John
I'm in 100% agreement with virtually everything you say.
I think one more factor.... ebay burnout
I think very many people find ebay to be difficult to search due to
incorrect listings, spamming, wrong categories, repros, etc
a novice who only searches for "superman" would get a return of so
many items through out the site it would be daunting to search
through and only someone who can take the time to troll ebay all day
& all night can really use the site
it's alot like going to the Rose Bowl flea market looking for a
widget and every seller(about 4000 of them) there has a box of them
and you have to look through to find it
I also think that the very many frauds, incorrect descriptions,
non-shippers, non-payers etc written up in news , and the rude
attitude of many sellers is another factor.
How many times have you not gotten a response from a seller who screwed you.??
the entirety of all this and the simple fact that eBay let the site
"get away from them" because it became sooooo big and they just can't
police it. If they actually had 20 employees for each category who
knew the product doing policing, it would be a huge benefit to them.
It would also be to their benefit to police repros out of the
incorrect categories which would make searching much easier.
many want Meg Whitman out.. I don't think that is thge solution. The
solution is having experts en masse to police the site & help them
cater better to the sellers of all ranges, thereby recreating the
beneficial experience that the site once was
Rich=------============
At 03:57 PM 8/22/2006, JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia wrote:
I will be restructuring my business a little but will not close my
store in the immediate future. I will eventually move most of my
stock to my website, which is doing quite well, and sell less
through eBay. eBay will now be charging 10% commission on store
items that sell for under $25.00. Add this to higher listing fees
and various other charges plus the lack of visibility in their
search engines and the result will be that many sellers will
certainly close up their stores.
I believe that one of the reasons eBay has made this decision is to
try to weed out sellers who load up their stores with many bogus
items or sellers who inflate shipping costs and other charges. I
think things have almost reached the point where they are not able
to control the site. They seem to rely on reports from users to
manage fraud etc and many scammers slip through the net. There are
some new scams that have surfaced reecently that must be of great
concern to them. They also want more sellers to use the auction
format instead of stores. Many sellers have realised that eBay
auctions are no longer the way to go.
I think their strategy is extremely risky and they will lose many
sellers as a result.
The reaction in Australia has been huge with a petition against the
fee hikes now reaching over 4000 replies
<http://forums.ebay.com.au/thread.jspa?threadID=500024740&tstart=0&mod=1156283641454>http://forums.ebay.com.au/thread.jspa?threadID=500024740&tstart=0&mod=1156283641454
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----- Original Message -----
From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Richard Auras
To: <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Are MoPo sellers accepting eBay's massive price rise?
This was a good question and I am glad to hear others feelings on
this. I myself am sitting on the wall with really nowhere to go. I
deal primarily in lower end material with none of the great A titles
many of you have to offer. I am a hobbyist who does this around a
normal day job and family. I don't have the luxury of shows and
events here in San Antonio to set up in. I don't have the time to
build and maintain a website and I don't have a physical storefront
to sell from. I did my selling for 9 years through auctions on ebay
before switching to 10% auctions and 90% ebay store. I was just
breaking even with the auction only by the time I decided to migrate
to the store method. At 2 cents a post I was making some money
again and was working to get my store up to 10,000 to 12,000
items. Sales were enough to pay for this and give me money to
continue buying for myself and resale. This increase just has me
worried. I don't want to increase my prices to try to balance
things because that will scare buyers away. This is getting to be
the season when things normally pick up for me so I guess the next 4
or 5 months will give me the direction I need. I just hope I don't
fall of this wall in the meantime.
Rick (ilovefilms)
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