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Important Message from eBay president

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by maverick, Feb 9, 2005.

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    "We know pricing is a critical issue for our sellers. While we stand
    behind our decision to increase final value fees on Store Inventory
    Format listings - because they make sense for items that list with
    insertion fees of two cents - I know this increase has been difficult
    for some of our sellers. To reward our eBay Stores sellers, we'll be
    crediting $15.95 - a month's Basic Stores subscription - in May to all
    sellers who operated an eBay Store for the month of April. Stores owners
    will receive more details on this soon."

    For more details, check out my latest blog post

    My Opinion:

    This not gonna help as annoyed store owners know, this is the trick from eBay to have them continue with stores till May atleast.

    What you think guys, about whole message?
     
    maverick, Feb 9, 2005 IP
  2. ViciousSummer

    ViciousSummer Ayn Rand for President! Staff

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    eBay is getting way too greedy. I really hope that overstock.com starts to see more traffic from this stupid fee hike. Unfortunately Ebay pretty much has a monopoly at this point. And they know it...
     
    ViciousSummer, Feb 10, 2005 IP
  3. Chrissicom

    Chrissicom Guest

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    I used ebay.com pretty much until a while ago but now they charge me 80 cents starting fee for a 2 euro item and then when I sell it I pay like 50 cents more!!!! That's ridiculous. They get like 75% of the price paid for lower value items. I should make my item priced 1 euro and say shipping is 200 euros cuz they don't charge fees for shipping added lol :D
     
    Chrissicom, Feb 10, 2005 IP
  4. maverick

    maverick Peon

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    Summer is already being a part of think tank of dumping eBay and forming a new Business ... prolly you can join her Chrissicom ;)
     
    maverick, Feb 21, 2005 IP
  5. yfs1

    yfs1 User Title Not Found

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    Unfortunately for buyers, this is what most people do. :mad:
     
    yfs1, Feb 21, 2005 IP
  6. Crazy_Rob

    Crazy_Rob I seen't it!

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    A monopoly in which market?
     
    Crazy_Rob, Feb 21, 2005 IP
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    mopacfan Peon

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    I really hate ebay now. It's to the point where it is not cost effective to sell small dollar items like knick knacks and such just to get rid of them. Now it's almost less cosly to just throw the stuff away.
     
    mopacfan, Feb 21, 2005 IP
  8. ViciousSummer

    ViciousSummer Ayn Rand for President! Staff

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    Online auctions (and yes I know there are other auction sites out there, but they just don't compete).
     
    ViciousSummer, Feb 21, 2005 IP
  9. Crazy_Rob

    Crazy_Rob I seen't it!

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    Ebay basically invented online autions. Plus Amazon has auctions.
     
    Crazy_Rob, Feb 21, 2005 IP
  10. maverick

    maverick Peon

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    What are the other auction sites which might not be as popular as eBay & Amazon but might be as good as them...
     
    maverick, Feb 25, 2005 IP
  11. Brad

    Brad Peon

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    Yahoo has auctions. May be an auction site for selling knick nacks might be a good idea now that no one will sell them on ebay?
     
    Brad, Mar 30, 2005 IP
  12. yfs1

    yfs1 User Title Not Found

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    But where will you sell your half eaten sandwiches and soiled knickers?
     
    yfs1, Mar 30, 2005 IP
  13. Brad

    Brad Peon

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    Keep selling them on ebay, you could get big money
     
    Brad, Mar 30, 2005 IP
  14. maverick

    maverick Peon

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    And your item will get most popular item on eBay ;)
     
    maverick, Mar 30, 2005 IP
  15. Dio

    Dio Well-Known Member

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    Ebid for UK peeps is pretty interesting, 0 fees for basic listings: http://uk.ebid.tv/

    Unfortunately though, like most competitors, the range of stuff just ain't there.
     
    Dio, Mar 31, 2005 IP