posted on March 14, 2005 02:06:41 PM new
It isn't any secret that E-Bay is losing Sellers that are giving up E-Bay altogether. How many buyers are we losing? The newbies wanting to take forever paying for their items is not a good replacement. Lets hear it from the E-Bay cheer leaders!
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posted on March 14, 2005 02:43:25 PM new
I've had a good two weeks. The more sellers that go, the better it is for me!
Cheryl
"No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power." ~ P.J. O'Rourke
posted on March 14, 2005 02:45:57 PM new
Maybe it's not a secret that ebay is losing sellers, but to me it looks like there are still plenty of newbie sellers coming along who get a thrill out of making a 99 cent profit.
And it doesn't take many big sellers who dump 10,000 items on ebay at once to make up for us small fry who get discouraged.
I plan on staying around and outsmarting both these types of sellers. However, I have sent 50% of my inventory over to Amazon.
posted on March 14, 2005 03:30:57 PM new
Are the buyers fewer and less active? Probably. Ebay is still on the same planet as the rest of us. Were eBay buyers more free-spending a few years ago? Sure. And so was everyone else, even if they didn't know about eBay.
People used to the flea market arena threw stuff on eBay and were pleasantly surprised. Now that the limited market for "stuff" has been saturated, they are searching for some mythical "collector".
In the areas I buy, when sellers do the following, they still seem to do well:
- Sell desirable items
- Sell items appropriate for on-line auction
- Have no or reasonable reserves
- Back their merchandise
I just did a small spurt of selling. Nine items, seven sold (one I didn't expect to sell, one I had to pull and didn't bother to relist since I didn't want just one item hanging around). Merchandise cost: 194.25; gross: 905.90. But here's the catch - I have over 750 items in my inventory at any time, and I don't believe even 5% are suitable for eBay. But the ones that are suitable sell more readily and for better than I could get in my shop.
Ebay is just one tool in the sales kit, and should be used appropriately (and not while driving or operating heavy machinery).
posted on March 15, 2005 09:56:36 AM new
I, for one, will be so glad to see the seller who is selling the mismatched pots & pan lids out of there kitchen cabinet go away.
My goal for this year is to sell fewer items at a higher prices. So far it's working.
posted on March 15, 2005 11:31:36 AM new
I ain't going nowhere... I make a fortune off those lids. Besides, I have a whole roll out planned for this weekend for lids from Ziplock disposable plastic food storage containers. I'm gonna be rich! Rich I tell you!!
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
posted on March 17, 2005 08:46:46 AM newfenix03 Your quote of:
"If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?"
That is really good and very true.
My husband and I were just talking about such yesterday. I can easily decipher anything analytical, but put something simple in front of me, like last week, I could not thread a cord properly through a loop in a necklace. I took it to my husband, and zap he came up with a simple answer using thread to pull the cord through - I would never have thought of such. My personal assistant is just like my husband, she can quickly figure out certain creative simplistic things, which totally baffle me!
Now, the perfect combination is "creative common sense" plus top analytical thinking, which my husband has. My personal assistant does not but she is priceless and a good counter part to me, as she has the "creative common sense," and I am the analytical thinker.
I suppose I am talking more of "creative common sense." I have the common sense to know if someone only ships UPS, not to send them a Post Office Box to ship to.
Just a good quote, I thought I’d comment on!
~"It does not matter what I think, it does not matter what you think. The only thing which matters is: What is the TRUTH!"~
posted on March 17, 2005 09:56:07 AM new
JW - Years ago I saw it on one of those interchangable message boards outside of an old hardware store and it just struck me as so true I've never forgotten it.
Sounds like you have an interesting personal assistant. My old one was only good for one thing... finding my car keys at the end of the day before she left. Had zero common sense but as far as I was considered, saving me from a 45 minute search for my keys at the end of 12 hours in the office was worth the trade off
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
posted on March 17, 2005 01:03:30 PM new
I'd have to surmise many of the lost sellers were also buyers inbetween and maybe their resentment has carried over into to buying?
This am I surfed ebay for awhile and I have to admit it's starting to annoying me that so much of it is "retail-ized." If I wanted to shop the mall, I would go to the mall. It's like close out city seconds on there now. Surfing sure has lost alot of its charm for me.
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