Aren't swap meets for computers and tech stuff??

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@black*poppy wrote:

Aren't swap meets for computers and tech stuff??

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And cars/bikes, and gems, and collectable toys.....like Matchbox cars. I'm sure there's more.

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@phorum_junkie* wrote:

I haven't read most of your post but would just like to make a general observation. If I had a dollar for every time I read that ebay's policy changes would beTHE END I would be rich enough that I wouldn't be selling on ebay, I would be out spending my fortune.

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But would you invest that fortune in eBay? I wouldn't. 

I would have to be very naive, I think, to believe that eBay will just keep on keeping on. It won't be any one policy change, and I don't think people saying "the end is nigh for eBay" on the back of one is necessarily accurate, because failed or bad policies can be changed relatively quickly.

It's something else that will prove to be eBay's undoing, if/when it happens - long-term arrogance, ignorance, stubborness will do it.

A lot of the "ebay is dying" comments have an unwritten "for me" after them, but eBay is a collective of indivudual sellers, so if it dies for too many of them, they (eBay) will be in a bit of trouble. There may always be sellers, but eventually there might not be enough of them willing to sell here. 

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@gtx305 wrote:

 

 

The article reads like its been written by an Ebay employee who is trying to deflect from actual issues, by presenting something very straightforward that isnt going to generate a class action suit - unlike the other problems.   

 

 

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That, or to get people to dismiss those complaining about eBay as having nothing legitimate to complain about  - complaining about fees and larger competition, to buyers or people that don't even use ebay, likely just looks petty a lot of the time. 

I've listed my first get out of selling listing ,that way someone else can have the hassle,fun,(I've listed the basics

on the listing and it will sell,so that's over 100 listings I no longer need to worry about),

So there will be another newbie you lot can help out,,(I'll let them know about the boards)

I'll hopefully will only be doing the bigger bulk listings,(I'm only going to do a few "smaller" ones plus the

occasional magazine).

I'll then list whatever I have left as another bulk seller package to clear it all,(so someone else can have the

"fun"of trying to list on eBay or another site),

So this ID might retire or become a buying one only,

U could call it an online swap meet - U can list almost anything.  Very easy to use once U get used to it. 

Be thankful it didn't go into details about the money back guarantee because that'd encourage people to try and get things for free.  Yes, even for those who read the Age.  Good news has a way of spreading, and getting items for free is definitely good news for buyers!