Stan,
I don't know that much about Ebay's overseas stuff. However, I do know,
since I've been there, they have had this obsession with shipping. We
were always being bombarded with 'sell more by offering free shipping'
'sell more by offering a shipping discount', etc. Now they've finally
been able to act on their obsession and all that money that used to be
taxed only once by Paypal, now can get taxed twice. They've salivated
over that for a long time. Unfortunately, like most obsessions, it'll
never turn out like they believe. The big sellers will have no problem
with all their discounts. All the medium-size and little guys, like me,
will either cut back drastically or leave entirely. I'm already
starting to see ads for other sites touting not having to pay fees on
shipping.
Steve
On 3/19/2011 9:10 PM, Stan Zaske wrote:
Listen Steve, they don't need American business anymore. They have
business overseas and can squeeze Americans as much as they like. Has
anybodies income increased as rapidly as costs over the last decade? I
didn't think so..
On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 09:36:55 -0500, Steve Tomporowski
<[email protected]> wrote:
You're entirely correct, however Ebay is spinning it as their 'tax'
will help control shipping costs, because that's what buyers are
complaining about. There's a bit of a disconnect here. My
experience has been when you tax something, the price goes up, not
down!?! Buyers complain about shipping because the cost of shipping
via UPS/USPS/FedEX is too expensive, especially for the little guys.
The little guys support the massive discounts that the big sellers
get. UPS has a 'special deal' on shipping and it's based on
quantity. If you ship like I do, you get a massive 5% off, which
still makes them 25% higher than Media Mail. If your shipping costs
are $1000/week, you get 20% off. Needless to say, it doesn't help
me one bit.
On ebay, CD's are limited to a max $3.00 shipping, and LP's a max
$4.00 shipping. So I'd have to roll the increase into the price.
This results in two things, less sales and now my listing fees are
250% higher because I'm now over a buck, so I have to jack the price
up again to make up for that. It seems like Ebay is trying to
squeeze out the little guy.
Steve
On 3/19/2011 10:12 AM, Christopher Fisk wrote:
Shipping costs are going to go up, not down, the shippers will just
build the fee into the shipping. Your new shipping cost went from $4
to $4.50
Christopher Fisk
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 10:09 AM, FORC5<[email protected]> wrote:
sounds like greed to me but who am I to judge, they may just be
trying to stay a float. In California that is no easy task.
good luck with that, business is rough.
fp
At 03:24 AM 3/19/2011, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with:
The current update is that they are lowering the Final value fee
by a whopping 1 percentage point, then killing the whole deal by
charging the FVF on shipping as well as the final selling cost.
Since my LPs generally sell for 99 cents and I have to charge $4
for shipping ($3.84 actual), I save 1 cent and get socked for 40
cents more on each deal.
Ebay says they are doing this to lower shipping costs.
Steve
On 3/18/2011 8:54 PM, FORC5 wrote:
what update ?
Have not sold in years, their attitude towards gun stuff riled me
up. Take my selling elsewhere but I still buy there, that does
not cost the buyer.
fp
At 02:59 PM 3/18/2011, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with:
I've been selling on Ebay for about 2 years and the new update
is going to wipe out any hope of making any money. What
alternatives are out there for online auctions? I usually sell
books and LPs.
Thanks...Steve
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