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olympics effect on ebay sales...

onekiwi0 — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:51:22 GMT

hi All,

I was wondering what effects have sellers noticed in the past while large sporting events are being televised: olympics, commonweath games, soccer world cup etc ?

obviously it depends on what you sell but wondered whether others had noticed more of a downward trend to sales during these times...

thanks

Re: olympics effect on ebay sales...

tcrazer — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:29:02 GMT

probably none. Considering the time difference, it's all replay anyway. Plus, with iPad, tablets and smartphones, you can still bid on whatever you like without leaving the comfort of your armchair.

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annies_fancy_dress — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:48:42 GMT

Everything affects sales.

A Sunny day affects sales because people are out doing other things.

I find Saturdays are usually slow for sales.

School holidays affect sales.

Public holidays affect sales.

Religious holidays affect sales.

Earthquakes affect sales.

Big terrorist events affect sales.

PLease add to list as you like.

Re: olympics effect on ebay sales...

onekiwi0 — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:23:02 GMT

ha ha annie you are very right - i guess its the nature of selling.

and the previous poster also has a point, I didn't think of it in that way...

addition to the list ....the GFC...

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iscrap76 — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 01:19:28 GMT

Saturday is always very slow, lots of familys out playing sport - so far this weekend has been extremely slow so I will put that down to the Olympics.

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phorum_junkie* — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:20:07 GMT

Somebody had to do it didn't they!

I am spending a lot of time and energy trying to avoid ANYTHING to do with the olympics, not easy here in the UK, and thought at least I would be safe on the Aussie discussion boards :_|

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arb_games — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:38:26 GMT

Morriset Mega Market has been slow this weekend and I remember when I used to do all the weekend markets in the Blue Mountains about 6 years ago and before that, the Olympics was always a slow period for sales.

Online sales have been the same though.

And Phorum Junkie, you must be the only person in the world that doesn't like the Olympics.

To me, the Olympics is the be all and end all of sport, give me a choice between 10 gold medals at a world championship or 1 gold medal at an Olympics, I would take the Olympic medal every time.

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putney32 — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 13:07:24 GMT

arb... i was out to lunch today, a party of approx. 20 people and not one had even seen 5 minutes of the olympics!!

not everyone is so sport obessed. I know millions of aussies are, but equally ther are also millions who dont give a toss.

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gem-boy-g — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 14:18:40 GMT

er don't think so post 7, I'm sick of it already

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phorum_junkie* — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:13:09 GMT

I love a lot of sports which is why I want nothing to do with the olympics.

Today I have been able to watch the F1 grand prix and WI v NZ test cricket.

I am most certainly not alone in my dislike of what has become a travesty of real sport.

To say nothing of the many people who have absolutely no interest in any sport whatsoever.

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boatclock — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 05:18:36 GMT

Retail is very slow at the moment, and I think the Games are making it worse. There has been a general downturn in the past 12 months, but it will pick up again. We are a very seasonal store, so we do have quiet times, and we look forward to the Christmas sales to pick up.

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steen1equestrianriding2 — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 03:47:56 GMT

Not sure if it is the Olympics ( which we have absolutely no interest in cos they rarely if ever show the Equestrian sports) or the new Best Match sort but sales are down 50% - ouch !!!!

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arb_games — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:34:48 GMT

Fox is showing the complete Equestrian on one of its 8 channels. It's been brilliant, I have been flicking through the channels and it is showing a lot of coverage of every single sport so far. Equestrian has been getting at least 3-4 hours per day, every day.

This year's coverage has been 1000 % better now that it is not only one free to air tv showing what they want to show.

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arb_games — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:39:04 GMT

phorum junkie

I didn't say I liked the organisation of the olympics, but the sport is still the sport.

It's a pity that too many corporates and too many old fuddie duddies are wrecking the games with their greed and old fashioned ideas

From what I have seen and heard, London has left a sour taste in a lot of people's mouths.

Take the olympic flame, still stuck in the middle of the main stadium where nobody can see it. People are complaining that they can't get photos of the flame or photos of them in front of the flame, so what do the organisers do? They put up a big screen showing the flame and tell tourists to take photos in front of the big screen - what a joke lol

Someone over there has no idea what they are doing