@lyndal1838 wrote:
I don't see many buyers coming to the boards screaming every time there is an increase in the ebay/paypal fees.....and it is not because we don't know about it. Just reading the seller's reactions to increases is enough to alert buyers that they will be seeing price rises in the near future.
Why would they? Buyers might ultimately cover the costs of selling when they buy an item, but they have to actually buy it first - they don't have to purchase items on eBay, if something gets too expensive here, many times there's 50 other cheaper options for them, and sellers aren't always in a position to just tack on whatever the extra costs work out to be.
If my selling costs increase and I adjust my prices to accomodate it, buyers can take it or leave it, and there will always be buyers who choose to leave it, which can impact on sellers greatly and ultimately reduces the feasibility of a business on eBay, even more so a hobby. Increased costs to sell items don't make those items worth more in a buyer's eyes, especially if those costs aren't mirrored across all retail platforms - never has, never will.
I can't even remember the last time I raised prices to get more money for myself, it's aways because eBay or Australia Post, or my suppliers want more money. There have been increases I've had to absorb, or that have forced me to drop product lines unless they were ok to keep around as loss leaders. I'm not complaining about this, as such, that's the nature of business, and I just have to keep working at making sure I keep choosing items that can still be marketable with every increase, but it isn't just a simple matter of increase to costs = just get buyers to pay for it, because buyers have to be willing participants in that scenario.
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