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

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:21:37 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <244076.44720.qm_at_web30702.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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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Received on Wed 16 Mar 2011 08:21:37 PM PDT