Is ebayer Yepbg on this site?

[vintagetoppsguy]

What makes some of you guys think that his business model is working for him? Just because he keeps doing the same thing over and over? That doesn't mean that it's working. After all, isn't that the definition of insanity - to keep doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result every time?

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

What makes some of you guys think that his business model is working for him? Just because he keeps doing the same thing over and over? That doesn't mean that it's working. After all, isn't that the definition of insanity - to keep doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result every time?

OBVIOUSLY his business model works, what are you talking about? Of his most recent 7000 auctions which have closed (I stopped counting at 7000), a grand total of ZERO sold! And many of these cards were listed as $25 BINs with free shipping. Brilliant business model.

EDITED TO ADD: over the last 9 days, he sold 2 items. That's 10,000 auctions with free shipping. 2 cheap items sold. He basically clogs the ebay categories with overpriced cards (even at $25) which no one buys. He's so smart that the next thing I expect him to do is hand me a business card that says, "Acme Baseball Card Store."

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

What makes some of you guys think that his business model is working for him? Just because he keeps doing the same thing over and over? That doesn't mean that it's working. After all, isn't that the definition of insanity - to keep doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result every time?

Just a guess, but I would guess he knows that if he lowered his prices more cards would sell. Then again somehow that might be escaping him.

[nolemmings]

Actually, I can tell you he has lowered his prices in the past couple of days, at least on items I follow (I'm sometimes too lazy to block him, plus I've become real good at turbo scrolling past his auctions). It would thus appear he either reads this forum or has been informed about this thread. His prices are still too high by a noticeable amount, but it might be a step in the right direction.

I don't know the guy from Adam and might have no problem sitting down with him for a beer or six. I just can't make sense of his model, and while he owes me no explanation, I feel well within my rights to have a negative opinion of him or at least what he does on Ebay. I know I am not alone, and I am kind of surprised at the length of this thread, given that if you type in the search term yepbg you can see from prior threads that he has been criticized here many times over the years.