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@11dustyattic wrote:
@south.coffee wrote:
Just like your employment, pay week finishes on Tuesday and then you have to wait till Friday for the money to roll up in your bank account. Throw in a Friday public holiday and your broke until Monday when the money finally turns up.
Instead of the bank using your cash on the short term money market while you starve, it will eBay profiting even more at our expense...Yes. Sickening. Add that to the money back guarantee they offer scammers lol on the seller's behalf, insanely high fees (real percentage on item disguised by charging on postage as well, therefore floating it under the radar), it's pure greed. I wonder which of their employees will refute this
OK a few solid facts rather than guesses or hyperbole.
I have just been checking out the terms and conditions for the most reputable global online book site for proffesional used book sellers. This is the site that enABEls you to buy BOOKS.
* They rank equelly or slightly higher than ebay in google searches.
* They ususlly have a LOT more copies of each book for sale ( not sure if this is a good or bad thing )
* As a specialist site for proffesional book sellers ( and experienced buyers ) rather than those just starting out, their prices are usualy double or triple those being asked on ebay for the same book.
* Biggest downside - you would need to add a lot more detail to listings. Time is money and extra time spent listing will cost the seller big time.
OK so what are the fees charged.
* A monthly store fee of between U.S. $25 ( 500 listings ) - around U.S. $40 ( up to 10,000 listings ) so $35-$55 Australian. ie. Slightly more expensive than ebay.
* A flat commision fee of 8% on total sale price including postage cost. Very similar to ebay, depending on your store catagory..
* Minimum transaction fee of of U.S. 50 cents ( 65 cents Australian )
* A 5.5 % payment collection fee which includes credit card transaction fees. I gather this is quite a bit higher than ebays.
All up it looks to me that this site will work out slightly more expensive than ebay. ( but heck yer I must work for ebay.....
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@11dustyattic wrote:
Confronting isn't it? History shows the devastating result of that very behavior, so don't you be judging me for making a decision not only for me but for the better good of everyone, in a broader sense for the future of mankind.
Judge you?
I asked you why you're assuming others didn't make the choice for themselves, and judging them for it. I was highlighting the fact that someone can be very well aware of all of eBay's pitfalls and shortcomings, but still make a decision to use the site to reach their particular goals.
You'll notice I didn't use any words that make an assessment of your intelligence or decision making skills - that's something you've been doing, and I was asking you why.
It appears, though, that you just have a weird superiority complex over your decision not to use eBay anymore, and you're just hanging out because you want to strut that decision around like a... peacock. If you can't engage in good faith conversation on the matter, I'd clearly just be wasting my time trying. So here, maybe this will make you feel better:
All hail the mighty dusty, decision making king and saviour of the lemmings...eventually, I guess... somehow?
