FINALLY a voice of reason.
I was wondering not that the Count brought up Blood's auction. How does
auction fees compare to eBay? I would be they are more and there is a buyers
premium which eBay does NOT have.
What have you to say about this Michael? Would you like buyers and sellers to
try to cheat you.
Gary
> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:25:17 -0400
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected];
> [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] I thought of an idea on how to get around the
> price increase on eBay on some items
>
> Hello fellow Listees,
>
> As some of you know who attended Michael Blood's Annual Auction at the show
> in Tucson, I am pretty familiar with auctions. In fact, my family and I owned
> and operated one of the largest and most highly diversified auction sales
> organizations in America. Licensed in eight states, we sold everything from
> coins to casino/hotels. So, let me just say this. There isn't a legitimate
> auction house in the country...hell in the world!...that will provide the
> means to advertise, promote and sell your goods for less than EBay. Nor will
> they provide the wide range of seller and buyer services, protections and
> payment methods that are a part of package offered by EBay. It is the best
> deal I ever heard of for both buyers and sellers and that's why they have
> such tremendous market numbers.
>
> Our auction business had a 10% buyer premium AND a 10% seller fee PLUS
> consignor/sellers were charged for extra advertising position, photos, etc.
> etc. At an average seller cost of 15%to 20% we still had to beat off sellers
> with a stick...because we were cheap compared to Sotheby, Bonhams, Phillips
> and Butterfield whose selling costs can float right up to 40%.
>
> Prau that nothing happens to the guys and gals making the cost decisions at
> EBay.
>
> Regards,
>
> Count Deiro
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Gary Chase <[email protected]>
>>Sent: Mar 29, 2010 1:13 PM
>>To: [email protected], [email protected], meteoritecentral
>><[email protected]>
>>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] I thought of an idea on how to get around the
>>price increase on eBay on some items
>>
>>
>>Good Morning Listees and Bottom Feeders..
>>
>>Isn't this America? If you want to use a service pay for it. Do you go to
>>McDonalds and decide that the hamburger is too much and try to figure out a
>>way to cheat them out of their hamburger? Do you steal from Walmart if you
>>think they are charging too much? Stealing from eBay is no different.
>>
>>Why don't all you bottom feeders leave eBay and go off to your second rate
>>auction sites that have been mentioned here before. Leave eBay to the real
>>dealers.
>>
>>Also, could one of you rocket scientists explain to me how a buyer gets hurt
>>with the higher fees if an auction starts at a penny or 99cents? No one is
>>forcing you to bid any higher than you would pay for the piece somewhere else.
>>
>>Gary
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:30:32 -0700
>>> From: [email protected]
>>> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] I thought of an idea on how to get around the
>>> price increase on eBay on some items
>>>
>>> Hi Shawn and all,
>>> Actually, I think that would be an excellent response to the greed
>>> Of eBay. If everyone in the meteorite community did that, it would get
>>> The message across to buyers. Of course, it would have to be a "sliding
>>> Scale" application, as the "shipping and handling" charges would be
>>> Perhaps only $5 above actual shipping cost on some items but could
>>> Go up to hundreds on other items.
>>> SCREW EBAY -These dudes are making BILLIONS on nothing
>>> But their automated system. Not one minute of additional work or
>>> Other overhead has been involved in their 8.75% of cost sellers premium.
>>> It isn't as though they have had to hire more help or pay higher rent
>>> Or deal with increased travel expenses or ONE THING - they just
>>> Arbitrarily decided, "hay, we got millions of sellers now depending on
>>> Us - we can start sucking them dry!" and, like the stinking credit card
>>> Banks jerk people around legally. SCREW EBAY.
>>> I think this is a splendid partial solution.
>>> Way to go Shawn.
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/28/10 10:36 PM, "Shawn Alan" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello List
>>>>
>>>> I have seen this done before on eBay with items I have bought. The seller
>>>> would offer the item at buy it now for $2 and the shipping would be 15.
>>>> Now if
>>>> your a seller and offering an item that isn't that much I could see the
>>>> seller charging $15 to $40 for shipping and handling/packaging quote un
>>>> quote, if they know the item will go for that rate at buy it now or 5 day
>>>> auction bid, where it would only go for $2 to $5 at closing, which the
>>>> seller would only be charged for the closing cost and not the shipping and
>>>> handling cost (that was a long run on sentence). I guess its worth a try on
>>>> certain items that sell for a fixed rate.
>>>> Just a thought
>>>>
>>>> Shawn Alan
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