[eBay] Fees becoming too high

[Mona_Lisa]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

And because it was, I have a TMNT Vol. 1 #1 first printing.

You are SOOO lucky!!!!I'm happy for you!

[Shogun26]

Originally Posted by Zulithe

no wonder i can't find anything reasonably priced on ebay anymore...

Originally Posted by Shred87

^^^ agree 100%..... I can't even remember the last time I got a "steal" on ebay....

Ya'll obviously not checking my listings. I start loose figures for around 3.99 + calculated shipping.

[psychturtle]

I use and sell on ETSY.com. I have my current NECA customs on there too. I like it better than eBay in terms of fees (i.e. it costs $0.20 USD to list an item, and they charge 3.5% transaction fee).

There are guidelines to sell on Etsy but you can find vintage TMNT figures and TMNT artwork for sale (items either have to be vintage or hand-made; no current items unless personally altered). They sold a TCRI canister on there a month ago for a great price!



Though the market is smaller and you are more likely to wait longer to sell items, I have had flawless transactions on there. I've not been scammed as a buyer or seller. People that buy on there usually are serious and pay.

That's my alternative to eBay. I list on both sites in the shotgun selling approach.

Hope this helps.

[oldmanwinters]

This thread title reminds me of this:




Seriously, though, having been a buyer but never a seller on ebay, I am curious to see how all the changes will affect the future of online business. I love scoring the occasional $1 purchase for an old book or magazine, but I also feel bad for the seller who will probably be getting next to nothing for their stuff. Sounds like it's gonna be even harder for sellers to make out and for buyers to find the great deals.

[tmntgoldcoin]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

This thread title reminds me of this:




Seriously, though, having been a buyer but never a seller on ebay, I am curious to see how all the changes will affect the future of online business. I love scoring the occasional $1 purchase for an old book or magazine, but I also feel bad for the seller who will probably be getting next to nothing for their stuff. Sounds like it's gonna be even harder for sellers to make out and for buyers to find the great deals.

This is why I rarely ever do auction style format anymore. 95% of my listing are fixed price auctions. I'm starting to see this trend more and more on ebay, which makes it harder to get a steal these days.

[DonatelloFan]

Tell me about it. I just sold a TWD S2 Blu Ray Zombie Head set for $275, and to see all that money coming out sucks. But yeah, if you sell something for cheaper, it does hit pretty hard.

[dkram230]

Originally Posted by JOEMOE

There is also a final value fee coming on auctions that are ended early for the amount it was when auction was ended early.

I definitely like this. Too often I see an item listed for auction and when I go back to bid on it, I find that the seller ended early. Probably because some interested buyer and the seller reached an agreement outside of eBay. In fact, I see it happening with sellers promoting their eBay postings on this site all the time for both auction listings and BIN. I've even had my bids canceled because "item is no longer available." That's just not right. If people are going to post that way, they should turn to Craigslist and not eBay. Maybe sticking it to the bad sellers like this will relieve the rest of us from other fee spikes for a bit. But probably not LOL.

[Endurs03]

Originally Posted by dkram230

I definitely like this. Too often I see an item listed for auction and when I go back to bid on it, I find that the seller ended early. Probably because some interested buyer and the seller reached an agreement outside of eBay. In fact, I see it happening with sellers promoting their eBay postings on this site all the time for both auction listings and BIN. I've even had my bids canceled because "item is no longer available." That's just not right. If people are going to post that way, they should turn to Craigslist and not eBay. Maybe sticking it to the bad sellers like this will relieve the rest of us from other fee spikes for a bit. But probably not LOL.

The last 30 seconds is the biggest bidding war. Anyone ending their auction is really losing out. I've seen lots sit at 99 cents, and in 30 seconds it shoots over $200+

[***First of Two Latin Kings***]

Originally Posted by tmntgoldcoin

steals are becoming very very tough. 3 years ago I was getting 4-5 packages a week from good ebay scores. Not even close now.

This. I can barely afford to eat right now.

[Zeppelin]

If I'm selling something in the future, I would list with a very high price on Ebay to attract eyes and make the buyers contact me and then direct them to the other site where I listed the item with an acceptable price

This works only for very rare stuff though.
I don't know how to get rid of craps for the money back.

[Nameless]

Originally Posted by Endurs03

The last 30 seconds is the biggest bidding war. Anyone ending their auction is really losing out. I've seen lots sit at 99 cents, and in 30 seconds it shoots over $200+

This is defiantly how 99% of the auctions i've bid on go. I haven't seen a price jump that much but defiantly seen an auction go for 4 times the price it was at the 1 minute mark.

[I Crave Pizza No More]

While we're on the subject of eBay's changes, is anyone else experiencing a frequent change in how search results look? More specifically, for awhile when I submitted a search, at the top of the page there were helpful icons for "sold items" and "completed listings." Every so often that view goes away and is replaced by the setup where "sold items," "completed items," and numerous other search criteria appear as little checkboxes along the lefthand side of the page. The views have gone back and forth several times--and I'm using the same computer and browser.

[Rat_King]

Originally Posted by I Crave Pizza No More

While we're on the subject of eBay's changes, is anyone else experiencing a frequent change in how search results look? More specifically, for awhile when I submitted a search, at the top of the page there were helpful icons for "sold items" and "completed listings." Every so often that view goes away and is replaced by the setup where "sold items," "completed items," and numerous other search criteria appear as little checkboxes along the lefthand side of the page. The views have gone back and forth several times--and I'm using the same computer and browser.

Yeah, that happens to me all the time too. One of the things that is really annoying is the "completed listings" option disappearing when it changes. I depend on this to help my judgment in purchasing and it's just periodically gone. I'm ok with wanting to constantly evolve but some sense of normalcy would be nice.