[meteorite-list] "Great News" to eBay sellers.

[Richard Montgomery]

This is so classic...additional fees within any third-party exchange 
ultimately limits the exchange itself (excuse me for my OT comment here, but 
this is also the model in statist taxation...sorry, but I couldn't 
resist...it is directly parallel.)

Ultimately, the 'law' of un-intended consequenses will come home to roost, 
and eBay will recognize the impact, or not.

By contrast, I must say that this List is populated by true Thinkers, and 
not a x-section of the general descerning public......which is why I am both 
honored and pleased that I discovered you all, and subsequently now have my 
most important specimens, not through eBay, yet through our List.

-Richard Montgomery



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
To: "Adam" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Great News" to eBay sellers.


> No matter what, eBay will always find a way to take more money from the 
> deal. I
> charge exactly what it cost to ship meaning I lose due to PayPal fees. 
> Now eBay
> wants a chunk. This is getting ridiculous.  Buyers complain every time the 
> post
> office raises their fees and this is reflected in the points system.  EBay 
> wants
> you to use their shipping but they cannot handle international. They are 
> not
> happy unless they change the system every month.  They make it sound like 
> great
> news but it always seems to end up costing the seller more.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Adam
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Richard Kowalski <damoclid at yahoo.com>
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com; fallingfusion at wi.rr.com
> Sent: Wed, March 16, 2011 5:14:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Great News" to eBay sellers.
>
> --- On Wed, 3/16/11, fallingfusion at wi.rr.com <fallingfusion at wi.rr.com> 
> wrote:
>
>
>> Also, because we know buyers take into consideration the
>> total cost of an item, also starting April 19, to encourage
>> sellers to keep shipping costs low, the Final Value Fee will
>> be applied to the total amount of the sale, INCLUDING
>> SHIPPING."
>
> That's a non sequitur.
>
> The encouragement to keep shipping costs low is competition, not 
> additional fees
> to the seller. It would be interesting to hear the two-step ebay needs to 
> make
> to make these two things jive. My guess is smaller sellers get screwed and 
> the
> larger sellers make special deals.
>
> Nothing new under the Sun.
>
>
> --
> Richard Kowalski
> Full Moon Photography
> IMCA #1081
>
>
>
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