I've got 4 coins ending next Sunday and then I'm done with them. Been selling since 2007 and the last 2 years seemed like I was working for Ebay and PayPal. I had about 150 transactions this year, sold off all the stuff I could part with.
"Fee update for sellers without an eBay Stores subscription. The maximum standard final value fee—the maximum fee sellers without an eBay Stores subscription will pay per sold item—will be raised from $250 to $750. This change only affects items that sell for more than $2,500. Note: The current $250 maximum final value fee for sellers with an eBay Stores subscription is not changing."
As such, won't affect most of us.
"Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
"Fee update for sellers without an eBay Stores subscription. The maximum standard final value fee—the maximum fee sellers without an eBay Stores subscription will pay per sold item—will be raised from $250 to $750. This change only affects items that sell for more than $2,500. Note: The current $250 maximum final value fee for sellers with an eBay Stores subscription is not changing."
As such, won't affect most of us.
"Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
<< <i>It would be nice if everyone would boycott eBay for a month, but of course that would never happen. >>
Why? Ebay is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
Best coin marketplace on earth! >>
Perhaps, but a shadow of what is was a decade ago when one could bid on a number of high quality PCGS and NGC graded coins each day. Most were real auctions with no reserve.
<< <i>Perhaps, but a shadow of what is was a decade ago when one could bid on a number of high quality PCGS and NGC graded coins each day. Most were real auctions with no reserve.
Place is morgue like now. >>
I have already bought 6 coins TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<< <i>It would be nice if everyone would boycott eBay for a month, but of course that would never happen. >>
Why? Ebay is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
Best coin marketplace on earth! >>
Perhaps, but a shadow of what is was a decade ago when one could bid on a number of high quality PCGS and NGC graded coins each day. Most were real auctions with no reserve.
Place is morgue like now. >>
How true...only about 12% of PCGS graded auctions are true ( total PCGS graded US auctions..85,364 and only 9,962 are not BIN's.....btw most BINS will die of old age before they get any buyers) 15% of NGC out of a total of 72,203 are auctions (8,304) ...
"Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
What they're doing is manipulating YOU, the Seller. They remove from the mix the opportunity for you to take a break. They have concluded that if you have a "store" it's in your interest to keep the shelves stocked. Additionally, they don't give a rats ass if you overpay to acquire the stock you sell. They will have a voice in the profit margins you enjoy because it's more than likely you'll need to cut prices to make sales to keep your store viable that it is for you to settle for meaningful profits.
E-Bay is quickly becoming the most unfriendly marketplace and the place where problem coins go to get liquidated.
Nice job E-bay!!!
If you do what you always did, you get what you always got.
<< <i>I really don't have a dog in this race since I am not a seller, but I like Ebay as a buyer. >>
If nicer material is moved from eBay elsewhere (because sellers are going to other venues) then I don't think you will continue to like eBay as much of the stuff that remains will be crap.
Can you think of any other business that raises its fees 200% overnight? Describing the discontent of honest, dedicated longstanding ebay sellers as "bashing" is the only "silly" part to me as I read this.
Wondercoin
Please visit my website at www.wondercoins.com and my ebay auctions under my user name www.wondercoin.com.
<< <i>What they're doing is manipulating YOU, the Seller. They remove from the mix the opportunity for you to take a break. They have concluded that if you have a "store" it's in your interest to keep the shelves stocked. Additionally, they don't give a rats ass if you overpay to acquire the stock you sell. They will have a voice in the profit margins you enjoy because it's more than likely you'll need to cut prices to make sales to keep your store viable that it is for you to settle for meaningful profits.
E-Bay is quickly becoming the most unfriendly marketplace and the place where problem coins go to get liquidated.
Nice job E-bay!!! >>
I'm sorry but your statement makes no sense to me.
<< <i>ebay is a buyer's paradise, and a seller's hell >>
I think we've crossed into the buyer+seller's hell. Sellers are getting thrown under the bus in many ways. The only way sellers can mitigate the negative changes to EBay is raising prices, taking advantage of free insertion promotions, and most importantly, doing BINs rather than 99c auctions to be able to control selling prices to stay profitable. The vast majority of BINs on Ebay are overpriced. The result very negative for buyers.
IMHO, Ebay is becoming more and more of a window shopping/price comparison site rather than a marketplace (for coins and other collectibles that is). For low price/high margin widgets from China and elsewhere, I am sure Ebay is making a killing. Which is exactly why they are pushing out the casual sellers by jacking up the fees. A shame since it is the mass of casual sellers which made Ebay a great place both on the buy and sell side of collectibles.
<< <i>"This ebay bashing is getting downright silly."
Can you think of any other business that raises its fees 200% overnight? Describing the discontent of honest, dedicated longstanding ebay sellers as "bashing" is the only "silly" part to me as I read this.
<< <i>"This ebay bashing is getting downright silly."
Can you think of any other business that raises its fees 200% overnight? Describing the discontent of honest, dedicated longstanding ebay sellers as "bashing" is the only "silly" part to me as I read this.
Wondercoin >>
If you don't have a store and you have coins worth more than $2,500 each, sell them to WonderCoin or Great Collections...problem solved.
"Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
<< <i>What they're doing is manipulating YOU, the Seller. They remove from the mix the opportunity for you to take a break. They have concluded that if you have a "store" it's in your interest to keep the shelves stocked. Additionally, they don't give a rats ass if you overpay to acquire the stock you sell. They will have a voice in the profit margins you enjoy because it's more than likely you'll need to cut prices to make sales to keep your store viable that it is for you to settle for meaningful profits.
E-Bay is quickly becoming the most unfriendly marketplace and the place where problem coins go to get liquidated.
Nice job E-bay!!! >>
Store owners should not be too smug... the fee boost is a test run to extend to all ebay sellers down the road
Anyone tried to call ebay customer service lately? I used to get straight through! After my 3rd attempt of a previous waiting for over 20 minutes each time I hung up. Doing the marathon...I have now been waiting 30 minutes! This is with a supposed ebay top rated get straight through to a Rep!
<< <i>Perhaps, but a shadow of what is was a decade ago when one could bid on a number of high quality PCGS and NGC graded coins each day. Most were real auctions with no reserve.
Place is morgue like now. >>
I have already bought 6 coins TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >>
Yeah, morgue is a bit of an exaggeration. Monastery is more like it. It sure as heck is nothing like 10 years ago.
Funny as H! 30 seconds after I posted here a rep answered! I definitely didn't score any brownie points as I asked some very pointed questions! The main one was who is eBay's customer? Had a major stumble from the Rep. on that one! The bottom line I gathered from the conversation is given time I will need to head elsewhere.
Great news for GC, this will really boost their offerings of serious sales of $2500-$7500 coins.
Of course that's an irrelevant market niche to many, but for those that do have that kind of cash, they will probably look more at GC as more sellers balk at paying 10% of $5k+. >>
Great news for GC, this will really boost their offerings of serious sales of $2500-$7500 coins.
Of course that's an irrelevant market niche to many, but for those that do have that kind of cash, they will probably look more at GC as more sellers balk at paying 10% of $5k+. >>
There...I fixed the thread title and now for you and the rest of the second grade class it'll be easier to understand.
<< <i>Funny as H! 30 seconds after I posted here a rep answered! I definitely didn't score any brownie points as I asked some very pointed questions! The main one was who is eBay's customer? Had a major stumble from the Rep. on that one! The bottom line I gathered from the conversation is given time I will need to head elsewhere. >>
Though keep in mind that I doubt eBay phone reps are trained on questions like "who is eBay's customer?". I'm impressed they even tried to stumble out an answer.
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Glad that all my big stuff is liquidated.
Viva La Ebay!
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
Guess it is worth the $19.95 store fee when you sell the Stella!
Fill in the blank.
CASH
MULA
GELD
GOLD
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<< <i>It would be nice if everyone would boycott eBay for a month, but of course that would never happen. >>
Why? Ebay is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
Best coin marketplace on earth!
<< <i>Got a text from my buddy that FVF cap being changed from $250 to $750...I thought 50 was fine $100 not so bad, $250 was a PITA, but $750???
LINK >>
"Fee update for sellers without an eBay Stores subscription. The maximum standard final value fee—the maximum fee sellers without an eBay Stores subscription will pay per sold item—will be raised from $250 to $750. This change only affects items that sell for more than $2,500.
Note: The current $250 maximum final value fee for sellers with an eBay Stores subscription is not changing."
As such, won't affect most of us.
<< <i>Sellers with stores are still at a $250 max. $750 is for non store settlers.
Guess it is worth the $19.95 store fee when you sell the Stella! >>
It used to be $100 for stores, right?
- Ian
Owner/Founder GreatCollections
GreatCollections Coin Auctions - Certified Coin Auctions Every Week - Rare Coins & Coin Values
Note: The current $250 maximum final value fee for sellers with an eBay Stores subscription is not changing."
As such, won't affect most of us.
150 X $.20 = $30.00 what a deal and store FVF's are 4% less to boot.
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<< <i>It would be nice if everyone would boycott eBay for a month, but of course that would never happen. >>
Why? Ebay is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
Best coin marketplace on earth! >>
Perhaps, but a shadow of what is was a decade ago when one could bid on a number of high quality PCGS and NGC graded coins each day. Most were real auctions with no reserve.
Place is morgue like now.
<< <i>Perhaps, but a shadow of what is was a decade ago when one could bid on a number of high quality PCGS and NGC graded coins each day. Most were real auctions with no reserve.
Place is morgue like now. >>
I have already bought 6 coins TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Makes sense to me.
Its the only place we have to sell our coins and for $15.95 a year why not.
<< <i>I guess they want everyone to have a store.
Makes sense to me.
Its the only place we have to sell our coins and for $15.95 a year why not. >>
That's a month fee...not yearly.
(Lets' see if this posts only once & not 3 times like my prior one)
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<< <i>It would be nice if everyone would boycott eBay for a month, but of course that would never happen. >>
Why? Ebay is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
Best coin marketplace on earth! >>
Perhaps, but a shadow of what is was a decade ago when one could bid on a number of high quality PCGS and NGC graded coins each day. Most were real auctions with no reserve.
Place is morgue like now. >>
How true...only about 12% of PCGS graded auctions are true ( total PCGS graded US auctions..85,364 and only 9,962 are not BIN's.....btw most BINS will die of old age before they get any buyers)
15% of NGC out of a total of 72,203 are auctions (8,304) ...
E-Bay is quickly becoming the most unfriendly marketplace and the place where problem coins go to get liquidated.
Nice job E-bay!!!
<< <i> Additionally, they don't give a rats ass if you overpay to acquire the stock you sell. ! >>
So that's ebay's problem? You overpaid for an item. This ebay bashing is getting downright silly.
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<< <i> Additionally, they don't give a rats ass if you overpay to acquire the stock you sell. ! >>
So that's ebay's problem? You overpaid for an item. This ebay bashing is getting downright silly. >>
Probably the same sellers who can't figure out why their BIN's aren't selling. Of course you got to blame someone other than your self
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<< <i>Sellers with stores are still at a $250 max. $750 is for non store settlers.
Guess it is worth the $19.95 store fee when you sell the Stella! >>
It used to be $100 for stores, right?
- Ian >>
I see this as great news for Great Collections.
<< <i>I really don't have a dog in this race since I am not a seller, but I like Ebay as a buyer. >>
If nicer material is moved from eBay elsewhere (because sellers are going to other venues) then I don't think you will continue to like eBay as much of the stuff that remains will be crap.
Can you think of any other business that raises its fees 200% overnight? Describing the discontent of honest, dedicated longstanding ebay sellers as "bashing" is the only "silly" part to me as I read this.
Wondercoin
<< <i>What they're doing is manipulating YOU, the Seller. They remove from the mix the opportunity for you to take a break. They have concluded that if you have a "store" it's in your interest to keep the shelves stocked. Additionally, they don't give a rats ass if you overpay to acquire the stock you sell. They will have a voice in the profit margins you enjoy because it's more than likely you'll need to cut prices to make sales to keep your store viable that it is for you to settle for meaningful profits.
E-Bay is quickly becoming the most unfriendly marketplace and the place where problem coins go to get liquidated.
Nice job E-bay!!! >>
I'm sorry but your statement makes no sense to me.
<< <i>ebay is a buyer's paradise, and a seller's hell >>
I think we've crossed into the buyer+seller's hell. Sellers are getting thrown under the bus in many ways. The only way sellers can mitigate the negative changes to EBay is raising prices, taking advantage of free insertion promotions, and most importantly, doing BINs rather than 99c auctions to be able to control selling prices to stay profitable. The vast majority of BINs on Ebay are overpriced. The result very negative for buyers.
IMHO, Ebay is becoming more and more of a window shopping/price comparison site rather than a marketplace (for coins and other collectibles that is). For low price/high margin widgets from China and elsewhere, I am sure Ebay is making a killing. Which is exactly why they are pushing out the casual sellers by jacking up the fees. A shame since it is the mass of casual sellers which made Ebay a great place both on the buy and sell side of collectibles.
<< <i>"This ebay bashing is getting downright silly."
Can you think of any other business that raises its fees 200% overnight? Describing the discontent of honest, dedicated longstanding ebay sellers as "bashing" is the only "silly" part to me as I read this.
Wondercoin >>
NGC registry V-Nickel proof #6!!!!
working on proof shield nickels # 8 with a bullet!!!!
RIP "BEAR"
<< <i>"This ebay bashing is getting downright silly."
Can you think of any other business that raises its fees 200% overnight? Describing the discontent of honest, dedicated longstanding ebay sellers as "bashing" is the only "silly" part to me as I read this.
Wondercoin >>
If you don't have a store and you have coins worth more than $2,500 each, sell them to WonderCoin or Great Collections...problem solved.
<< <i>ebay is a buyer's paradise, and a seller's hell >>
This sums it up nicely.
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
<< <i>What they're doing is manipulating YOU, the Seller. They remove from the mix the opportunity for you to take a break. They have concluded that if you have a "store" it's in your interest to keep the shelves stocked. Additionally, they don't give a rats ass if you overpay to acquire the stock you sell. They will have a voice in the profit margins you enjoy because it's more than likely you'll need to cut prices to make sales to keep your store viable that it is for you to settle for meaningful profits.
E-Bay is quickly becoming the most unfriendly marketplace and the place where problem coins go to get liquidated.
Nice job E-bay!!! >>
Store owners should not be too smug... the fee boost is a test run to extend to all ebay sellers down the road
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<< <i>Perhaps, but a shadow of what is was a decade ago when one could bid on a number of high quality PCGS and NGC graded coins each day. Most were real auctions with no reserve.
Place is morgue like now. >>
I have already bought 6 coins TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >>
Yeah, morgue is a bit of an exaggeration. Monastery is more like it. It sure as heck is nothing like 10 years ago.
Edit to add it worked!
<< <i>Thread title is misleading as hell.
Great news for GC, this will really boost their offerings of serious sales of $2500-$7500 coins.
Of course that's an irrelevant market niche to many, but for those that do have that kind of cash, they will probably look more at GC as more sellers balk at paying 10% of $5k+. >>
This is good news for GC!
- Ian
Owner/Founder GreatCollections
GreatCollections Coin Auctions - Certified Coin Auctions Every Week - Rare Coins & Coin Values
<< <i>3rd times a charm???
Edit to add it worked! >>
I've noticed that my posts sometimes don't appear immediately. But they do end up appearing.
- Ian
Owner/Founder GreatCollections
GreatCollections Coin Auctions - Certified Coin Auctions Every Week - Rare Coins & Coin Values
<< <i>Thread title is misleading as hell.
Great news for GC, this will really boost their offerings of serious sales of $2500-$7500 coins.
Of course that's an irrelevant market niche to many, but for those that do have that kind of cash, they will probably look more at GC as more sellers balk at paying 10% of $5k+. >>
There...I fixed the thread title and now for you and the rest of the second grade class it'll be easier to understand.
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Store owners should not be too smug... the fee boost is a test run to extend to all ebay sellers down the road >>
This is what my take on it was.
My Ebay Store
<< <i>Funny as H! 30 seconds after I posted here a rep answered! I definitely didn't score any brownie points as I asked some very pointed questions! The main one was who is eBay's customer? Had a major stumble from the Rep. on that one! The bottom line I gathered from the conversation is given time I will need to head elsewhere.
Though keep in mind that I doubt eBay phone reps are trained on questions like "who is eBay's customer?". I'm impressed they even tried to stumble out an answer.