Easy to eBay: CompUSA Enters the eBay Drop Off Service Business

[mandy]

A year ago electronic retail chain giant Circuit City Stores Inc. tried cracking the eBay drop-off market, serving customers who want to sell on eBay but don’t want to deal with the details. It dropped out of the drop-off business after eight months, saying customer acceptance was good but the profits weren’t.

Now rival CompUSA is taking a stab at the eBay drop-off market with a service it calls Easy to eBay. A rival of Circuit City’s, CompUSA, with 240 stores, has launched an eBay drop-off, auction listing and fulfillment service at stores in Las Vegas and nearby Henderson, Nev. CompUSA will compete with the 20 or so national franchise chains that offer stand-alone eBay drop-off services.

In addition to offering the usual menu of listing, packaging and delivery services for a cut of the final eBay selling price, CompUSA is offering something its rivals don’t: the option to receive credit toward purchases in CompUSA stores, in lieu of cash as payment for goods sold on eBay....

full article: http://www.internetretailer.com/article.asp?id=18109

[Anita]

I give 'em 6 months MAX.

[bargainbloodhound]

6 months sounds about right.  There are as many (if not more) failures as there are successes in the eBay drop-off business.

CompUSA is offering something its rivals don’t: the option to receive credit toward purchases in CompUSA stores, in lieu of cash as payment for goods sold on eBay.

How is that an incentive to choose CompUSA?  Is there any dfference between using (a rival's) cash and using a store credit when you make a purchase at CompUSA? Nooooo.

[stardust]

*sounds* good.........