Right before I left eBay I suggested to them they set up a separate site called "Classic eBay" which was limited to OOAK (one of a kind) items and which had the old eBay fee structure and set up. Sounds like that would accomplish what Channing is asking for, and it would "break off" the vintage side of eBay from the newly made side.(and of course eBay blew me off, saying their site worked just fine as it is!).
Bruce On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 11:48 PM, channinglylethomson < [email protected]> wrote: > * > 5/7/2011 > > MY THOUGHTS ON EBAY -- > > I have a couple of problems with the new EBAY deal on shipping. First of > all, now that all shipping is free (included in the price of the item), we > end up having to charge customers in our state sales tax on both shipping > and the item. Secondly, when we ship overseas, the foreign customer ends up > paying for the included domestic shipping as well as the foreign shipping > that's added. EBAY is frustrating because they took something that was > reasonably priced and uncomplicated and made it expensive and hard to follow > and work with. It's so complicated now, I find it difficult to discern > exactly how I would find it most advantageous to use the system. * > * > * > *What I suspect will happen, when they ultimately fire the Harvard MBAs > that have sat around jerking off and destroying the platform for the last > few years is this:* > * > * > *EBAY will send a letter out saying "You spoke and we listened." We are > removing all the changes we've made in the last ten years and going back to > the original simple model with the original pricing, fees, etc. Let's get > back to basics!* > * > * > *Wouldn't that be nice? * > * > * > *Channing Thomson* > > On May 7, 2011, at 5:44 PM, Phil Edwards wrote: > > If there has never been a real alternative to eBay (as in successful) in > all the years that eBay has been going, then I doubt very much that it will > happen now. > > Sad but true. > > As for a site dedicated to posters, surely both HA, BH and RH fill the > void, each in their own ways. > > Phil > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sean Linkenback > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 7:09 AM > Subject: Re: [MOPO] ebay is charging fees on > shipping?????????????????????????????????????????????? > > This is pretty old news (as far as the announcement at least). > > Pretty soon someone will start a real alternative to ebay, and I think > poster dealers and collectors will flock to it. > > > > -- Sent from my Palm Pre > > On May 7, 2011 5:03 PM, Michael B <[email protected]> wrote: > > what the ----------------------------- ??????????????????? > > > > > > michael > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site > at > www.filmfan.com___________________________________________________________________How > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing ListSend a message addressed to: > [email protected] the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-LThe author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site > at > www.filmfan.com___________________________________________________________________How > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing ListSend a message addressed to: > [email protected] the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-LThe author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site > at > www.filmfan.com___________________________________________________________________How > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing ListSend a message addressed to: > [email protected] the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-LThe author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 25 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
