posted on October 25, 2001 10:22:24 PM new
not much more can go wrong for this week. I just ended 2 of the most miserable weeks on Ebay ever, Dealt with a phsyco bidder that hounded me on the phone, dog had surgery, I am power surging, AW is asking for our first born to be able to post, the mods got fired, and I am pissed off at my husband. Somebody wanna send me some matches so that I can just burn my Ebay inventory, rather then just giving it away on Ebay? And how was your week?
posted on October 26, 2001 12:57:42 AM new
After your week mine doesn't seem so bad. Not.
I can relate to a few of your problems but if I had a bidder hound me I don't know what I would do. I read your posting. I hope she has quit doing that. As in another post I started, Flea market here I come. I am going to get my things ready so when the first one of the next year is announced I will be there. By that time someone will want to buy all my nice items and I won't have to pay postage. Selling fee $40.00. I might not get top dollar but at least I won't give it away. Sorry to hear about all your troubles. I am told there is a silver lining to every cloud and I hope you get one soon. About being Pi$$ off at husband I can really relate to that. My mother never told me there would be days like this. Take care and Good Luck
posted on October 26, 2001 03:28:35 AM new
You will have lots of company shortly. Sad to say it. Even the mighty ebay is going to have to admit things are tough in about 3 months.
posted on October 26, 2001 04:52:49 AM new
Sorry about your dog...and the psycho! I mostly wish all the changes would just stop for a while. I barely can keep up with listing and processing orders, let alone figuring out what to do about Checkout, PayPal changes, AW changes, worrying about ebay absorbing half.com [remember that?], etc.
posted on October 26, 2001 06:00:57 AM new
I'm sorry to hear about your week furkidmom.
I've been shifting priorities w/eBay being lower than ever. And for some reason, I've been really focussed, and it's been resulting in some good outcomes (and incomes).
The first tough thing for me was to grow two new heads - one for selling at other online venues, and one for selling in a b&m. With each passing day, my eBay head gets smaller.
My goals are that w/in one year, eBay will be 10% or less of my sales. It's not just eBay's management. Having tried other ways to sell now, I realize that the auction format is just not really my cup of tea. But, with their buyer base, I'm still going to put things up that need lots of eyes to get good prices. There are things for which eBay is tops. It's the 7-10 day thing that bogs me down. Maybe it wouldn't if I had 100% sell-through.
I guess w/the negative response to AW's announcement, I'll miss a lot of posters. I haven't decided yet whether to register a cc here just to post. I'll try to keep this name to register at other message boards, so maybe I'll run into some of the great folks I've met here.
