I agree with Jeff
I used to troll ebay for several hours a day from 1998-2004. Now I
look about once a week for 30 minutes and rarely do I find something
I want. Frequently when I do, the prices are too hi.
someone has a Lady in the Lake TC for $445.. it's been there for many
many months because the price is totally outsized
another guy used to have listed a Falcon Takes Over 1sh at $395.. It
was listed for many months. I offered him $250.. he didn't write back
and took the poster down, never to list it again
and yet other people have photoplay editions for Frankenstein &
London After Midnight that have been listed for so long I can't
recall at prices I would never even consider.
fleaBay has become - in large part - a Devil's Island of rejected
prices where "No item gets off this island unless it is dead" and the
sellers don't get it.
I love my 99 cent auctions on MoviePosterBid. I may sell lots of
stuff for 99 cents, $2, $3 etc.. But I also get to clear out a couple
boxes of stuff every week and I sell lots of stuff for good prices as
well and it keeps cash flow running weekly.
check out this results list of the insert auction I ended Weds
http://www.movieposterbid.com/inserts_052709.htm
I can't imagine anyone complaining about pulling in $3182 for that
list of material. But almost all dealers would prefer to start these
items at $9.99, $19.99, $39.99 etc and some for as much as $149.99..
but they aren't selling them as well. Particularly in this economy
But to be fair, it isn't entirely the seller's faults. fleaBay has
raised listing fees to the point where if you don't do 90%
sell-through, you can't make any money.
When I began selling on fleaBay in 1998 my costs to list a $500 piece
of art was 35cents and did not increase all that much for a couple
years. You can list alot for 35 cents, or later 60 cents, before it
starts hurting you.
Now to list a $500 item costs $4.00 listing fee (used to be $5.40
until they lowered it some)
If you list 100 items at $500 each.. the first item you sell is money
in the trash to pay listing fees
If you have a low sell-through rate, fleaBay fees eat you up.
I stopped selling in Jan 05 and closed my powerseller account. Then I
bought MoviePosterBid and I can't tell you how happy it has made me
to not be involved with that black hole anymore.. Their capricious
attitudes towards the people who pay their fees and ridiculous
philosophies have ruined the fleaBay world.. But that's another soapbox
Rich
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