Claude,
Actually, Ebay can and does measure it and they know their overall
transaction/sales volume (and listing fees and commissions) have been
slipping for some time. So, besides blaming it all on the recession,
what do they decide to do about it? They decide to limit sellers to $4
shipping on certain common items! Brilliant! Particularly when the
minimum to ship by the most popular method -- Priority Mail -- is now
$5. It's obvious this ploy is something they plan to extend to other
items as well, in some desperate attempt to show users "they care".
While this won't hurt the bulk sellers of cheap import items who run
essentially run fixed-price buy it now stores (they often include "free
shipping" in their price), it is yet another blow at the individual
collectible seller or garage sale-type person trying to sell unique
items through Ebay... items which often require different shipping
options, weight and packaging considerations.
Ebay has decided it wants to be like Amazon. What it doesn't seem to
realize is that there already is an Amazon and they haven't a prayer of
beating them at their own game. What made Ebay famous was, of course,
was that for many years it was the best site out there for *real*
auctions. But they have been trying to kill that part of their business
for a long time now and keep coming up with ingenious ways of doing it.
Imagine what they could be if they spent as much time and effort
figuring out how to *encourage* the real auction sellers.
-- JR
Claude Litton wrote:
*This is one of the two major problems with ebay and ebay is too
stupid to recognize what this has done to the collectibles market. By
making it virtually impossible to contact other people, they prevent
righteous persons from warning others of fraud or mistakes. It also
does not allow us to uncover shill bidding by sellers. These have
definitely put a serious dent into the poster market and no doubt,
into other antique items. Ebay is too preoccupied with making money
and "protecting" itself against off-ebay transactions. I believe it
has cut down on transactions and the profit margin as well, but they
can't measure this and therefore they wont remedy it. *
**
*CJL*
In a message dated 12/26/2009 8:52:52 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
Thanks, Lumi,
I guess that supports the old adage that if something appears
too good to be true, it is indeed.. too good to be true. Let's
just hope that some newby collector doesn't get suckered in by
this guy...
Rick
http://cgi.ebay.com/DR-NO-Original-Movie-Poster-JAMES-BOND-007_W0QQitemZ150393635820QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item230428c3ec
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