Yes and I fully get it, but what I'm complaining about is the volume of
mail about the pros and cons of any business enterprise be it ebay or
any other currently far outweighs the subject matter of the list which I
thought was about hunting for and discussing of meteorites.
Mike
On 03/30/2010 09:33, [email protected] wrote:
I am getting tried of reading about how someone might go about screwing
with other businesses and request that this topic be defined as off
topic and taken off list.
Mike (Silveus)
Ebay is a business and its goal is to make as much money as possible, which involves
decisions such as "what is the net effect on revenue if we raise fees by X and it
pisses sellers off so that Z of them leave ebay?"
Being a near-monopoly, they don't care if you like them or not. As the Count
points out, the fees on ebay are substantially less than the major auction
houses. Shipping from the majors is brutal. And slow.
Sellers on ebay are businesses, too. They make their own calculations on how to
maximize profit. One way is to shift some product cost to shipping cost. Ebay
has a policy against this and, in some categories, 'books' for example, they
strictly limit what can be charged for shipping. In other categories it is not
well defined. Engaging in this practice is not 'screwing' anyone. It's business
and it's entirely within the rules of ebay.
Ebay is a national treasure but they are also SOBs, just like so many other
things in life.
Paul Swartz
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