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

From: Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:38:53 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <358578.1625.qm_at_web46405.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

There is currently over 4000 meteorite listings on ebay... far more then anywhere else.
Major changes to the fee and listing structure will spawn discussion.
While the subject of ebay is not meteorite related, many of us buy/sell meteorites on ebay, therefor the 2 are related in a way.


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


--- On Tue, 3/30/10, Michael Silveus <msilveus at cox.net> wrote:

> From: Michael Silveus <msilveus at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] I thought of an idea on how to get around the price increase on eBay on some items
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 1:24 PM
> Yes and I fully get it, but what I'm
> complaining about is the volume of
> mail about the pros and cons of any business enterprise be
> it ebay or
> any other currently far outweighs the subject matter of the
> list which I
> thought was about hunting for and discussing of
> meteorites.
>
> Mike
>
> On 03/30/2010 09:33, valparint at aol.com
> wrote:
> >> I am getting tried of reading about how someone
> might go about screwing
> >> with other businesses and request that this topic
> be defined as off
> >> topic and taken off list.
> >>
> >> Mike (Silveus)
> >>? ? ?
> >
> > Ebay is a business and its goal is to make as much
> money as possible, which involves decisions such as "what is
> the net effect on revenue if we raise fees by X and it
> pisses sellers off so that Z of them leave ebay?"
> >
> > Being a near-monopoly, they don't care if you like
> them or not. As the Count points out, the fees on ebay are
> substantially less than the major auction houses. Shipping
> from the majors is brutal. And slow.
> >
> > Sellers on ebay are businesses, too. They make their
> own calculations on how to maximize profit. One way is to
> shift some product cost to shipping cost. Ebay has a policy
> against this and, in some categories, 'books' for example,
> they strictly limit what can be charged for shipping. In
> other categories it is not well defined. Engaging in this
> practice is not 'screwing' anyone. It's business and it's
> entirely within the rules of ebay.
> >
> > Ebay is a national treasure but they are also SOBs,
> just like so many other things in life.
> >
> >
> > Paul Swartz
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