Sellers with Lobotomies Cheer eBay Fee Hikes

[thentavius]

Here much of MY competition (please take no offense if any pertain to you!):

1)  Hobby sellers - those who think selling on ebay is "fun"... who cares if I make money?
2)  Part-time sellers - I call them "weeds", because each year, as some are eradicated, new ones sprout up
3)  Full-time sellers with other incomes - usually retired folks, some can be grouped in "hobby sellers"
4)  Just getting rid of Grandma's/Uncle Fred's/Aunt Hazel's stuff sellers - you know what I mean

The first three I have to compete with not just when selling... but when I go to estate sales and auctions, I have to compete with them to BUY my merchandise.  I need to make about 2-3 times what I pay for something to make a living, and hobby, part-time, and other income sellers don't really "need" to make anything on their investment.  I see things all the time in the antique malls and shops that are prices just a few dollars more than the seller paid for them.  Also, how many times do you see an item on ebay listed and relisted for WEEKS and finally sell for a pittance, knowing that the seller paid far more in listing/relisting fees than they made?

So very, very true.

[xppman]

I have a couple of copy cats out there in feebay land.

One is giving it away because his is crap and can't even maintain at FB of over 97
and one of them opened up a store in the last few months but has like 225 items at auction.

I'm like What? How can he afford to do that and make a living?
At least the second guy didn't try to get into much of a price war over similar product design.

I pretty much threw my hands up several months ago and said "let em have it,
eventually the will be OOB".

There s no way I got into this just to pay eBay or to play the lets see who can survive on
.99 cent bologna longer for dinner every night.

As a result of my long term and sted fast business plan regardless of eBay waffling ever friggin other day.. my business has grown over the last several years to the point that my fees w ebay
for this month are under 3.00. Last month I paid those morons 6.00 and had two NPB to boot.

The place is history guys and anyone who doesn't see it yet... god help em.