posted on September 19, 2002 12:10:31 AM new
I've decided I don't like free listing days...
Now I have to sort through all the listings hoping to find something worth bidding on. Looking through the Canadian Stamp listings, must say I don't understand the way some people list items for sale. Consider the individual who has about 900 listings for individual stamps, many which would normally retail for less than a dollar, asking for $1.75 for shipping (combined shipping for an extra 10c per lot). I'm sure glad it's not me who will have to figure out who won which lot(s) when the auction ends...
My biggest complaint is that I have to sort through thousands of listings which normally wouldn't be there to find something that I might actually want to bid on or is worth bidding on. Maybe I'll skip today and start looking again tomorrow. That way I can avoid searching through 80 some pages of stuff I mostly don't want...
posted on September 19, 2002 03:23:19 AM new
Ebay hasn't had a FLD in a long while now and will probably not ever have another one so your going to be okay.
posted on September 19, 2002 04:22:14 PM new
I would be surprised if the Xmas free listing day was illiminated. That has been ebay's gift to it's sellers for as long as I have been doing auctions. But I don't expect any other day to be added since they got rid of the summer FLD. It is true that a lot of junk does tend to show up during FLD's, but the other side of the coin is a lot of good items also show back up that have been put in hiding as the sales on those items has slowed for one reason or another and the seller stops listing to save on listing fees. I do that to judge if an item should be relisted more often or maybe hold off with it for a while longer.
posted on September 19, 2002 04:33:40 PM new
I don't ever list on free listing days. launching takes to long, but eBay had more problems than that. Sellers just listed auctions with nothing so they could get quite a few listed and then after that day they went in and put the item in. I might be wrong but then eBay went in and cancelled them. Where else but in America will people try and get something for nothing. Maybe that is one reason there won't be free listing day, but then maybe eBay will surprise everyone and have one. I hope they do for the people that want it.
posted on September 19, 2002 07:02:30 PM new
The way I feel is that if you can't make money on an item by paying the listing fee, then you probably need to reconsider what you're selling...
Then again, as mentioned in my previous post, if someone sells 900 lots at a penny, I assume there is no final value fee because 5% of 1 cent is less than 1 cent. If the seller is deteremined to impose a shipping fee of 10c per lot after $1.75 for the first lot we get...
$1.75 + .10 x 899 = $1.75 + $89.90 = $91.65 for something that could probably be shipped for about $5.00 or less... It kinda seems like fee avoidance...
posted on September 19, 2002 09:02:46 PM new
The FLD at Christmas was just to boost the yearend numbers in my opinion. It was never a matter of being a gift. The numbers are srtong enough these days to forego any future FLDs. JMO
posted on September 20, 2002 05:48:01 PM new
You mean, it wasn't to truly thank those that have built up ebay, us sellers? I thought since they stopped sending us Christmas cards, signed by Pierre, that this was their way of thanking us and wishing us a happy holiday.
