Does Anyone know if $1 weekend listings will start again?

[funny7209]

Does anyone knowif ebay will start this again its so annoying 

[davidc4430]

no one forced ebay to introduce $1 FVF, they did that on their own, and continured to make that offer month after month after month.

so we bacame used to it as 'normal'

of course taking that offer away and going directly back to the high FVFs was going to cause a reaction.

my only cause of action was raise my prices and stick to the 40 items per month or relist at the "new" rate everything and raise prices to cover the increase.

right now i'm just going to wait and see what ebay does next.

lucky for me this IS just a hobby, i dont need to sell anything

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

no one forced ebay to introduce $1 FVF, they did that on their own, and continured to make that offer month after month after month.

so we bacame used to it as 'normal'

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I also posted on another thread about the removal of the $1 weekends that when I was young I was warned that drug dealers would offer teens free drugs.  Then, when the teens were hooked on drugs they would have to start paying.

Members thinking of the offer as “normal” is akin to being given something for nothing until they are hooked, now some are suffering withdrawal symptoms.

The fact that the $1 fvf always appeared as an “offer” is the telltale sign that it was never “normal”.

[onekiwi0]

yes as everyone else has said no-one knows.......... although I am wondering if they will do something before the end of financial year - which is rapidly approaching...like this weekend....?

[onekiwi0]

$3.30 WEEKENDS WITH UNLIMITED...

i GOT sorry caps lock off now, limited to 10 of those - a one off offer unless it repeats this weekend...I wonder why?

[*tippy*toes*]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

no one forced ebay to introduce $1 FVF, they did that on their own, and continured to make that offer month after month after month.

so we bacame used to it as 'normal'

of course taking that offer away and going directly back to the high FVFs was going to cause a reaction.

my only cause of action was raise my prices and stick to the 40 items per month or relist at the "new" rate everything and raise prices to cover the increase.

right now i'm just going to wait and see what ebay does next.

lucky for me this IS just a hobby, i dont need to sell anything

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No, you would be relisting at the "old" rate. The same rate those that didn't have access to the promotion were paying, and what you were paying before the promo started. I was one of the lucky ones who had access to it. There were plenty that didn't, so consider yourself lucky that you got it for as long as you did. It wasn't just store holders who missed out, there were plenty of non store people who missed out too. Life just goes on as normal for them. Nothing has changed.

Why would you increase your price now? Did you consider increasing your prices before the promo started? I set my prices to include the full FVF and have done since I started selling. That meant that while the promo was running, I was getting extra money. Now the promo has finished, the buyers are still paying for my FVF's, but I'm earning that few $$ less. I'm still earning on average 1000% profit on my items. There are some I break even on, but most, I do quite well. Promo or no promo.

[countessalmirena]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

i have now ended all my items cept 1

i'm just not prepared to sell at the fvf ebay has set now

i may relist a few items but i will raise the prices to cover the increase in fvf

as i said in another thread, im happy to pay reasonable fvf's but going from $1 to where they are now, nope.

maybe if enough sellers do the same ebay will rethink the removal of the offer.

double the old offer to $2

tripple it to $3

i'd accept that

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I know that it's nice to have a low fee. For those who sold on eBay during the time that the promotion ran, and who had access to that promotion, that would have given you the equivalent of a bonus. It's like going over to your Aunt Mavis's house for tea, when one day she barks at you mid-nibble of a chocolate-covered Hobnob, "Let your old aunt give you a little something. Spend it on your bills or give yourself a treat; I don't care what. Here we go!" and she slips you a $50 note.

The next time you drop by Aunt Mavis's house and enjoy a cup of tea with a Hobnob, you might be hoping that Aunt Mavis gives you another $50 note. Perhaps she will; perhaps she won't. Perhaps she can't. Let's imagine that her stocks and bonds are doing well, and that she's rather fond of you; in that case, she might very well hand you another $50. Imagine that she does this every fortnight for a year. You'd probably subconsciously grow to expect that extra $50, and you might even budget with the extra $50 in mind... but you should realise that Aunt Mavis has no obligation to provide you with endless $50 notes. One day - for whatever reason it may be - she might not slip you a $50 note. What can you do? Would you stand there, dunked Hobnob in hand, saying, "Aunt Mavis, what about my $50?"

No. You simply have to think of all of those gifts of $50 as just that - gifts. There was no contract, and no guarantee that Aunt Mavis could continue to hand over the extra money to you. If the day comes when Aunt Mavis's purse stays closed, you must simply take that on board and be thankful that she gave you money while she was able to or felt willing to do so.

For whatever reason it may be, eBay's offer is no longer on the table. If you're not able to list items with the FVF as per the Selling fees page (or rather, not able to make a profit with the normal FVF), then I would suppose eBay isn't the right selling venue for the items in question. You should not feel forced to sell if that leaves you out of pocket, so other selling venues or methods would be more suitable for you.

On the other hand, if other selling venues or methods just don't cut it, but selling on eBay will STILL leave you with a profit (albeit a more modest one), perhaps it's still worth selling on eBay. You'll know your own situation best by doing the calculations.

Just make sure that you don't count on a $2 or $3 maximum FVF in doing those calculations. Do you already have the link to the eBay fee calculator? (https://www.fees.ebay.com.au/feeweb/feecalculator) Bookmark it if you haven't already done so.

[brerrabbit585]

Human nature has always been such that the more you give people, the more disgruntled they become because they think they should get even more. Dale Carnegie explained it in his book How to start worrying and start living back in the 1930s. A friend of mine puts it another way: the more you give people, the more they spit in your face (except she didn't use the word spit).

There are a few this doesn't apply to but I'd say it applies to the majority. I remember when they first gave us the 30 every month. I thought that was fantastic and so did a friend of mine. Every month we used them all and sold around 3 items every month, more in a really good month. There was no AR or 30 days for non-stores back then so each listing only got a maximum of 10 days per month.

Then they upped it to 40 and we also thought that was fantastic, as we did when they gave us auto relists, and then lots of extra listings. We used the extra listings as ebay intended - to get rid of our excess items. We knew they wouldn't last forever so we made the most of them while we could. No way were we going to be silly enough to buy in stock and expect ebay to let us sell it forever for no fees.