Andrew wrote <<Ebay has on and will never have any REAL competition >> I
assume you meant "none" instead of "on".
I disagree - someone will come up with a business model that everyone will
flock to - if someone finds a way to prevent abuse by flaky bidders and
people will flock to them.
Also, a better feedback system would be helpful - just as Walmart blew all
the other department stores away a few years ago I can see them starting to
slip - someone will do to them what they did to all those other retailers.
Some day...
LarryT
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From: "andrew strasfogel" <astrasfo...@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 9:58 PM
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] I am NEVER selling on ebay again
Ebay has on and will never have any REAL competition because they are just
so damned good from a bidder's perspective. I love the thrill of sniping
in
my winning bid at the end of a hot auction.
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
There is a place called ioffer.com. Ubid.com has been around for a
long
time. I think it was started by the macmall/pcmall folks, or somebody
they
knew. Ubid has listings for used cars, but I don't think there is a
category for parts. It caters more toward consumer electronics.
I listed a tractor on ubid, and got a few lowball (ridiculous) offers. I
sold it by a targeted email on the uppermidwest Organic fruitgrowers
email
list.
I believe the market is overripe for some serious competition to the Bay
area whackos' fleabay. I think there is enough talent on this list to
launch it.
On 11/21/09 8:42 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I have just about had it with ebay. I took quite a long break from ebay
because of all of their rule changes, and have recently been selling a
few
things there. Nothing is selling for anywhere near what it should, most
things that usually do sell are not getting bids. So some jackass
johnny
come lately with 30 something feedback, who has only been a member for a
few
months leaves me negative feedback saying his item never showed up.
This
guy never contacted me, apparently did not pay attention to delivery
times
in the auction, never paid attention to the tracking info that was
emailed
to him when it shipped. He even pays for parcel post to cheap out on
the
shipping but I went ahead and shipped it fedex for him. And he leave
negative feedback. Ebay has cut the balls off of sellers and they cant
leave negative feedback for these type of buyers. I am done, it is just
not
worth it at all.
What else is out there to sell parts and such on?
--
87 300SDL, 87 300D, 81 240D, 200D
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