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| SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: AndyC_772 on March 15, 2021, 01:56:02 pm ---For all its flaws, I can't say I've ever regarded Ebay as a race to the bottom in terms of selling price. It's interesting - IMHO! - to compare the comments that come up when people compare pricing of used items on Ebay to prices on forums like this one. The unwritten rule seems to be that selling prices on forums should be absolutely rock bottom, always a good deal for the buyer at the expense of the seller. Open a discussion on the topic and responses are along the lines of "Ebay prices are crazy, your <item> isn't worth that" - conveniently ignoring the fact that if something will sell at the higher price on another platform, it is worth that higher price, by definition. --- End quote --- This ignores the presence of that most abundant of natural resources - the Idiot! ;D The Idiot will happily overpay for anything, and thereby sets the market price higher than it really should be. I'm 100% convinced that Idiots are the real cause of inflation! :-DD |
| Jan Audio:
For youtube you now have odysee. |
| Simon:
ebay is what it is. I take the view that I need to make a certain markup, if they don't want to pay then so be it. ebay now costs me 18% as now you "can" (have) to pay for advertising to get your products into the searches. normal selling fees have quietly gone up from 10% to 13% now that they have taken over the payments. The seller dashboard is slightly more useable than it used to be but still difficult and buggy. If you want to know what being fucked over is like try selling on amazon. As a seller I can't even talk to anyone as i don't pay £30/m membership on top of the already extortionate seller fees, the queries I have been able to put to them have been ignored. The seller dashboard is an absolute nightmare and buggy. Ebay is crap but Amazon is even worse plus they are ruthless and do take money off you when clearly the buyer is taking the piss. They keep hold of your money until they are happy so you are always several hundreds of pounds behind. |
| DrG:
I have used $bay to sell only sporadically and it did what it was supposed to do just fine. They have their hands in your pockets at every turn. That is just the way it is, but they have some use. A while ago, I got rid of all my old C64 stuff....stuff that "normal" people would have given away / donated, or junked years ago. But, when you are schlepping a bunch of boxes, schlepping one more seems minimal (i.e., when one moves). I had to check and photograph everything. I had to scrupulously write the auction text and navigate a lot of bizarre $bay methods. I had to schlepp to the PO after finding boxes and packing stuff. I had to track everything and I had to answer questions. I never had any negative feedback or PITA buyers. BTW: floppy discs do last 30+ years. It worked for me. I did get more than I thought and, nearly every thing went. Plus, it was fun to revisit all that nostalgia...and I have absolutely no regrets. So, yeah, I really would....but only sporadically and only for certain things. |
| Simon:
It's either sporadic stuff to get rid of it, I will use it instead of giving stuff away as people at least turn up to take it or if they don't pay it's not being sent. If you sell a lot it's a faff but repeat items once set up are worth the effort. |
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