Re: [meteorite-list] ALTERNATIVE dealing with eBay Fraud! JASON, be carefull what you say about my meteorites on the Meteorite List, I am warning you...

2013-03-03 Thread Chris Spratt
Hi all: I'm must plead somewhat "guilty" in that I sometimes purchase small meteorites (usually micro-bits) from certain sellers listing items on EBay, usually because those particular sellers can supply what I want at a relatively, for me, good price (despite the increasing shipping costs). I'

Re: [meteorite-list] ALTERNATIVE dealing with eBay Fraud! JASON, be carefull what you say about my meteorites on the Meteorite List, I am warning you...

2013-03-02 Thread Jodie Reynolds
> but I spend at least 8 hours a day, every > day, driving traffic online. It is time-consuming, but one can make a > routine out of it. Aha! See, you're running a real business. 8 hrs a day invested in marketing activities, what, a couple hours a day in shipping and support, minimum? Then you

Re: [meteorite-list] ALTERNATIVE dealing with eBay Fraud! JASON, be carefull what you say about my meteorites on the Meteorite List, I am warning you...

2013-03-02 Thread Galactic Stone & Ironworks
Hi Jodie and List, My method of driving traffic is pretty simple - invest heavily in social media, message boards, mailing lists, and any other venue where you can insert your URL without it being spammy. I stop short of spam, because I hate it so much. It's not digging ditches, but I spend at l

Re: [meteorite-list] ALTERNATIVE dealing with eBay Fraud! JASON, be carefull what you say about my meteorites on the Meteorite List, I am warning you...

2013-03-02 Thread Jodie Reynolds
Hi MikeG, I've never studied your market, so I have absolutely no clue how you drive traffic, what your traffic volume is, what your sell-through looks like, or how you manage your pipeline - so I'm just going to take your word for it - I honestly don't have any interest, vested or otherwise, in l

Re: [meteorite-list] ALTERNATIVE dealing with eBay Fraud! JASON, be carefull what you say about my meteorites on the Meteorite List, I am warning you...

2013-03-02 Thread Galactic Stone & Ironworks
Sure, eBay has a massive traffic base. But, the vast majority of those visitors have zero interest in meteorites. At any given time, the amount of visitors on eBay who are looking to purchase a meteorite is a tiny percentage of the overall traffic base. By paying eBay fees, you are basically pur

Re: [meteorite-list] ALTERNATIVE dealing with eBay Fraud! JASON, be carefull what you say about my meteorites on the Meteorite List, I am warning you...

2013-03-02 Thread Jodie Reynolds
Hi Don and List, > Yes there will be a set price and yes you can still use PayPal to have Buyers > purchase your meteorites, but Bam...no eBay fees, no negative feedback no > bull crap! Maybe a little closer to "rocket science", but if you still want to offer bidding, there are open-source biddin

[meteorite-list] ALTERNATIVE dealing with eBay Fraud! JASON, be carefull what you say about my meteorites on the Meteorite List, I am warning you...

2013-03-02 Thread Don Merchant
Very good advice Mike. If I may add...to all of you who do sell on eBay and are tired of paying fees, and receiving unjust negative feedback from constipated Buyers or dealing with fraud and wanna be Dealers/Sellers, may I suggest an alternative. Please understand I realize eBay covers a world w