E-Bay Increasing fees again. O/T

BaseballGuy · Jan 19, 2006

Don't know where this goes..

Lol these scumbags are unreal.

I can't beleive anyone even uses E-Bay to sell things anymore.

Total ripoff, for the seller. You can hardly make any money on there anymore professionally.

LEYKIS101 · Jan 19, 2006

Agree with you Baseball Guy.

The ones really getting hurt are the PowerSellers, the ones Ebay should be protecting and helping.

I don't own their stock, but I think I would sell if I did.

go2guy · Jan 19, 2006

Monopoly at its' finest.

sd2 · Jan 19, 2006

Yep, eBay is the 800 pound gorilla. It does what it wants to do.

Many of us who sell on the site would love to see viable competition. But it's not to be. The hundred little startups of wannabee ebay's are a joke.

It would take billions, a lot of billions, to take the losses for years, and also do the advertising for years, to have any chance against eBay. Only someone like Gates, or the boys who own Google, would be capable of it, and they don't seem interested.

Dubpoet · Jan 19, 2006

Sell the stock for sure a fade out in a few years

winkyduck · Jan 20, 2006

LEYKIS101 said:
Agree with you Baseball Guy.

The ones really getting hurt are the PowerSellers, the ones Ebay should be protecting and helping.

I don't own their stock, but I think I would sell if I did.

agree - i am a PS and i am getting raped by them

AlwaysKeen · Jan 20, 2006

I do own their stock and am pissed at this Leykis...getting too greedy here...

BooksWorstEnemy · Jan 20, 2006

Can't stand E-Bay. Problem I always have is I bid on an item and then some a-hole outbids me at the very last minute. I've wasted three or four days and then I still end up getting in the car and driving to the bricks & mortar store to pay retail for it because I am tired of waiting.

As for the power sellers, they are the only ones I will buy from and they must have an 800 number and accept v-mc-disc. I won't screw around with the paypal BS anymore.

Later,
Books Worst Enemy

LEYKIS101 · Jan 20, 2006

Winky or any other Ebay seller: Didn't Ebay just raise their seller's fees not more than a year ago? I know the company is far from hurting(highly profitable), just don't see why they continually need to increase fees.

:realtongu

theoffshoreedge · Jan 20, 2006

the only fee they increased was the final value fee from 2.75% to 3%. eBay is starting eBay Express in the coming months. If you're a eBay member you should have gotten the email they sent out yesterday explaining all this.

Kevin

winkyduck · Jan 20, 2006

Books Worst Enemy said:
Can't stand E-Bay. Problem I always have is I bid on an item and then some a-hole outbids me at the very last minute. I've wasted three or four days and then I still end up getting in the car and driving to the bricks & mortar store to pay retail for it because I am tired of waiting.

As for the power sellers, they are the only ones I will buy from and they must have an 800 number and accept v-mc-disc. I won't screw around with the paypal BS anymore.

Later,
Books Worst Enemy

i am a PS with a 99.7 positive and 1060+ rating and accept all credit cards thru our PP account

ebay did raise listing fees from 25 cents to 35 cents for all items $1-$9.99 and it is only time they raise it again