An Idea to save eBay...

[mintacular]

Can you image if eBay allowed customers to "checkmark" items of interest and submit a "bulk" offer? For example, Joes Vintage Sports Cards has let's say 100 Gd T's for sale at $30/ea. You could "check" 10 of them and submit offer of $250...

This could spark some excitement back into eBay which is now a dumping ground for overpriced BINs.

It's a win/win, buyers get possible discount on bulk purchases/sellers can move inventory more quickly on their terms + combine shipping. Your thoughts?

[scmavl]

That's not a bad idea, Pat. It would make it feel more like a real marketplace, haggling and all.

[familytoad]

To me your idea isnt bad, but its just a navigational feature enhancement...its far from "saving eBay".
You can contact any seller and try to make an offer, you'd just be clicking your email app or the embedded " contact seller" button.

You want to save eBay? You got a lot more variables than that...especially when considering that every change/adjustment/increase they have made in the last few years have been perceived (rightfully so imho) to be totally self-serving and not customer-friendly. Once a business has lost the ability to understand that they cannot exist without customers the demise is eminent.
The customer experience portion of business cannot be understated, nor by these buffoons...understood.

[almostdone]

Overall I think its a good idea though not to sugest it will save ebay. A few times I have had to go to different auctions and make offers on numerous cards from one buyer at once. It is time consuming to get a response back and once I didn't get the main card desired but rather only the little "throw in ones"
Drew

[HRBAKER]

Is ebay going somewhere?

[mcadams]

This topic has been discussed in detail over at psacard lately. I, and others, put forth the argument that listing cards at ridiculous BIN prices is not only annoying to buyers, but economically nonsensical for sellers, due to the cost of carrying inventory for so long. Based on the responses that sellers provided, I get the idea that most sellers:

1) Refuse to sell a card for less than they paid for it
2) Think that the price they paid has something to do with the card's current value
3) Would rather burn the card than sell it for less than they paid
4) Don't understand the real cost of carrying inventory for long periods.

I firmly believe that the problem with Ebay (especially with collectibles) is the lack of business acumen of many sellers.

[Butter]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

Is ebay going somewhere?

As we all know, eBay has been deteriorating lately. There are many "alternative eBays" out there. Sometime in the future it is very likely eBay is squashed by one of these websites.