[meteorite-list] Ad Ebay sellers must see

[Greg Catterton]

Ebay has great reach. I will be using my website more and trying (as I have been, this fee raise has been known for months)
Its really bad, will cause the buyers to pay more due to sellers marking up price to match the new cut ebay wants.

Greg Catterton
www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com
IMCA member 4682
On Ebay: http://stores.shop.ebay.com/wanderingstarmeteorites


--- On Wed, 3/17/10, Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:

> From: Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ad Ebay sellers must see
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 1:41 AM
> There are no online sites the can
> provide the reach that Ebay does. Ebay knows this, hence
> their overinflated fees and idiotic policies which are
> driving away sellers.
> 
> No sellers + Nothing to buy = Less money for Ebay! Seems
> rather counter intuitive to me. I say Ebay should raise
> their fees to 50% and get it over with. At least then
> they'll go bankrupt faster and people will be motivated to
> create an alternative.
> 
> Spacifieds.com is a free option. I created this site a
> while back and its been on pause for a while.
> http://www.spacifieds.com/
> 
> I know there's some other auction sites, but nothing like
> Ebay. Yahoo shut it's auctions down a long time ago, and
> Amazon is mainly books and stuff  and their fees are
> expensive. I don't know of any alternative that can really
> compete with Ebay except Craigslist and Ebay owns 25% of
> that company too.
> 
> Oh well...
> 
> Regards,
> Eric
> 
> 
> On 3/16/2010 10:24 PM, Richard Kowalski wrote:
> > Much of my collection has come about by winning ebay
> auctions, but I can see dealers bugging out in greater
> numbers. Ebay is easy to use, but I'd rather put my money in
> the dealer's than into ebay's pocket...
> > 
> > What online auction sites are you dealers using or
> considering using?
> > 
> > --
> > Richard Kowalski
> > Full Moon Photography
> > IMCA #1081
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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