FIGHT eBay's HORRIBLE Price Increases - Meg MUST RESIGN!

[Paul McCahan]

If you haven't heard, eBay is increasing prices from 40% to 400%

It no longer makes sense to use eBay to buy or sell items...

This is SAD since it's a system many people enjoy using...

This SCAM by Meg and the EVIL management MUST BE STOPPED.

Here's the problem (Story broke on Jan 12th)

http://www.nolistingday.com/

Sign here:

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?ebayfee&1

Thanks, and do not list, buy or sell on Feb 18th.

 

[Mike]

If you haven't heard, eBay is increasing prices from 40% to 400%

We've heard. BFD.

It no longer makes sense to use eBay to buy or sell items...

Yes it does.

This is SAD since it's a system many people enjoy using...

This SCAM by Meg and the EVIL management MUST BE STOPPED.

No it's not.

Thanks, and do not list, buy or sell on Feb 18th.

Sellers will just raise their prices to cover the expenses - as sellers
have been doing since the dawn on commerce.

I'll buy and sell as I please, ThankYouVeryMuch.

Mike

 

[Jack Zwick]

We've heard. BFD.


Yes it does.


No it's not.


Sellers will just raise their prices to cover the expenses - as sellers
have been doing since the dawn on commerce.

I'll buy and sell as I please, ThankYouVeryMuch.

Mike

How do eBay's new prices compare to Yahoo Auctions?

 

[Nasht0n]

We've heard. BFD.




Yes it does.




No it's not.




Sellers will just raise their prices to cover the expenses - as sellers
have been doing since the dawn on commerce.

I'll buy and sell as I please, ThankYouVeryMuch.

Mike

You have to admit that this is quite a hike in price. In my business, if
I hiked prices by this margin, I would have to close my doors.

This will kill buying and selling low cost stuff since it won't be worth
selling it on eBay anymore, IMHO.
I've bought and sold many things on eBay, btw.

Nicolas

 

[RS]

Meh, I find Ebay rather pointless for most stuff anyway. People bid stuff up
to at least discount retail and then pay double the shipping costs. Unless
its last years stuff, there are few deals to be found on ebay.

 

[Mike]

How do eBay's new prices compare to Yahoo Auctions?

I have no idea. I've never used Yahoo auctions. Hell, I've never
even heard of Yahoo Auctions until just now.

Mike

 

[sgordon]

: This will kill buying and selling low cost stuff since it won't be worth
: selling it on eBay anymore, IMHO.

Well, frankly, if it helps return eBay to its original role as
an AUCTION site, that would be good. The gazillions of duplicate
listings with buy-it-now trash has made it more and more difficult
to search for normal auctions.

Scott

 

[Chris Phillipo]

Subject: Re: FIGHT eBay's HORRIBLE Price Increases - Meg MUST RESIGN!
From: "RS" <(e-mail address removed)>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.video.ptv.tivo, rec.video.desktop, alt.autos.subaru

Meh, I find Ebay rather pointless for most stuff anyway. People bid stuff up
to at least discount retail and then pay double the shipping costs. Unless
its last years stuff, there are few deals to be found on ebay.

When I received the email that they were raising prices I had just been
talking to a friend about how great it must be to make millions of
dollars without actually selling or shipping anything. Now I have to
add to that, it must be beyond great to be able to double your profit by
simply saying, today I think I'll double our profit. Click, click. Ok,
done.

 

[Mike]

Well, frankly, if it helps return eBay to its original role as
an AUCTION site, that would be good. The gazillions of duplicate
listings with buy-it-now trash has made it more and more difficult
to search for normal auctions.

Most of things I buy on eBay are with BIN. I don't like waiting
around, frantically waiting as the last few minutes tick buy. I'd
rather just buy it and get it over with.

Mike

 

[TravelinMan]

: This will kill buying and selling low cost stuff since it won't be worth
: selling it on eBay anymore, IMHO.

Well, frankly, if it helps return eBay to its original role as
an AUCTION site, that would be good. The gazillions of duplicate
listings with buy-it-now trash has made it more and more difficult
to search for normal auctions.

Easy. Just click on the 'auction' tab to eliminate BIY if you don't like
it.

 

[Edwin]

I have no idea. I've never used Yahoo auctions. Hell, I've never
even heard of Yahoo Auctions until just now.

Do you Yahoo?

 

[Paul McCahan]

How do eBay's new prices compare to Yahoo Auctions?

Yahoo won't matter, it's probably cheaper, and soon MUCH cheaper,
problem is, if you don't have a market ----- your stuff won't sell.

eBay has you LOCKED in. When you add PayPal into the mix, they make it
near impossible to sell on the other Auction sites. That's the PROBLEM.

Join the PROTEST:

http://www.nolistingday.com

Sign the Petition!

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?ebayfee

 

[Paul McCahan]

You might try: ePier

Why jump in the Bay when you can buy items on the Pier.

http://www.epier.com/

http://www.bidville.com/

Craig's list is another idea - but eBay recently bought 25% of them, so
they may go under in the same way.

Big websites that don't concentrate on just Auctions aren't going to
work. Overstock is trying to do it too, but you need conentration from
the buyer and that's not going to happen on those sites.

Use snipping if you don't like bidding at the last minute, it will do it
for you.

http://www.snipeswipe.com/

 

[Mike]

eBay has you LOCKED in. When you add PayPal into the mix, they make it
near impossible to sell on the other Auction sites. That's the PROBLEM.

But it's not a PROBLEM! Again, sellers will just raise their prices to
cover these small increases. No one cares.

Mike

 

[Paul McCahan]

But it's not a PROBLEM! Again, sellers will just raise their prices to
cover these small increases. No one cares.

Mike

Wrong Mike. Sounds as if you know little about economics.

An item that sells at auction for $10, like a set of 4 Lithium Batteries.

Will still sell after February 18th for $10.

PROBLEM is, the cost to sell those SAME Batteries has been raised by
about .62¢!!! Not a nickel or a dime, but a LOT OF FREAKING Money.

The buyer doesn't pay this fee, the SELLER DOES... you can't just raise
your price... since PRICE is determined by the Market in and OUT of eBay.

In other words, it will make it less viable to sell your stuff on eBay,
thus less choice for buyers... This is a SERIOUS issues for the main
reason that eBay is just a website... they don't have any real cost
outside of maintaining a very complex server. They are spending money on
expensive TV commercials, buying up Rent.com, Craig's List, without our
approval, thus driving up OUR fees.

If you sold on eBay you'd be raging mad, if you buy on ebay, it won't
become clear that the show is going to get very quiet after Feb 18th.

Lot's of people are leaving.

http://www.nolistingday.com/closing_stores.htm

ebay needs to solve this problem before it's too late.

 

[Invid Fan]

Wrong Mike. Sounds as if you know little about economics.

An item that sells at auction for $10, like a set of 4 Lithium Batteries.

Will still sell after February 18th for $10.

PROBLEM is, the cost to sell those SAME Batteries has been raised by
about .62¢!!! Not a nickel or a dime, but a LOT OF FREAKING Money.

The buyer doesn't pay this fee, the SELLER DOES... you can't just raise
your price... since PRICE is determined by the Market in and OUT of eBay.

In other words, it will make it less viable to sell your stuff on eBay,
thus less choice for buyers... This is a SERIOUS issues for the main
reason that eBay is just a website... they don't have any real cost
outside of maintaining a very complex server. They are spending money on
expensive TV commercials, buying up Rent.com, Craig's List, without our
approval, thus driving up OUR fees.

If you sold on eBay you'd be raging mad, if you buy on ebay, it won't
become clear that the show is going to get very quiet after Feb 18th.

Lot's of people are leaving.

http://www.nolistingday.com/closing_stores.htm

ebay needs to solve this problem before it's too late.

From what I've seen on Ebay, this is probably a reaction to sellers
listing products at a rediculously low price and making all the profit
from the shipping cost. Not unusual to see a buy now price of $1 and
$10 in shipping fees, of which Ebay gets nothing.

 

[Bonehenge]

From what I've seen on Ebay, this is probably a reaction to sellers
listing products at a rediculously low price and making all the profit
from the shipping cost. Not unusual to see a buy now price of $1 and
$10 in shipping fees, of which Ebay gets nothing.

I just bought a DSS multi switch for $0.01, and $14 shipping.

$14.01 was still deal for me, but eBay gets porked.

Barry

 

[Mike]

Wrong Mike. Sounds as if you know little about economics.

An item that sells at auction for $10, like a set of 4 Lithium Batteries.

Will still sell after February 18th for $10.

PROBLEM is, the cost to sell those SAME Batteries has been raised by
about .62¢!!! Not a nickel or a dime, but a LOT OF FREAKING Money.

The buyer doesn't pay this fee, the SELLER DOES... you can't just raise
your price... since PRICE is determined by the Market in and OUT of eBay.

No, the seller will just raise the price to $11. What part of this do
you not understand?

Mike

 

[TravelinMan]

No, the seller will just raise the price to $11. What part of this do
you not understand?

The part you apparently don't understand is that the price is set by the
market - not by the seller alone.

 

[Jeff Rife]

Paul McCahan ((e-mail address removed)) wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo:

Lot's of people are leaving.

http://www.nolistingday.com/closing_stores.htm

As of today, eBay has 129,000 different stores listed, and that page shows 29
as "leaving". That's 0.022% of the total...not very significant.

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| statistics say?"
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