I agree with you Patrick (Michael, I'm really getting tired of this alterego
business, ha, ha !!!),
The bottom line is the money they will take in the "back door" on final value
fees, etc.. They can tell you they are lowering listing fees and all their
other "new found ideas" for sellers, but they have their bottom line and buyers
and sellers have their bottom line. Let's see how it plays out. As I said, I
guess it levels the competition as other sellers will have to figure out a way
to get their shipping costs in there just as I will. It only hurts me in our
single frame auctions as most of our multipacks have free shipping. Since I
offer frames at wholesale, it makes it alot to think about for me. I don't want
to have one price for Ebay customers and another for website and local
customers. The big part of this whole thing is that due to soaring gas prices,
the shipping companies have raised their prices twice this year.
Amazing.........
Sue
www.hollywoodposterframes.com
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 08:45:38 -0700From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: [MOPO] new
eBay mandatory $4.00 max on shipping????To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],
I don't think that Ebay is truly attempting to show buyers that Ebay is a
satisfying purchasing venue. Instead they would LOVE it if Sellers increase
their item prices to cover S/H.
I believe that Ebay knows and wants Sellers to be adding the difference in
shipping and materials costs to the price of the item as it positively affects
their bottom line. It may seem like small change, but it is a way for Ebay to
gain more in listing and final value fees which they could not get as shipping
costs are added separate to the money's paid for the item and thus those added
S/H dollars have not been within their grasps. But if they make a 'standard'
shipping cost and make it appear to be fair in a 'one size fits all' approach,
the end result is Seller's add $5 or $30 to an expensive insured or overseas
item and that $5-$30 added to the item instead of to S/H is adding money in
Ebay's pocket as Sellers increase the costs of their items which equates to
Sellers (once again) paying more in fees to Ebay for what was once S/H fee
which they couldn't grab.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but this certainly seems like a 'found money'
situation and an end resulting profit for Ebay.
Patrick
On Sep 5, 2008, at 8:20 AM, Susan Heim wrote:
I am hoping there will be enough of an uproar over this that Ebay will have to
alter their thinking. I got the same alert message for the album cover frames I
ship. Ebay had instructed me a year or so ago that my album cover frames could
be listed in the Music category under "accessories" and that is how I have been
listing them. My alert message is that the maximum shipping for that category
will be $5 beginning in October. There is no way I can ship a custom made album
cover frame for $5. The custom box and shipping materials cost me about $3 just
by themself before I even ship it, not to mention that I ship fully insured at
my expense. I keep getting the "shipping message" on my larger frames also. I
ship a full size movie poster frame to anywhere in the country for $14.95. It
costs me considerably more than that, so I am already absorbing part of that
shipping charge. There is no way it can go any lower on a single frame and we
ship for free on multipacks. In their attempt to "show" buyers they are doing
everything to make Ebay a "satisfying" purchasing venue, they are forgetting
about who pays the bills. Sellers need to be taken care of also. That is
evidenced by the number of sellers, many major sellers, that have left Ebay. I
have spoken to several sellers who have said they will add the difference in
the actual cost of shipping from the maximum amount Ebay is allowing to the
price of their item. I guess that is one way to circumvent the situation. I
suppose if everyone had to do that it would level the competition field. But
then is that really a fair deal to the buyer, especially one that might be
picking up their item in person and wouldn't be paying any shipping. That is a
common occurence for me in Los Angeles for my particular product. I can't
imagine what they are thinking. Also, I have another thought. How can
something being sold at a fixed price be called an auction? Auction denotes to
me "bidding" going on. Sue www.hollywoodposterframes.com
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 22:52:43 -0400From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [MOPO] new eBay
mandatory $4.00 max on shipping????To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
So,
I must have missed this one...
I'm revising my CGC'd monster magazines (have to update thanks to their
so-called new and improved image-hosting... sure the NEW pics look a little
bigger, but the OLD pics shrank!?!?!) anyway, after revision, I got this new
alert:
Attention Sellers:
Attention Seller!
Starting in October, the maximum shipping cost in this category will be $4.00.
You'll be asked to enter a shipping cost less than or equal to this cost for
the first U.S. flat rate shipping service. Get a head start on these changes by
updating your shipping costs for this listing
I am using the Magazine Back-Issue category... Now, legally, there is
absolutely NO WAY that I can send a CGC'd magazine to ANYONE in the United
States... can't legally use magazines for Media Mail, so it's either Parcel
Post or Priority
Any Poster sellers getting this one, too?
Kenwick
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