry that disclaimer! It is insulting & discriminatory that Wicca is deemed to be for "entertainment only" & yet they consider that all other religions should be taken 'seriously'!! Why should Ebay be allowed to state that a 'Spell Oil' used to honour our Goddess has to be classed as a 'novelty' item, but 'Lourdes Holy Water' is deemed to be a serious 'religious' item & given no disrespectful disclaimer ? They simply lump Wicce & White Witchcraft in with Reiki, Psychic materials etc & they're all deemed to be "novelties". (The Pope does not have tangible proof that his God exists, & I have no tangible proof that my Goddess exists likewise all religions, but Ebay does not insult any others in this way by making a mockery of their religions & beliefs!!)
2) I, along with other "genuine" sellers are expected to pay thousands of pounds per year to hold a "GSL" (General Sales Licence) & be permitted to sell "Over the Counter" meds, vitamins etc....& we have to conform to VERY strict laws...........however Ebay is KNOWINGLY allowing certain Ebay sellers to actually send out unlabelled/non-dated/unmarked tablets/capsules in ordinary plastic zip-lock bags that have been handled & repacked etc in a 'home-environment'!!!! They refuse to remove the items & even when certain sellers close accounts (due to high level of customer complaints) they still let them back with new Ebay name & same items!!!!
3) Ebay have now changed their charges for shop fees so that the basic "empty" shop costs me £15 per month (before I even list any items!) They now don't allow any of the 3p-5p shop listings so the minimum charge to list a 99p item is 20p per item!!! PLUS they then charge the Final Value Fee PLUS we get charged the photo fees!! - then of course their sister company Paypal take their fees off every single transaction!)...
4) Ebay are planning to stop our UK items showing to USA clients.....but they will still allow the Chinese to totally flood Ebay (thereby preventing our English items from showing easily in searches!) As my USA trade currently makes up approx 18% of my Clients I will be severely affected when this happens.
5) Ebay fees have become so extortionate, that because I offer items without charging for Spell Casting time etc I'm finding it more & more difficult to compete & cover the rising costs. Ebay have gone greedy and over-the-top!! Ebay will soon potentially find the only sellers who can still make a profit on ebay are the "shoplifters" who didn't buy the stock in the first place! An empty shop on here now costs £15 per month! Then we pay for every Item Listing we place, plus the Photo's, the "Final Value Fees" when the items sell, plus we pay Paypal Fees on all payments!
6) Ebay physically removed ALL listings that had the genuine Cancer Research UK fundraising/sponsorship direct link on & said the link was "inappropriate" but they have left other sellers adverts on ebay that are for their own private sales websites! It's disgusting!
7) Ebay removed every single listing I had, just because I had one teddy bear for sale with a choice of five perfumes!! They said I was "circumventing fees" & I had to list ALL bears & perfumes seperately - I pointed out I only had ONE bear so I could only list it once - I was just simply giving a choice of fragrance - but no, not good enough they were too stupid to see that! (Even though listing five lots of bears -that I didn't physically have would have been contravening one of their other rules!! Doh!!!!
8) Now the final straw is that we are being faced with buyers being able to leave negative feedback if they wish to, although sellers can not reciprocate! There are as many bad buyers as there are bad sellers so why do only the buyers get protected?
It's been lovely meeting you. Many thanks. Merry Part.
BB. Ree xxxx | 
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