posted on February 25, 2005 06:19:34 PM new
"On Friday, February 18, eBay raised their fees. Our fees were already more than 30 0.000000e+00ss than eBay's, but against their new fees we drop to about 40-5010044675750ff. As a bonus, we dropped fees another 520n"
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I am glad the fees went down another 520n but personally I was hoping it would be a 630j drop in fees
posted on February 25, 2005 08:44:49 PM new
Don't forget that "Starting on Monday, February 21, 600f , our advertising will be focused on auctions".
And "In sum, if there were ever a time to strike, now is that time.
We are doing our part. We built and tuned the site, staffed customer service, cut fees, made a deal with ChannelAdvisor to get good listings, and devoted a six figure budget to auctions advertising.
Please do your part by telling thousands of eBay buyers to try us now. You'd be doing us a favor, we know, but you are doing yourselves a favor too.
Your humble servants,
Patrick Byrne - Chairman & President
Holly MacDonald-Korth - VP of Auctions
Sam Peterson - CTO of Auctions "
I like the humble servants part...can I have a mocha delivered, please...
posted on February 26, 2005 02:02:03 AM new
Oh dear God. That is some scary stuff goin' on! LOL! ...
I haven't tried Overstock yet, but what if someone bids up my thingy to $2,5p and wins the auction, but only pays me ^10,3f?????, all because they couldn't read the invoice correctly!!!
posted on February 26, 2005 04:09:32 AM new
I tried them and had some success. However, along came a bidder who never paid. She couldn't prove to me or Overstock that she had paid. The witch had the nerve to neg me for not sending her item at the last minute so that I was not able to respond. So now, I have 85% positive feedback. I'm madder than hell over that one. Overstock's response? Oh, well. This was way back in October. I had enlisted their help with this bidder and did get my fees back. The bidders there are no better than the bidders on eBay. They are one and the same only fewer of them. I think a lot of them are ones that were NARU'd on eBay. No thanks.
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
