[meteorite-list] I thought of an idea on how to get around the price increase on eBay on some items

From: Michael Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:01:06 -0700
Message-ID: <C7D6B782.CB1D%mlblood_at_cox.net>

If a were a multibilliondollar maga-giant making TONS of $ from
Ebay and continuing to make MEGAMILLIONS and THEN RAISED MY FEES
Even though all I were doing was letting my automated system drag in
MILLION$ daily, I guess I would call that a form of Monopy - THE most
threatening action to free enterprise known. FAR more of a threat than
communism ever was.
        Look, Gary, you are trying to stir up things. Go fly a kite!
        Michael


On 3/29/10 5:38 PM, "Gary Chase" <garychase at live.com> wrote:

>
>
> FINALLY a voice of reason.
>
> I was wondering not that the Count brought up Blood's auction. How does
> auction fees compare to eBay? I would be they are more and there is a buyers
> premium which eBay does NOT have.
>
> What have you to say about this Michael? Would you like buyers and sellers to
> try to cheat you.
>
> Gary
>
>
>> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:25:17 -0400
>> From: countdeiro at earthlink.net
>> To: garychase at live.com; mlblood at cox.net; photophlow at yahoo.com;
>> meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] I thought of an idea on how to get around the
>> price increase on eBay on some items
>>
>> Hello fellow Listees,
>>
>> As some of you know who attended Michael Blood's Annual Auction at the show
>> in Tucson, I am pretty familiar with auctions. In fact, my family and I owned
>> and operated one of the largest and most highly diversified auction sales
>> organizations in America. Licensed in eight states, we sold everything from
>> coins to casino/hotels. So, let me just say this. There isn't a legitimate
>> auction house in the country...hell in the world!...that will provide the
>> means to advertise, promote and sell your goods for less than EBay. Nor will
>> they provide the wide range of seller and buyer services, protections and
>> payment methods that are a part of package offered by EBay. It is the best
>> deal I ever heard of for both buyers and sellers and that's why they have
>> such tremendous market numbers.
>>
>> Our auction business had a 10% buyer premium AND a 10% seller fee PLUS
>> consignor/sellers were charged for extra advertising position, photos, etc.
>> etc. At an average seller cost of 15%to 20% we still had to beat off sellers
>> with a stick...because we were cheap compared to Sotheby, Bonhams, Phillips
>> and Butterfield whose selling costs can float right up to 40%.
>>
>> Prau that nothing happens to the guys and gals making the cost decisions at
>> EBay.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Count Deiro
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Gary Chase <garychase at live.com>
>>> Sent: Mar 29, 2010 1:13 PM
>>> To: mlblood at cox.net, photophlow at yahoo.com, meteoritecentral
>>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] I thought of an idea on how to get around the
>>> price increase on eBay on some items
>>>
>>>
>>> Good Morning Listees and Bottom Feeders..
>>>
>>> Isn't this America? If you want to use a service pay for it. Do you go to
>>> McDonalds and decide that the hamburger is too much and try to figure out a
>>> way to cheat them out of their hamburger? Do you steal from Walmart if you
>>> think they are charging too much? Stealing from eBay is no different.
>>>
>>> Why don't all you bottom feeders leave eBay and go off to your second rate
>>> auction sites that have been mentioned here before. Leave eBay to the real
>>> dealers.
>>>
>>> Also, could one of you rocket scientists explain to me how a buyer gets hurt
>>> with the higher fees if an auction starts at a penny or 99cents? No one is
>>> forcing you to bid any higher than you would pay for the piece somewhere
>>> else.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:30:32 -0700
>>>> From: mlblood at cox.net
>>>> To: photophlow at yahoo.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] I thought of an idea on how to get around the
>>>> price increase on eBay on some items
>>>>
>>>> Hi Shawn and all,
>>>> Actually, I think that would be an excellent response to the greed
>>>> Of eBay. If everyone in the meteorite community did that, it would get
>>>> The message across to buyers. Of course, it would have to be a "sliding
>>>> Scale" application, as the "shipping and handling" charges would be
>>>> Perhaps only $5 above actual shipping cost on some items but could
>>>> Go up to hundreds on other items.
>>>> SCREW EBAY -These dudes are making BILLIONS on nothing
>>>> But their automated system. Not one minute of additional work or
>>>> Other overhead has been involved in their 8.75% of cost sellers premium.
>>>> It isn't as though they have had to hire more help or pay higher rent
>>>> Or deal with increased travel expenses or ONE THING - they just
>>>> Arbitrarily decided, "hay, we got millions of sellers now depending on
>>>> Us - we can start sucking them dry!" and, like the stinking credit card
>>>> Banks jerk people around legally. SCREW EBAY.
>>>> I think this is a splendid partial solution.
>>>> Way to go Shawn.
>>>> Michael
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3/28/10 10:36 PM, "Shawn Alan" <photophlow at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello List
>>>>>
>>>>> I have seen this done before on eBay with items I have bought. The seller
>>>>> would offer the item at buy it now for $2 and the shipping would be 15.
>>>>> Now if
>>>>> your a seller and offering an item that isn't that much I could see the
>>>>> seller charging $15 to $40 for shipping and handling/packaging quote un
>>>>> quote, if they know the item will go for that rate at buy it now or 5 day
>>>>> auction bid, where it would only go for $2 to $5 at closing, which the
>>>>> seller would only be charged for the closing cost and not the shipping and
>>>>> handling cost (that was a long run on sentence). I guess its worth a try
>>>>> on
>>>>> certain items that sell for a fixed rate.
>>>>> Just a thought
>>>>>
>>>>> Shawn Alan
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