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

From: Gary Chase <garychase_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:59:58 -0700
Message-ID: <COL106-W541A173319BB9BEE37508CD21F0_at_phx.gbl>

Michael......
 
I finally waded through your unnecessary capitalization and misspelled words and have come to the conclusion that you must take grammar lessons from Chicago Steve.
 
I have also concluded that your references to Communism and the evils of Capitalism that your auction fees are indeed higher than eBay's fees and that you even have a buyer's fee. I guess your superb professionalism in packing absentee bid items and stellar auctioning skills justify your higher fees. I would tend to agree if this is true.
 
You accuse me of "stirring the pot". How? Buy asking a simple question on your own auction fees and comparing your scam to cheat eBay to common theft? If this is "stirring the pot" then so be it.
 
Respectfully,
 
Gary

 
 
> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:01:06 -0700
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] I thought of an idea on how to get around the price increase on eBay on some items
> From: mlblood at cox.net
> To: garychase at live.com; countdeiro at earthlink.net; photophlow at yahoo.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>
> 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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