The question is "What does Ebay intend to transform itself into, if its ground plan is to drive small and medium-sized sellers off the site? I just don;t understand what they're doing. First, they drove all the stores off the site by forcing up the listing fees, the reasoning being that the stores were distracting from their lucrative auction business. Their intent was to encourage the store owners to list auction instead. Now that they've got everyone listing auctions, their new plan is to move away from auctions and into fixed priced listings with the dealers incorporating the cost of shipping in the purchase price, much in the same way as Amazon operates. Does Ebay have any consistentl vision for their company for the future? FRANC -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Rosen Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 11:35 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] new eBay mandatory $4.00 max on shipping????
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 ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Heim To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 11:20 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] new eBay mandatory $4.00 max on shipping???? 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 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [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: <http://pics.ebay.com/aw/pics/s.gif> <http:///> <http://pics.ebay.com/aw/pics/s.gif> <http://pics.ebay.com/aw/pics/s.gif> <http://pics.ebay.com/aw/pics/s.gif> <http://pics.ebay.com/aw/pics/tbx/warnSm.gif> 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 _____ It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal <http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047> here. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. 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