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 ......

[davewil1964]

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@phorum_junkie* wrote:

I hardly think ebay shareholders are going to get rich quick charging me an extra 7c in fees for items with quoted postage, most of my items are free post anyway.

It was inevitable that this was going to happen eventually in Australia so live with it or leave, your choice.

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7c? You post for 70c?

More like 70c FVF on the postage. Times how many parcels a year?

[thecatspjs]

Don't underestimate what can be achieved overtime when an Aussies sense of fairness is offended.

Just because something ebay rolled out fvf on post in other countries does NOT give them a mandate to roll out here.

We are not the UK, we are not the USA.

[artinvestaustralia]

The sellers of cheap items and relatively expensive to send will have no other choice but to abandon ship, trust me, the maths of those new fees will work against them...

[digital*ghost]

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@thecatspjs wrote:
Don't underestimate what can be achieved overtime when an Aussies sense of fairness is offended.

Just because something ebay rolled out fvf on post in other countries does NOT give them a mandate to roll out here.

We are not the UK, we are not the USA.

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Exactly, and it doesn't hurt to at least bring these issues to the attention of people or organisations that can do something, where possible and necessary. Sellers may be between a rock and a hard place, but it doesn't make them powerless, even if at times we feel like it.

If someone is in favour of FVF on postage, and all the possible ramefications, so be it, but for those that consider the increased costs and diminished choices to be something they'd rather not contend with, it only takes a moment or two to submit a complaint to the ACCC and/or sign the petition - it will be time well spent if it improves the current situation. 

[dazzledayz]

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@stickerswa wrote:

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 ......

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Until Alibaba finally rolls into town

[dazzledayz]

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@harley_babes_hoard wrote:
I'm not going anywhere. Just trying to work out the best way to go about dealing wirh the increase, absorb the cost or increase prices. Got to learn to adapt on ebay. As you say there is no other site that comes close. Having your own website is easy to set up but to have traffic to it is another thing.

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Just jump onto bulk edit and up your postage cost by 10% ... or maybe 15% ...hell why not 20% lol

It's always the buyer that pays ... there's no such thing as a free lunch ... or postage.

[clarry100]

We use Alibaba to source quite a bit of our basic stock.

But they are predominantly wholesale outlets where you need to satisfy MOQ conditions to buy. At least in our particular category. We can usually satisfy the requirements as we are resellers.

But yes... if they roll into town and reduce these MOQs then I'd say look out ebay.

[harley_babes_hoard]

Sure that would be the easy way, BUT do I want to drive customers away from my store by doing that. I'm not so sure.
I already offer free postage on over 400 of my 600+ listings because they are small value and small postage cost. But for the bulkier things I think it will be a combination of the two, increase and absorbing the cost. Will have to wait and see.

[haolove13]

If you absorb the extra costs your profitability is decreased.

That is all Ebay is worried about. How to make more money . They do not care if you pay it or the customer pays it.

The whole thing is the relentless push to increase profit.

I am now making my priority increasing my profit. If I can not sell profitably I will leave it sitting in the shed  till I can find a profitable way to sell.

When listing fees increased to $ 1.50 I stopped listing beer cans for less than $ 5.00 as the fees took it all.

My box slowly empties as I sell them for 5 , 10, 15 dollars and eventually somebody buys them

No longer a regular income but stil profitable.

My other question is if Quicksales starts to sell , how long would it take ebay to buy them and remove the competition just like all the other ones they bought.

[polocross58]

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Just jump onto bulk edit and up your postage cost by 10% ... or maybe 15% ...hell why not 20% lol

It's always the buyer that pays ... there's no such thing as a free lunch ... or postage.'

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At the end of the day, it's the buyer who absorbs the brunt

It's close to the point now where buyers are seeking other options for their dollar

When the buyers call 'enough', the entire pack of cards collapses, including ebay and Aust Post