I hear ya.? I don't bid now on some items just because of that.? Makes shill
bidding o so easy.? You cant see how long they have been a member, what they
bid on, yadda yadda.?? I email the seller and tell them just that.? The stupid
idiots at ebay its almost like what dumb thing will they do next.?? Anybody
else notice the reduced number of listings compared to a couple of years ago??
Anybody going to the Ray Courts movie memorabilia show in Chicago this next
weekend?? I have about 20 rolls of assorted posters I will be offering for $2 a
poster.? You have to buy the whole box/roll.? They consist of 2 of these, 4 of
these, maybe up to 7 or so, maybe only 1 of this and that, they are all over
the board.? Some rolls I have gone through and written on the box what is in
there, some I haven't and they are the way I got them from one of the guys who
cleaned out the chicago outlet.? If your interested in these let me know.
Have a good weekend all!? Martin May
-----Original Message-----
From: Kirby McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 10:13 am
Subject: Re: [MOPO] eBay is now hiding bidder screen-names!
I used to love to look at who was bidding. ?I knew almost all the ebay
user IDs in the movie poster area -- all the usual players. ?This is just
one more area where ebay is being pennywise and pound foolish.
Ebay's bias is so weighted toward the buyers - they really have contempt for
their sellers.
They make token gestures toward the sellers, who pay for everything, really,
?but really have very little sense of fair play.
Their feedback system sucks and I make this statement as someone with a 100%
positive
feedback rating. ?I only put things on ebay to draw people to my business. ?I
much
prefer ebay stores. ?I look at those fees as an advertising expense.
I profoundly hope that Bruce Hershenson's new effort is a big success and will
draw
the attention of other ebay sellers in many fields. ?Ebay richly deserves to be
slapped
down.
But really -- they are only interested in selling washing machines and cars now.
They certainly don't understand the collectibles business.
Kirby
On Mar 6, 2008, at 7:18 PM, Jeff Potokar wrote:
joe,
just because you chose to list items on ebay for sale or up for bid doesnt mean
they WILL sell. ?ebay doesn't guarantee that items will be bid on. (i am not
defending ebay's current new policies here, by the way).
i have put items on ebay (as have thousands of others) that did not sell or get
bid on. this is not ebay's fault. simply stated.... nobody wanted what you were
offering--plain and simple.
jeff
On Mar 6, 2008, at 4:53 PM, Joseph Bonelli wrote:
When it cost me over $40.00 to list four items (some posters and laserdiscs)
after Hurricane Katrina and they didn't sell, I decided that selling on Ebay
was no longer for me.? I still buy things occasionally and will probably
continue but If I decide to sell movie memorabilia items I'll probably look to
consign.
?
Ebay, like all behemoths (even giant ones!), is looking for a fall.
?
Joe B in NOLA
Freedom Lover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I started straying from ebay a few months back. ?If I come across something in
my ebay 'searches', I check to see if it's a member of MoPo before I bid. ? If
not, I generally skip it. ?Same thing for magic posters. ?I just go directly to
their private auctions. ?Some people, like me, only go behind ebay's back
because ebay is too sleazy/sneaky to do good business with. ?Of course, you
can't leave feedback that way, but most of us are interested in the item, not
the feedback.
Ebay brought this on themselves. ?Greedy people always seem to cost themselves
more $$ directly relating to their greed. ?... and so be it, no? ?My guess is
their greed will be their downfall.
Andrea
On Mar 6, 2008, at 3:01 PM, Patrick Michael Tupy wrote:
I agree COMPLETELY!? I have had probably 50 times where I have not bid due to a
friend being the current high bidder.? OR for me, when deciding how much to bid
and when, to strategically see what other bidder's history's were in the last
30 days or so could help me gage in some way how high they would 'normally' go
in their past auctions.? I have ZERO problem with anyone seeing my past
history, etc. and as information is power, we are clearly all becoming far less
powerful on Ebay where there is so little to be had in the first place.? Also,
just as an aside, wouldn't being unable to see a bidder's ID encourage some
unscrupulous Sellers to shill bid their items.? Anywho,? as a result, I will
likely not bid as often on Ebay due to all the current 'improvements' and end
up buying from dealers more.? In fact, I already have been.
I actually spoke to a rep at Ebay and complained about the new Seller fees and
not being able to leave negative feedback while buyers still could.? He stated
that there was retaliatory feedback happening (yeah, I know, shocking), to
which I replied, great, now any bidder can hurt a Seller's rep with impunity,
how is that fair?? His response, "Well, we are putting a huge amount of
dedicated manpower toward resolving any complaints etc. and any banned buyer's
feedback will be removed retroactively."? ?To which I replied, doesn't the fact
that you feel you have to allocate all this new manpower mean that you've
actually created a new problem that requires such action on your part.?? He
said they'd had a lot of complaints about this and he'd 'note' my statements to
his managers, etc.
I'm sure my complaint this will solve everything.
Patrick
On Mar 6, 2008, at 11:35 AM, Freedom Lover wrote:
I noticed that, but I don't think it's necessarily a good idea. ?I mostly buy
and if I want something a friend of mine is bidding on, I'll sometimes let it
go (depends on the piece, of course). ?Of course, the sellers will say this is
bad for business and they're right. ?I still liked the option of standing aside
for a bud.
Andrea
On Mar 6, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Kenwick Cook wrote:
Hey gang;
??? I just noticed that starting today, that "putting your name in the room"
means nothing... I guess it's now truly a 'silent auction'... bidders' screen
names are no longer legible, regardless of the going-price... below is the new
quote on?all Bidding History pages:
?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
?
To help keep the eBay community safe, enhance bidder privacy, and protect our
members from fraudulent emails, eBay has changed how User IDs display on the
bid history page. Only you and the seller of the item can view your User ID,
all other members will see anonymous user IDs, such as x***y.
?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
?
I guess as a bidder, I kinda like the limiting of fraud, however, I'll miss
putting my screen name out there because I truly felt that it helped to link
buyers to My Store with that silly little Red Door...
?
What're y'all's thoughts?
?
FranKenwick
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