I used to love to look at who was bidding. I knew almost all the ebay
user IDs in the movie poster area -- all the usual players. This is
just
one more area where ebay is being pennywise and pound foolish.
Ebay's bias is so weighted toward the buyers - they really have
contempt for their sellers.
They make token gestures toward the sellers, who pay for everything,
really, but really have very little sense of fair play.
Their feedback system sucks and I make this statement as someone with
a 100% positive
feedback rating. I only put things on ebay to draw people to my
business. I much
prefer ebay stores. I look at those fees as an advertising expense.
I profoundly hope that Bruce Hershenson's new effort is a big success
and will draw
the attention of other ebay sellers in many fields. Ebay richly
deserves to be slapped
down.
But really -- they are only interested in selling washing machines
and cars now.
They certainly don't understand the collectibles business.
Kirby
On Mar 6, 2008, at 7:18 PM, Jeff Potokar wrote:
joe,
just because you chose to list items on ebay for sale or up for bid
doesnt mean they WILL sell. ebay doesn't guarantee that items will
be bid on. (i am not defending ebay's current new policies here, by
the way).
i have put items on ebay (as have thousands of others) that did not
sell or get bid on. this is not ebay's fault. simply stated....
nobody wanted what you were offering--plain and simple.
jeff
On Mar 6, 2008, at 4:53 PM, Joseph Bonelli wrote:
When it cost me over $40.00 to list four items (some posters and
laserdiscs) after Hurricane Katrina and they didn't sell, I
decided that selling on Ebay was no longer for me. I still buy
things occasionally and will probably continue but If I decide to
sell movie memorabilia items I'll probably look to consign.
Ebay, like all behemoths (even giant ones!), is looking for a fall.
Joe B in NOLA
Freedom Lover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I started straying from ebay a few months back. If I come across
something in my ebay 'searches', I check to see if it's a member
of MoPo before I bid. If not, I generally skip it. Same thing
for magic posters. I just go directly to their private auctions.
Some people, like me, only go behind ebay's back because ebay is
too sleazy/sneaky to do good business with. Of course, you can't
leave feedback that way, but most of us are interested in the
item, not the feedback.
Ebay brought this on themselves. Greedy people always seem to
cost themselves more $$ directly relating to their greed. ... and
so be it, no? My guess is their greed will be their downfall.
Andrea
On Mar 6, 2008, at 3:01 PM, Patrick Michael Tupy wrote:
I agree COMPLETELY! I have had probably 50 times where I have
not bid due to a friend being the current high bidder. OR for
me, when deciding how much to bid and when, to strategically see
what other bidder's history's were in the last 30 days or so
could help me gage in some way how high they would 'normally' go
in their past auctions. I have ZERO problem with anyone seeing
my past history, etc. and as information is power, we are clearly
all becoming far less powerful on Ebay where there is so little
to be had in the first place. Also, just as an aside, wouldn't
being unable to see a bidder's ID encourage some unscrupulous
Sellers to shill bid their items. Anywho, as a result, I will
likely not bid as often on Ebay due to all the current
'improvements' and end up buying from dealers more. In fact, I
already have been.
I actually spoke to a rep at Ebay and complained about the new
Seller fees and not being able to leave negative feedback while
buyers still could. He stated that there was retaliatory
feedback happening (yeah, I know, shocking), to which I replied,
great, now any bidder can hurt a Seller's rep with impunity, how
is that fair? His response, "Well, we are putting a huge amount
of dedicated manpower toward resolving any complaints etc. and
any banned buyer's feedback will be removed retroactively." To
which I replied, doesn't the fact that you feel you have to
allocate all this new manpower mean that you've actually created
a new problem that requires such action on your part.? He said
they'd had a lot of complaints about this and he'd 'note' my
statements to his managers, etc.
I'm sure my complaint this will solve everything.
Patrick
On Mar 6, 2008, at 11:35 AM, Freedom Lover wrote:
I noticed that, but I don't think it's necessarily a good idea.
I mostly buy and if I want something a friend of mine is bidding
on, I'll sometimes let it go (depends on the piece, of course).
Of course, the sellers will say this is bad for business and
they're right. I still liked the option of standing aside for a
bud.
Andrea
On Mar 6, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Kenwick Cook wrote:
Hey gang;
I just noticed that starting today, that "putting your name
in the room" means nothing... I guess it's now truly a 'silent
auction'... bidders' screen names are no longer legible,
regardless of the going-price... below is the new quote on all
Bidding History pages:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
To help keep the eBay community safe, enhance bidder privacy,
and protect our members from fraudulent emails, eBay has
changed how User IDs display on the bid history page. Only you
and the seller of the item can view your User ID, all other
members will see anonymous user IDs, such as x***y.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I guess as a bidder, I kinda like the limiting of fraud,
however, I'll miss putting my screen name out there because I
truly felt that it helped to link buyers to My Store with that
silly little Red Door...
What're y'all's thoughts?
FranKenwick
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