posted on February 18, 2005 12:30:54 AM new
http://pages.ebay.com/sell/pricinginfo/overview/
I emailed Bill Cobb when I found that message in my email the other day.
I said, in part:
Hi
Since you put your email in your announcement, I
thought I would respond.
You should consider those of us who have items we don't expect to end with high ending bids.
Lower insertion fees and lower FVF's would be a bit help. I started to sell beads, I know they will never be over $10 for certain lines of seed beads.
Yet it is cheaper for me to find an item that will end higher. Now with your stores approaching usary rates, my option there is gone.
etc..
anyhow, I can't have been the only one, or maybe it's just been in the works for a while.
Maybe they are realizing they can't go completely insane with fees, if they end up like one big walmart, what's the point?
posted on February 18, 2005 04:38:47 AM new
IMO, 25 cents is still a lot for something selling for less than a $1. That's almost 25% of the starting bid if you start at 99 cents. Then take into consideration your FVFs and other expenses.
I don't think that price drop benefits too many people here. The majority of us cannot start auctions comfortably at 99 cents without fear of loosing our shirts.
What irks me is that by raising fees it appeared they needed money, but they can give away $25,000 per day on a stupid treasure hunt contest.
Cheryl
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posted on February 18, 2005 08:24:50 AM new
I think they are struggling trying to get more buyers as the sales-thru-rate has just about hit bottom. You really have nothing to lose attemping to sell on other sites right now. I'm selling just as good on some of them as I am E-Bay. I'd rather spend the money with them as I would waste it on an E-Bay Store,that has turned into a total stone drag.
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posted on February 18, 2005 02:40:58 PM new
Yeah, lots look like the might be the way to go for you. I can't imagine trying to make any profit selling things so inexpensive on eBay. (even WITH the older fee structure)
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posted on February 18, 2005 03:10:42 PM new
I will be redoing those auctions. I put them on hiatus, hoping to work on projects with the unsold beads. ha. ha. In which lifetime!
It is hard to find the right price point to make it worth your time.
To be frank, I just dumpster dived some postal catalogues that, while not making me wealthy, have generated a better cost/item factor.
Found some other magazines that also generated bidding wars. I will get my muster up this spring and jump into the estate sale foray.
I do think though, that ebay could find a place for those who want to sell smaller items on a smaller scale.
Right now, larger lots are the way to go.
posted on February 18, 2005 04:15:36 PM new
You know, the hardest thing sellers have to admit is that what was once profitable is now, for various reasons, a losing proposition.
The magazines / catalogs sound promising...I know that I have had to adjust what I sell several times and each time I found something I could sell at a better price and sell-through.
I had a good run on an item that I could buy practically at retail here in the states but that was in scant supply and high demand in the UK. It was a fluke, granted. But I never would of found it had I not been looking....and I'm always looking.
You'll figure it out.
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Michael
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posted on February 18, 2005 07:18:18 PM new
I hit on a store today that sells clothing cheaper than I could buy wholesale! I'm in love. Just bought a $99 designer sweater for $5.98. Jeans - $5.98. College jackets: $9.98! I'm still going through my buy! Of course, I bought for me this time. The next time I go it will be to resell. This store is really amazing. I don't know how they do it, but they do. Ken bought three pairs of nice jeans and five shirts. Cost him $40. I came home with four sweaters, a pair of jeans, two shirts and a fleece jacket for $45 including tax. Not even at WalMart can you get that cheap!
pandorasbox
I know what you mean. Sometimes it's the luck of the draw with items. Last year at this time I made a ton of money selling jelly purses. My biggest customers were in Europe where you couldn't get them. This year people are on to different things. It's hard to tell most of the time exactly what people want.
Cheryl
"No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power." ~ P.J. O'Rourke
