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03-15-2011, 12:38 PM
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Below is part of the E mail I received from eBay this morning. So, based on this, it looks like I will no longer list my items for sale to over seas buyers.
David Coming April 19: List Auction-style FREE, any start price, all the time. Add Buy It Now FREE. Dear : Your upfront cost of selling on eBay is about to be dramatically reduced once again! Starting April 19, Standard Auction-style fees will be changing. You'll be able to list FREE at any start price--up to 50 items a month. Plus you can add the Buy It Now option FREE to grab those buyers who don't want to wait for your listing to end. In short, you can now list even your higher priced items free--pay only if it sells. Also, we know online buyers pay attention to shipping costs when deciding what and where to buy. That's why, to encourage low-cost shipping, Final Value Fees for all sellers will be applied to the total amount of the sale, including shipping. Just keep your shipping costs low to get the lowest overall fees. 
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03-15-2011, 01:01 PM
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Max FVF raised as well?
I know the maximum Final Value Fee on Auctions used to be $50. I just read on their site it is now $100. Can anybody confirm this? Is this a new change or did they raise this fee earlier and I missed it...
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03-15-2011, 01:12 PM
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Here's another beautiful feature they failed to mention in their press release. FVF discounts for Top Rated Sellers do not apply to the FVF charged for shipping charges. No 20% discount on this new fee either.
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03-15-2011, 01:15 PM
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eBay wants to become one big online store and do away with auction style listings. All of their changes suggest this. This new change is nothing different and is just another step in doing so. They want sellers to offer free shipping and this is one way to make it happen. Think about it, you can't even charge for insurance anymore (or at least state that in your description). This new change is one way of forcing the seller to offer free shipping. Sellers who list true auction style listings aren't going to offer free shipping because if they take a loss on the card, they sure aren't going to take a loss on the shipping as well. So, why not just offer BIN with BO options with free shipping? That's what eBay wants and they'll get their way one change at a time.
Last edited by vintagetoppsguy; 03-15-2011 at 01:21 PM.
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03-15-2011, 04:04 PM
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they tried to slide this one in
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My crystal ball also is telling me that my shipping rates are going to increase by 10% on April 19.
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03-15-2011, 04:48 PM
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I'm sorry to be an obvious shill here, but you all can do something about this by moving your items over to http://www.GrandSlamBids.com. For store items, we have a great 2-click eBay import tool and for the regular site, we're currently offering 0 listing fees on both fixed and auction style listings. The final percentage is significantly less then what eBay was and this change will only grow the difference. We created the site with the understanding that eBay looks like they will increasingly make things more and more difficult for collectible dealers and at some point, folks will say enough is enough.
Last edited by Matt; 03-15-2011 at 04:49 PM.
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03-15-2011, 05:45 PM
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Ebay just doesn't want to be known as an auction outfit anymore and simply wants this to be a giant cyber mall.
If I wanted a Warren Spahn autograph, I would go to eBay. There are 569 choices. Of those, only 37 Spahn autographs are up for auction, while the rest are in eBay stores/BIN. Historydirect wants $899 for an inscribed ball! Everytime I get an e-mail from eBay, I know they will creatively put it in words to make it look like I'm getting a deal, but in truth, I'm being bent over. DanC
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03-15-2011, 08:55 PM
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Seriously, if I had the money, I would do a take over of eBay and split them into two companies; one strictly for stores and the other strictly for auctions. Either that or I would find a way to start a strictly on line auction company without all the bells, whistles and drama that eBay is now.
David
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03-15-2011, 10:18 PM
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I'm not going to defend ebay's move, but there is another side to this. I once bought a clock on ebay. The same clock was available from several sellers. Most charged about $8 for shipping, and their clocks sold for $30-35. Others charged $40 for shipping. Their clocks sold for a dollar or not at all. These sellers were clearly charging the full value of the item in their shipping fee. In this way, they avoided ebay's fees (and maybe even lured in a few careless shoppers). I can see ebay wanting to prevent this. Of course, that doesn't mean that ebay has no other motives.
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03-17-2011, 06:41 PM
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   Other than that, I agree that ebay is doing a death spiral. As has been pointed out, instead of responding to the concerns of sellers and vendors, they are now beholden to their investors and the capital markets. Instead of a innovative presence in the market (as ebay was in 1997), it has become a lumbering bureaucracy.
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#12
03-17-2011, 07:22 PM
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Brief & amusing summary from Motley Fool on the latest fee manipulation: eBay's Latest Bonehead Move.
By the way, the stock has been going in the opposite direction of down since last year. PayPal profits are driving that.
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