[meteorite-list] Ad Ebay sellers must see

From: Walter Branch <waltbranch_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:18:39 -0400
Message-ID: <0C9485C6E8DF43569BCB0D2623635D70_at_acer330bb84976>

Greg (Hupe)-

>how can buyers go wrong with great items that start at >99 cents?

Because from a buyers point-of-view it doesn't matter where an auction
starts, it matters where it ends.

Besides, many auctions, including many of yours, do not start at 99 cents.

-Walter

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Hupe" <gmhupe at htn.net>
To: "Greg Catterton" <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com>;
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:06 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ad Ebay sellers must see


> Hi GregC and List,
>
> GregC wrote,
> "Its really bad, will cause the buyers to pay more due to sellers marking
> up price to match the new cut ebay wants."
>
> Respectfully, I do not agree with this comment. If sellers are willing to
> eat pay more overhead through eBay's greed, how can buyers go wrong with
> great items that start at 99 cents?
>
> Best regards,
> Greg
>
> ====================
> Greg Hupe
> The Hupe Collection
> NaturesVault (eBay)
> gmhupe at htn.net
> www.LunarRock.com
> IMCA 3163
> ====================
> Click here for my current eBay auctions:
> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Catterton" <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 1:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ad Ebay sellers must see
>
>
> 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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