hey mission and cjm . . . . maybe eBay is full of buyers like us who sell what they buy to buyers who then sell it again. If one link in that chain breaks . . . . ZERO paid in fees |
Maybe I already know perhaps 3 or 4 other music sellers who have this methodology. If we stop buying due to the risk of only breaking even or even losing on the sale, the first sale goes cheaper than we would have won it for, and our subsequent sale never happens, they used to get say 5.25 % of a low AND a high subsequent sale, plus two listing fees.
NOW they might get 7.9% of one low(er) sale ,
coz I won't be bidding anymore, with .......NO Listing FEE :^O:^O from that well meaning occasional seller!!
And my possibly higher sale with a listing fee has just PFFFFT DISAPPEARED !! coz I won't be listing the item I never won cheaply
WHICH CLEVER Actuary employed by ebay even factored that scenario into their projections. (if they can't answer the question, show them the door.......)
Ebay kept (keeps) getting bigger as they were the first site, and critical mass keeps it plundering (apt verb me thinks) on . But you put enough leaks in the 'Mass' and some other site might get the momentum, and THAT will be fun seeing ebay getting 7.9% of less and less.
If I was still selling on eBay OZ, my current cheaper listings would be put aside for higher value items upto 22 sept, then the cheaper items would be run out through a non powerseller registration.but as I sell on UK site for the better visibility of my target market, I will just keep doing what I do. NO OZ seller in their right mind targeting international sales would hang around and pay these new huge fees when better listing visibility is obtained listing on UK or USA for the same money. I know, that's what I have been doing for over 12 months now.
All this also pending the financial Abyss the US gov't is trying their darndest to throw us all into with that debt ceiling impasse. Let's see what Tuesday's deadline brings!
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