I'll agree; I won't touch e-Bay with the proverbial 10-foot pole because of all the problems, I do not know how to work the system, nor do I want to know. It also reminds me how I sometimes wish we could have our discussion groups elsewhere also; Yahoo is the 2-ton gorilla here, unresponsive to our problems in many cases, to where a similar separation may well be a welcome thing.
----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas Baker To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 4:16 PM Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Re: Selling on eBay Hmm, that would be interesting. He ought to earn some money for his work, but I hope he will not demand what Ebay does. Tom ________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of Luther Stephens Sent: Wed 9/17/2008 3:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Selling on eBay -- Please be assured that some S folks are unhappy with E bay, I am with a very loose group of mostly On3 types. One of them is a business man who is almost ready to open a "trains" only buy/sell site. As soon as he gives the go ahead I will post it. LCS in Old Town Va - In [email protected], Bill Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In the past I've bought and sold S scale items on eBay. In general > I've been pleased. However, I've noticed two trends that are > discouraging from the buyer's point of view: [1] a seller adds > exorbitant shipping cost, such as $3 to mail a set of decals and [2] a > seller asks buyers using PayPal to add 3% to their successful bid. > > When I sell something I ask the buyer to pay for postage only; I > absorb the cost of the box and pack the item securely so that it > arrives in good shape. Some sellers apparently see this as another way > to make money. > > As for PayPal, it facilitates the transaction. It allows me to ship an > item promptly when I might otherwise worry about getting paid. There > is, of course, a cost to the seller in getting his money from PayPal. > At least one seller is asking buyers to pay for this cost. > > There may be other trends, besides these two, that make eBay less > appealing. As an occasional seller I don't mind paying eBay and PayPal > fees for the ability to turn my surplus S scale items into cash. As an > occasional buyer, when I see exorbitant shipping and extra costs for > using PayPal, all I can do is decline to bid. > -- > Bill Roberts > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
