Giving up on Ebay?

[BCauley]

I got an email from them yesterday advertising their new fees and advertised them as their "lowest ever". I'm probably wrong, but I'm pretty sure I paid a heck of a lot less ten years ago when I was selling on there. Granted, they are probably simply referring to the no insertion fee for anything under $1.

[CTDean]

Originally Posted by BCauley

I got an email from them yesterday advertising their new fees and advertised them as their "lowest ever". I'm probably wrong, but I'm pretty sure I paid a heck of a lot less ten years ago when I was selling on there. Granted, they are probably simply referring to the no insertion fee for anything under $1.

Actually, the new total fees for selling will be the "highest ever". The final value fee goes to 9% of sale price. I've been a power seller for many years, but stopped selling last month.

[t206hound]

Originally Posted by CTDean

Actually, the new total fees for selling will be the "highest ever". The final value fee goes to 9% of sale price. I've been a power seller for many years, but stopped selling last month.

Most of the items I sell on Ebay go for around $100; right now I pay less than $5 in fees (since I start at $0.99). This change nearly doubles my cost to sell...Ugh with a capital U.

[joeadcock]

Haven't given up on ebay yet.

[barrysloate]

I do agree the fees are getting too high but if you consign to an auction house you will pay 12-20%, and when I ran my catalog auctions I had to pay for website design, hosting fees, printing costs for the catalog, and shipping the catalogs. So nothing is free except BST, and I must confess my experiences there haven't been great. I've had better results, and often gotten higher prices, on ebay.

[Robextend]

Love to buy on Ebay...getting good deals left and right recently.

[Jantz]

Haven't sold anything since October 2006. Before that, I would sell 20-30 items a month.

Have made 9 purchases off of Ebay in the last 12 months.

That might be a message, but Ebay will never figure it out

Jantz

[darkpoet]

I gave up on eBay about 2 years ago, when the policy changes turned it into the Wild West. Now the inventory is just piling up to the sky and waiting for a better venue.

[jbsports33]

I have certainly done well on eBay over the years and I am still very active on the site. The past two years I have tried other ways to sell and buy, because I am disappointed in some of the changes they have made. What I have done is adjust to those changes and make the best of it and keep going. The buy it now end prices (fees) are kind of too much and I do not list much on the store, I plan to in the future when I have a decent amount of inventory to off set the cost. The shows, my website and other auction sites are great resources as well, but without the combination of eBay those options can be a slower process. In some cases that is okay, but with the economy the way it has been, eBay can be a great way to catch up weather you’re buying or selling.

Jimmy

[jb217676]

What gets me the most is the shipping part. I offer standard, non-insured delivery as well as insured delivery. Nobody ever chooses insured delivery because it costs 2-3 times as much depending on location. Buyers expect their item to be insured at the cheaper rate. Ebay sides with the buyer on this one because to them, it is the sellers responsibility to make sure the buyer gets their item, whether the buyer pays $2.00 for shipping or $200.00. Why would someone pay $20.00 for shipping on a card they paid $15.00 for when they can pay the $2.00 shipping fee and expect the same coverage and know ebay has their back? If I offered only insured shipping, nobody would bid on any of my cheaper items. Crazy!