EBay's changing auction strategy

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JP — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:25:08 GMT

eBay's days at the top are certainly numbered. Upstart companies, most notably Pricefalls.com, are chipping away at them with superior platforms, a more diverse inventory, and more user-friendly customer support. Not to mention the fact that it is absolutely free to list products on Pricefalls, which means there's no risk involved. Do away with the old and usher in an era of auction prosperity for all by making the switch to Pricefalls today!

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Daphne Green — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:28:38 GMT

You should all come to www.myauctionfix.com We are new to the game but out to please everyone. charging a low price of 8.33 a month. No end of sell fee and you can list all you want. We have some buy outs but there is also bidding going on. Ya'll come check us out. Thanks Daphne

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Molly — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:10:32 GMT

I agree that shipping items via the Post Office can be both time consuming and expensive. However sometimes even with using the USPS site for calculating the cost of shipping items, the costs are wrong and I end up eating the remainder. What I have done on several auctions is to state within the description that I know the postage cost may appear high but am willing to work with the auction buyer. If when taking the package to the Post Office the shipping cost is significantly lower than the price I quoted in listing (say upwards of $5.00) then I will happily refund the difference and I have done this now on several occasions. I've had some good positive feedback for this.

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Ann — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:06:48 GMT

www.fastcommerce is good ebay alternative. Thanks for sharing...

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Whitecups — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:34:00 GMT

I just left my eBay store quitely. New eBay's changing auction strategy cann't attract me any more like before. I use system.fastcommerce.com online store platform. It's free for me. You can try it. Amazing ecommerce platform.

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guitarma3 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:09:20 GMT

Ebay has their police on the forums watch out for 20cinderella and sandypurins they both have not bought or sold anything in years. I got banned for 7 days because I posted a MSN link to how the GREEDBAY/PISS PAL are messing with anti-trust laws making Pay Pal only way to pay starting Oct 20th. Ebay is a communistic organization and they will fail!

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traderted2004 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:26:45 GMT

Thanks for the insight to buying only under auctions. I'm a seller and a buyer, but I went to the buy it now to sell my items because of the fee's and no sales.

When a person has a buy itnow and someone puts it up on their watch list, why???

The seller keeps listing this item, praying that you buy it. And another item will be out of their inventory. This way I can go find more to sell. I'm a small seller, don't charge handling fee's and I try and send for the correct shipping. I really don't make much, but if I can help someone find what they need I will. Using PayPal makes sense to me. I don't have to give my card number to anyone but them. And this keeps my security in one place. And a fee is attached to pay for this service. I can live with this. On craigslist.com, you don't have this security. You have no feedback to know if you are buying from a good seller or ??

So, I will keep selling and I pray you will give us a chance. Soon as my PC is fixed, I'll go back to the auction type auction and get rid of my store. It doesn't let me be myself anymore. And I know I will have fee's to be paid. But, it will be mine, not a company store that wants to charge me fee's every month when I don't get any sales. This summer hurt, but I'm still learning and still will. This is called progress. If you want eBay to get better, let the sellers that are small how you feel. Give better feedback and get discussions going or write the higher ups and keep a copy of your letters. Then send it to the papers if you don't see anything come from it. Or blog here. Walking away won't change for the better. These other sites will start doing the same thing, unless we stop this one now. And this could be done with your boycott, but this only hurts the small sellers that have to make money to stay alive. The emails and letters that overflow the offices would make more of a statement on how you would like to see the company run. And can we go back to auction only. One item at a time. This would increase sales I believe. This would make the demand higher than the supply. And this makes the price go up. I usually make .50 out of my shipping. Sometimes I lose money, since I haven't charged any handling fee's. I pack better than some, because I'm a customer sometimes and sometimes we include a gift. I figuare the shipping before we put it in, then we pay the difference from our profit(s?)

The fee's that people get charged could be more in reason, but when you go shopping you pay fee's that you don't see. In any item, the shipping and the labor is part of the price. Taxes could be lower for gas, goods, and food. But, we all want to blame someone else. Who is who?

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BOB — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:51:40 GMT

YOU HIT IS ON THE HEAD SHAREHOLDERS ARE THE PROBLEM WITH EVERY COMPANY, JUST LOOK AT BUD, HERSHEYS, DISNEY ,THANKS AMERICAN SHAREHOLDERS FOR SELLING OUT YOUR COUNTRY.-EBAY AND PAYPAL PAVING A WAY TO A SOCIALIST NATION ADD OBAMA AND WE WILL SOON HAVE A LITTLE RUSSIA TO LIVE IN.

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Tommy John — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:56:41 GMT

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