Boo-hoo bleet bleet ...im going .....

[stickerswa]

Yet again ebay bumps it fees up. Just like when they made paypal compulsery ...everyone threatened to leave ...all crying in their beer  but have a look ...ebay has more sellers now than ever ....

NONE of you will bail ...and those that do will come back because lets face it ...there is NO OTHER place that works even close to ebay ...and they know it.

So suck it up folks ...you will all keep selling and the fatcats at ebay will still get their money !

Truth hurts ......

[sloanranger62]

There are more sellers than buyers I THINK!

[polocross58]

There are more sellers than buyers I THINK!

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Wouldn't be surprised if there were

Hundreds/thousands/tens of thousands of items going through without a bid, which is no surprise either

It's similar to the supermarkets where the Specials disappear in hours while the standard-price items are moving very slowly

People are cutting lots of corners these days, across the board.  If it's no bargain (taking into account the postage) then people aren't interested

Ebay's feeling the pinch too (all those CEOs and shareholders to feed) so it ignores sane business-practice and slogs the buyer (via the seller) again and again

That's fine, as long as buyers are willing to play along

Seems less and less buyers feel inclined to do so

Ebay and Aust. Post can only push up prices so long as the market will tolerate it

It's the market (the buyer) which rules the roost, not ebay, not Aust. Post

Will this latest greedy grab be the tipping point ?  Time will tell

In the meantime, I find ebay greedier than tv and the net with all the very lucrative saturation advertising

[*crikey*mate*]

There will always be buyers who shop online, not for price, but for convenience.

I buy a lot online because

a) it is easy to compare prices rather than wander around a billion different stores

b) I HATE shopping centres

c) often, there is a greater variety on line than in my surrounding area, and I also get the benefit of past season items that I may have missed.

d) often, I will forget to buy something and eventually just buy it off eBay as I remember I want it.

Eg, I live in a pretty big city, major shopping centre 5klm away.

I broke my sticky tape holder thingy over a year ago, but everytime I went to the shops, I forgot to buy one. One night I just got frustrated with making do with the broken one and so bought one instantly from eBay.

Lots of people shop for convenience too.

The trick is to find a product that might fit into those categories, that people either can't pick up across the road, or might be a better choice iykwim.

Of course, there will always be someone who has access to your product, but not everyone.

For example, there is a brand of ladies clothes called Alannah Hill. Now I love this brand, but have never seen it anywhere near where I live, so eBay is one of the few places that I know to buy it from, so I do.