Shipping on ebay Comment (1 Viewer)

[skeeterbuck]

Shipping and handling charges do not bother me, I just figure that as a cost that is factored into the total price and bid accordingly. However, I will not let a couple of dollars stop me from bidding on an item I really want.

That's how I also bid.

The bottom line is that fleabay hasn't learned the lesson that "You can't have your cake and eat it too".
It seems to me that they believe that they make most of their money only when an item sells so their "rules" favor the buyers over the sellers.

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Thanks for the info. I was not aware that the insurance option would go away this month. This kind of eBay crap is exactly why I moved my business 100% away from eBay and into my own website seven years ago. I have been selling very little on eBay these days.

I've noticed a few of the vendors selling diecast aircraft have also set up their own sites and have stopped selling on e-bay - but they only ever sold new items at a buy-it-now price. It seems the more the large vendors sell at buy-it-now, the less they need an auction site.

Terry

 

[Rutledge]

Say what you will about ebay, its stock is up ~50% YTD and trading at one year highs. That is well ahead of the broader market, including the tech heavy nasdaq.

Most analysts expect ebay will continue its move away from "flea market"/auction marektplace toward more of on-line e-tailer/ecommerce with fixed prices. Their auction business has been in decline and now only accounts for about one-quarter of revenues.

Ebay has a substantial cash position and is financially healthy.

 

[glossman]

Shipping and handling charges do not bother me, I just figure that as a cost that is factored into the total price and bid accordingly. However, I will not let a couple of dollars stop me from bidding on an item I really want.

Hi Brian,

Just to give another perspective from someone on the other side of the globe.

When I buy from the US and UK, the S&H cost is a significant factor.

If I want to bid, I write to the seller asking for his S&H estimate.

If the seller reverts with an excessive S&H estimate, I just do not bid.

After buying and selling for a while, I have become quite familiar with the shipping rates.

This is for the various types of packed sets based on weight shipped by USPS and Royal Mail.

Regards, Raymond.

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[maddadicus]

Say what you will about ebay, its stock is up ~50% YTD and trading at one year highs. That is well ahead of the broader market, including the tech heavy nasdaq.

Most analysts expect ebay will continue its move away from "flea market"/auction marektplace toward more of on-line e-tailer/ecommerce with fixed prices. Their auction business has been in decline and now only accounts for about one-quarter of revenues.

Ebay has a substantial cash position and is financially healthy.

You might want to backtrack from that position. There are far more negative financial observations on the web and elsewhere than positive about Ebay. Also, Ebay has been accused of hiding its real debt, and holding up seller payments to make for a rosier cash flow picture..Just some thought from the other side..Michael

 

[tdubel]

Agree with Maddicus. Being the fact that I have and still own ebay with Cost in the 40s, not a great stock!

TD

 

[Njja]

Numbers can be deceiving at one time Ebay traded over 58! And as Tom pointed out if your current cost is in the $40's your looking for a rope to lynch
someone!

Of course you always have the dividen to fall back on......Oops...it doesn't
pay one!

 

[Rutledge]

I was not advocating either purchasing, selling or holding ebay stock. Rather just observing that the company's future is apparently brighter in the minds of enough people that they have bid its stock price up.

This is relevant because ebay seems to actively moving away from the business model upon which it was built -- the auction format. Thus one should anticipate that they will offer even less support toward the (smaller) auction seller in the future. So really, just a heads up that active sellers may experience further dissatisfaction in terms of ebay client services.