ebay ups fees yet again....greedy greedy greedy

[Unicorn]

"Beam me up, Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here"

Looks like an appropriate spot for this interlude again McDuck .......

[JeffH]

If an item costs you $3 to post then you are up for an extra 3 cents

With respect Jim, eBay charges 28¢ for $3.00. Some of our postings to interstate are $30+ postage and some overseas are $50.
The amount involved is small but not insignificant.

[emu666]

removed

[Fulvio]

I do not think this rambling has a place in a coin forum.

Sure it does... and its not even as off-topic as many other threads have been... :angel:

[robbiegal]

I am the last one to enter into being a topic policegal
but i'm inclined to agree with Emu
this thread is getting way way off with the fairies

[emu666]

I am the last one to enter into being a topic policegal
but i'm inclined to agree with Emu
this thread is getting way way off with the fairies

Wow. What an event. Purple Pussy has agreed with me.
I wonder if trout has reduced his beer supply this afternoon.
I had planned on joining him in an attempt to reduce the beer supply in Perth but he couldn't make it for ANDA.

[markn]

I've removed the off-topic bit.  Other than that trout has a different opinion to the majority of other people.  I'm not going to go deleting people's posts because their opinions are different.

[trout]

Answering this in "The Missbehavers" So I don't start rambelling off with the fairies :laugh2:

[Steveqld]

The only one I can think of that eBay don't own is Quicksales.  I've bought  on there a few times and had no problems.  

I started using Quicksales a couple of months ago and am happy with it.  I only use fixed price and do put a price towards the top end of my expectations.

A good point is that "Make an Offer" button.  If someone wants the item but thinks the price too high then they can offer a lesser amount.  I got offers on 4 items this morning that I'm considering.

[trout]

They screwed the buyers a while back when they gave sellers free listings each month - that resulted in nobody listing auctions and everything becoming buy it now.

How is that "Screwing the Buyers" exactly?
It just gave sellers the ability to try and get what they expect for their coins instead of letting them go at ridiculously low prices because there was only one bidder.
Bloody good initiative by eBay I think , about time the sellers got a bit of a win for a change.

[Bigfellani5]

What it all means is that domestic post for me just went up $1.50 in a parcel to cover latest postage rise and ebay fees. My first postage increase in 2 years. Post just went up internationally $2.50 per parcel to cover ebay fees alone. Sounds like eBay did their job... Earned more money for themselves and made it cheaper (tongue in cheek) for buyers. If this means I don't sell anything....then I am sure an auction will make some money out of me..... Prefer an Aussie auction house making money out of me than the foreign corporation that owns a greedy greedy company anyway.

[nealeffendi]

They screwed the buyers a while back when they gave sellers free listings each month - that resulted in nobody listing auctions and everything becoming buy it now.

How is that "Screwing the Buyers" exactly?
It just gave sellers the ability to try and get what they expect for their coins instead of letting them go at ridiculously low prices because there was only one bidder.
Bloody good initiative by eBay I think , about time the sellers got a bit of a win for a change.

As a buyer I now have to waste more time going through listings of dregs that are on their 3rd, 4th and 5th repeat on fleabay.
As for sellers letting things go at ridiculously low prices... way too many times I've had a win at a great price and the seller cancels the sale. Only the honest and unobservant sellers complete those bargains.

[Coins from Vending]

Just increase the postage cost by 10%

If postage is $5, make it $5.50

That will solve the problem of cost, but not the Ebay gouge.

[trout]

Most of the auction houses charge 16% or so to the seller then charge the buyer a percentage as well for the same coin.
Numisbid charges 10% or $8 per coin (whichever is higher) and that is the TOTAL cost.
eBay charges a bit under 10% (including postage) then double dips with paypal.
NOBODY will auction your coins for nothing.
Selling with a 99 cent start has become bloody ridicules for me lately , even today I sold a 1977 10 cent coin graded by PCGS PR68DCAM  for $5.50 :dash1:
The main trouble with the 99 cent starts is whatever the coin sells for you must go through with the sale regardless or your reputation will turn to Mud in a heartbeat.
From now on I will only sell via "Buy it Now" with an option to dicker the price.
I am SO "Done" with penny ante bidders, The stuff I sell is quality and I expect to get a reasonable price when I sell.
With the buy it now and the "Make an offer" option I at least have some control over what my coins sell for.
Lets face it we put coins up at auction to sell them NOT give the bloody things away.
This is why I have NO problem with the eBay fees because at the end of the day they are quite competitive BUT only if you can get the price you are happy with.

[Unicorn]

even today I sold a 1977 10 cent coin graded by PCGS PR68DCAM  for $5.50

Double ouch!