If eBay continues as it does and leaves the stage completely as an online
auction venue for vintage collectibles, the vacuum they leave behind could be a
golden opportunity for someone out there with a bit of chutzpah and financial
backers with balls of steel.
All I know is if I were Rich and I had a working auction site like he does, I'd
think about waylaying one those high rollers who are always jetting into Vegas
and putting the arm on them for some seed money to turn MPB into a full-fledged
vintage collectibles auction site. Probably could be done for a couple of
million, excluding advertising costs. Pocket change to some. Over time the
returns could be in the billions!
So, Rich?
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] new eBay mandatory $4.00 max on shipping????
In a message dated 9/5/2008 10:36:48 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL
PROTECTED] writes:
eBay won't alter their thinking, Sue. They want sellers to roll the cost of
shipping into the price of the item so they can collect the increased Final
Value Fee. Then, in a few months, they'll require "free shipping" so that the
entire cost of shipping will have to be included in the purchase price, for the
same reason.
The net effect will be to drive small and medium-sized sellers off the
site. That is the intention. It's not a mistake, a miscalculation or a misstep,
it's part of their plan to transform the company.
Dave
Yeah, it's definitely becoming obvious that folks like me aren't wanted
anymore... I am now accepting this and am over the denial stage...
You poster collectors are very fortunate to have such a vast interest in the
community making all of these off-ebay auction sites such as Bruce's and
Movieposterbid, etc...
But what about small-interest items like my monster mags... or even
TOASTERS?!?!?
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