No sales on Black Friday

[billexploited]

With all the hype of Black Friday to Cyber Monday I was hoping to have a few sales, and sadly no... and here comes the retail recession we had to have 

[wilmajames123]

Why denigrate Americans just because the Australian retail sector tries to glom onto another country's tradition?

[chameleon54]

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@billexploited wrote:

With all the hype of Black Friday to Cyber Monday I was hoping to have a few sales, and sadly no... and here comes the retail recession we had to have 

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I ended up with a fairly good weekend of sales. From late Friday arvo to first thing Monday over 20 sales including some higher value stuff. This is a slightly bigger weekend than normal for me, so Black Friday / Cyber Monday has not caused any issues for the stuff I sell. 

[imastawka]

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@wilmajames123 wrote:

Why denigrate Americans just because the Australian retail sector tries to glom onto another country's tradition?

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Cos I can   

[lyndal1838]

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@supermussolinibros wrote:

why are you attempting to drive people away from here unless they conform to your rules? someone needs to file a report......

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File a report on what?

If you mean file a report on me, go ahead, be my guest.

[chameleon54]

Not enough coffee this morning when clicking the Kudos button.....  I thought I was kudosing a post suggesting super should be abiding by forum rules regards promoting other sites.....    Sorry Lyndal

Its OK I,m awake properly now

[lyndal1838]

You can aways remove your kudo chameleon.....just hit the button again.

[curraone]

well, just another thing I didn't know!    learning all the time!

[chameleon54]

Already done thanks Lyndal.....

As for sales, went out to the farm for a couple of hours this morning to load sheep onto the truck for market and a couple more ebay sales while I was gone. Basically sales are ticking over nicely and are above average at the moment, so no effects from Black Friday / Cyber Monday.

[springyzone]

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@supermussolinibros wrote:

why are you attempting to drive people away from here unless they conform to your rules? someone needs to file a report......

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And was that someone you, by any chance?

I have scrolled back & maybe I have missed it, but I seem to recall lyndall asked why you were on ebay if you hated it so much (or words to that effect). But the post is gone now?

To my mind, it was a fair enough question as you have at times in other threads come across as almost a marketplace & gumtree spruiker. I'd almost be wanting payment for the glowing reviews, if I were you.

But here in this post, you explained it:
because i buy on ebay and resell for two to three times the value i have bought on here - why are you here? I don't sell on here anymore as the fees are pathetic but you seem to like it.

See, mystery solved. That's all lyndall & others were probably curious about-what you were doing on ebay. Like you, I don't sell on ebay any longer, I am a buyer too (but i buy for myself not resale). 

I am impressed if you can sell for triple the price you pay on ebay, I've never found things that cheap. Reasonable, yes, but not sure I could get double or triple for them on any other selling platform. Maybe I just look at the wrong things.

I don't think anyone minds who is on the forums & I don't think anyone is trying to drive others away. But sometimes you've come across as a bit dictatorial, almost implying anyone who uses ebay to sell is a fool. Doesn't make for peace & goodwill either.

Basically, a lot of sellers wouldn't be selling here if there wasn't a profit in it for them. But different strokes for different folks, something like that.

[*tippy*toes*]

I have sold quite a number of items over the years where I paid less than a dollar and got up to $100 for them. Even with the fees, I still made a killing from them. There is little to no interest for the items I sell on Marketplace, and even less on Gumtree. I do well with fresh produce on Marketplace, but that's about it.