BJ wrote:
> Hi Ian,
>
> His models all start out at either 95 or 99 cents. He has an unlimited
> supply of models. Why should one person pay $1 for a model and the
> next person pay $12? If he sold his models in a store he would need to
> have a set price. eBay allows him to get whatever he can. True, he has
> the right to get whatever he can, but that doesn't mean that it's the
> right thing to do. If he had an eStore I would trust him enough to
> become a repeat customer. I'm just wondering how others feel about it.
> I figure he'd get more loyal customers if he was loyal to them.
I sell a lot on eBay and rarely use set prices. For one set prices cost
more and that means I have to charge more on low priced items. Second it
is unfair to both the customer and me. I get cheated of what I might
have made over the price I would have set and the customer gets cheated
of what might have been a bargain (I usually start my auctions at
$0.99). By allowing the market to decide the value of what I have to
sell it offers the possibility of 2 "good" outcomes. Set prices do not.
Also eBay has found fixed price items do not sell as well as auctions.
Personally I avoid the sellers with all fixed price items as they are
often selling junk at higher than store prices.
Fixed prices do not build buyer loyalty, good service, politeness, and
reasonable prices (and the price is always reasonable when they buyer
sets it) do.
Besides eBay was intended as an auction, not a retail site. It only
added the fixed price system after the huge retailers who sell there
demanded it.
Auctions are fair to everyone but fixed price only favours the retailer.
cat
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