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Ebay ups the Fees
Just in case you haven't heard...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...e&sid=95573501 Lots of unhappy sellers. Comments? TMT |
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"Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message oups.com... Just in case you haven't heard... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...e&sid=95573501 Lots of unhappy sellers. Comments? TMT The bad news is at: http://pages.ebay.com/help/announcem...html#question8 EBay must think metalworking equipment is "business capital", so they are changing the fee structure to attract high dollar items to certain categories. The Business and Industrial organization chart is at: http://pages.ebay.com/categorychanges/business.html About two thirds of the way down is Metalworking Equipment (92082) and its many sub-categories (lathes, mills, grinders, etc.) where the new $20 insertion fee will apply. As I understand it, the changes do not apply to the Metalworking Supplies (92084) or Machine Tool Accessories (25291). Therefore if you are listing parts or a low value item, it sure wouldn't make sense for the seller to list it in the machinery categories. I will leave it to you math wizards to figure out where the break-even point is. The good news is that there are so many items on eBay, I would think most serious buyers use search strings which are not confined to certain categories. It would be interesting to see any stats on what percentage of buyers use categories versus searches. From the eBay email: Insertion and Final Value Fees The insertion and Final Value Fees will be changing for items listed in certain Business & Industrial categories. More details about the changes for these categories are provided below. The insertion and Final Value Fees in other categories will not be changing. Business & Industrial Listings in Certain Categories The Reserve, insertion and Final Value Fees will be changing for select high item price capital equipment categories in Business & Industrial. View the capital equipment categories affected by the pricing change == http://click3.ebay.com/1549289.54490.0.45723 The fee changes for these capital equipment categories are as follows: - Reserve fee: Lowered to $5, refundable if the item sells - Insertion fee: Raised to $20, regardless of starting price - Final Value Fee: Lowered to a 1% flat fee, with a $250 maximum charge Carl Joplin |
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On 15 Jan 2005 13:08:01 -0800, the inscrutable "Too_Many_Tools"
spake: Just in case you haven't heard... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...e&sid=95573501 Lots of unhappy sellers. Comments? Millions a day wasn't enough profit for them so they're doubling the fees. Look to Yahoo and others to quintuple their business volume in the -very- near future. Ebay just shot themselves in the appendage. -- Life's a Frisbee: When you die, your soul goes up on the roof. ---- http://diversify.com Comprehensive Website Development |
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I think one thing it will help is when looking for a "Machine" you won't
have to look at books, small parts, ect. The catagory for those has no $20.00 fee. Mnay listers are putting small parts, books and what ever in the machine catagory "Carl Joplin" wrote in message ... "Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message oups.com... Just in case you haven't heard... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...e&sid=95573501 Lots of unhappy sellers. Comments? TMT The bad news is at: http://pages.ebay.com/help/announcem...html#question8 EBay must think metalworking equipment is "business capital", so they are changing the fee structure to attract high dollar items to certain categories. The Business and Industrial organization chart is at: http://pages.ebay.com/categorychanges/business.html About two thirds of the way down is Metalworking Equipment (92082) and its many sub-categories (lathes, mills, grinders, etc.) where the new $20 insertion fee will apply. As I understand it, the changes do not apply to the Metalworking Supplies (92084) or Machine Tool Accessories (25291). Therefore if you are listing parts or a low value item, it sure wouldn't make sense for the seller to list it in the machinery categories. I will leave it to you math wizards to figure out where the break-even point is. The good news is that there are so many items on eBay, I would think most serious buyers use search strings which are not confined to certain categories. It would be interesting to see any stats on what percentage of buyers use categories versus searches. From the eBay email: Insertion and Final Value Fees The insertion and Final Value Fees will be changing for items listed in certain Business & Industrial categories. More details about the changes for these categories are provided below. The insertion and Final Value Fees in other categories will not be changing. Business & Industrial Listings in Certain Categories The Reserve, insertion and Final Value Fees will be changing for select high item price capital equipment categories in Business & Industrial. View the capital equipment categories affected by the pricing change == http://click3.ebay.com/1549289.54490.0.45723 The fee changes for these capital equipment categories are as follows: - Reserve fee: Lowered to $5, refundable if the item sells - Insertion fee: Raised to $20, regardless of starting price - Final Value Fee: Lowered to a 1% flat fee, with a $250 maximum charge Carl Joplin |
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Maybe Reliable Tool will restart their auction site???
Tony "Larry Jaques" wrote in message ... On 15 Jan 2005 13:08:01 -0800, the inscrutable "Too_Many_Tools" spake: Just in case you haven't heard... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ap/20050115/ap _on_hi_te/ebay_price_hike&sid=95573501 Lots of unhappy sellers. Comments? Millions a day wasn't enough profit for them so they're doubling the fees. Look to Yahoo and others to quintuple their business volume in the -very- near future. Ebay just shot themselves in the appendage. -- Life's a Frisbee: When you die, your soul goes up on the roof. ---- http://diversify.com Comprehensive Website Development |
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Tony wrote:
Maybe Reliable Tool will restart their auction site??? If they do, I hope to hell they do something to speed it up. I stopped going there very quickly as it was painfully slow. I think the increased fees are going to weed out some of the idiots and frivolous auctions. It's also going to open the door for some other outfit to cater to the smaller sellers. Going public has forced ebay to act like any other corporation, squeeze every last penny of profits they can, to satisfy Wall Street and the stockholders... Jon |
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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message ... On 15 Jan 2005 13:08:01 -0800, the inscrutable "Too_Many_Tools" spake: Just in case you haven't heard... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...e&sid=95573501 Lots of unhappy sellers. Comments? Millions a day wasn't enough profit for them so they're doubling the fees. Look to Yahoo and others to quintuple their business volume in the -very- near future. Ebay just shot themselves in the appendage. I hope so, but right now there's just about nothing there (yahoo) I'm interested in buying. |
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On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 23:13:14 GMT, Jon Anderson
wrote: Tony wrote: Maybe Reliable Tool will restart their auction site??? If they do, I hope to hell they do something to speed it up. I stopped going there very quickly as it was painfully slow. I was ****ed when they stopped it. I was getting far better deals on their site than their auctions on Ebay. I think the increased fees are going to weed out some of the idiots and frivolous auctions. It's also going to open the door for some other outfit to cater to the smaller sellers. Going public has forced ebay to act like any other corporation, squeeze every last penny of profits they can, to satisfy Wall Street and the stockholders... Jon "At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child - miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosphy of sniveling brats." -- P.J. O'Rourke |
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Gunner wrote:
I was ****ed when they stopped it. I was getting far better deals on their site than their auctions on Ebay. Heh, yeah, I bought a tracer head from their site and resold it on ebay for about 4x! Well, we're -supposed- to have cable interest sometime soon. Comcast has been promising it for years. That would help... Jon |
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If I was Reliable I would hook up with Yahoo auctions and work out a deal to
uses their servers to host the auctions. Tony "Jon Anderson" wrote in message ... Gunner wrote: I was ****ed when they stopped it. I was getting far better deals on their site than their auctions on Ebay. Heh, yeah, I bought a tracer head from their site and resold it on ebay for about 4x! Well, we're -supposed- to have cable interest sometime soon. Comcast has been promising it for years. That would help... Jon |
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