You are right John. After being absent on Fleabay for some time I thought about giving it a try again, but noticed that I get "High Shipping" warnings from eBay even if I charge only $10. That's less than 5 Euros! I can not even sent a package within the Netherlands under 6.50 Euros. To safely ship a lobby card set or large folded poster outside Europe I have to pay our postal service 22 Euros. That's $32.53!!!! I now charge $12 on eBay and therefore lose $20 on each order. I also got my auctions stopped because I accept cash. It will get even worse if you are forced to accept Paypal only. Although I never had problems with Paypal and they still are the cheapest way of getting cash straight into my bank account at the lowest fees, I noticed through the years that a lot of customers don't like Paypal and that my sales went up when I also started to accept credit cards via a merchant account. Can someone give me good alternatives for Fleabay that I can use next to our website? Thanks, Ron Zwarts
MotionPictureArt.com Movie Posters, Lobby Cards and more... http://www.MotionPictureArt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:05 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] More eBay Frustrations... PS I have told my account manager that I think it is absolutely ridiculous that buyers are allowed to rate sellers on postage charges. All of my packages go out with a Postage Paid Australia stamp and no indication of the actual cost and in many cases I routinely lose money on postage because I am trying to protect my DSR rating. Essentially, I think the current policies are forcing sellers who sell internationally to lose money on postage. Regards John Sign up for my regular newsletter on movie memorabilia: http://www.moviemem.com/pages/page.php?mod=account&go=register Visit my Website: www.moviemem.com All About Australian posters: http://search.reviews.ebay.com/members/johnwr_W0QQuqtZg My eBay Store and Lisitngs: http://myworld.ebay.com/johnwr/ Exhibitions: http://www.moviemem.com/pages/page.php?page=15 JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA PO Box 92 Palm Beach Qld 4221 Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Hershenson To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:50 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] More eBay Frustrations... John is right. This was publicly announced today. They say that they will give all sellers a two month "grace period" to get all four DSRs over 4.3, and then they are gone. I agree with Phil that this would be the height of insanity, but after all the other weird changes, I do believe they mean. I am SO glad to have flown over the fleabay cuckoo's next! Bruce On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:25 PM, Phil Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I doubt very much they will do that. What they will do, I think, is threaten that, and the option will be if you have less than 4.3 then you will have to pay higher listing or FVFs to list. They know too many people make their livelyhood out of the decreasingly useful site. Anyone who watches their "star ratings" knows that it's a system that doesn't work, it's a system that a lot of buyers don't understand and/or abuse and it's also a system that can be easily manipulated by the mighty Fleabay for their own advantage - such as charging sellers higher fees if their star ratings drop below 4.3. And did your "eBay rep" say that he thought it was something he thought would upset a lot of sellers, or are they your words? Did you explain to him how as a seller you thought this was as ridiculous as it sounds? Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] More eBay Frustrations... I just had a call from my eBay rep who wanted to let me know about all of the changes. One thing he did say that would likely upset a lot of people is that any seller who has a DSR star rating in any category that is below 4.3 will "lose their selling privaleges" - ie they won't be able to sell on eBay. Some very big sellers have low star ratings and will be affected by this. Regards John Sign up for my regular newsletter on movie memorabilia: http://www.moviemem.com/pages/page.php?mod=account&go=register Visit my Website: www.moviemem.com All About Australian posters: http://search.reviews.ebay.com/members/johnwr_W0QQuqtZg My eBay Store and Lisitngs: http://myworld.ebay.com/johnwr/ Exhibitions: http://www.moviemem.com/pages/page.php?page=15 JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA PO Box 92 Palm Beach Qld 4221 Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph Bonelli To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:42 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] More eBay Frustrations... Hi, Scott, et al, from Joe Bonelli in NOLA--- also a native of Mississippi. RE: <"...Our prolific-poster-seller Bruce H is quoted.......... ......The article says he's in West Plains, Miss. Doesn't that abbreviation indicate Mississippi?"> The truth be told, it's true that quite a number of Mississippians can't spell-- even the abbreviation ("MS") of our state. BUT----- it is ALSO true that most Yankees don't know anything about geography east or south of the Johnson/Nixon (or is that "Mason/Dixon?") line. Hence, the mis-locating of our "E-Bay-less Bro from old West Plains, MO" So---- ANYONE in the "nawth" could be responsible for placing the Missouri Tornado (oops!! Sorry, Bruce!) in the middle of Elvis Country. Hi, Bruce! Welcome to Tupelo! Joe B (hiding from Faye) in NOLA PS-- LOL!! Joe --- On Wed, 8/20/08, Scott Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Scott Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MOPO] More eBay Frustrations... To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 9:55 AM AP story out today about eBay. Our prolific-poster-seller Bruce H is quoted 11 paragraphs from the bottom. Here's the link: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080820/D92M1T580.html The article says he's in West Plains, Miss. Doesn't that abbreviation indicate Mississippi? 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