I love you ebay
soty27
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I love ebay fees, Just decided to check and see what my total ebay fees are at so far this month and looks like this.
New activity not applied to invoice: US $1,092.17
Current Balance: US $1,092.17
Thanks ebay
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Now you have to ask yourself if you could have lowered your price realized on everything sold by around $1000-$1300 and listed on the BST for the lower price, would it have all sold quickly and without the pain of eBay/PayPal??? If the answer is yes, or probably, then it seems like eBay is a waste of time for ya. If the answer is no, then maybe it was worth paying for the service eBay provided to you.
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<< <i>I got three letters for you, BST. >>
I like the BST, but for a lot of items that folks sell, the BST is not good for them. Ebay has a much larger audience. "Widgets" sell a lot better on ebay. Also, for toned items, they usually sell better there than on the BST as well.
Just a lot more eyes looking at everything when using Ebay.
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
<< <i>Sounds like you must have sold quite a bit. >>
I agree with this comment. You've probably sold close to $10,000 worth of stuff since your last invoice. I think that's pretty good. I wonder if you can have the same type of turn over with a regular coin shop where people come in and browse. You won't get the same audience and you probably will have coins for a much longer period. Don't forget about the rent, utilities, insurance, etc associated with that. Based on that, I think eBay is a bargain.
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I know alot of peopel complain about the fee's and yes it is a bummer but! Where else are you going to have that big of an audience? You wont reach that many people at any major show, your not going to be able to show that many people coins at any local shop. Ebay fees are similar to any auction house as far as price and considering I can name my own price on the coins I think its really not that bad. The only thing I wish ebay would do is what paypal does, take the fees out ASAP once an item sells so that I dont have 3k invoices at the end of the month.
<< <i>Without Ebay there are no fees, but no profits either. >>
I don't agree........
I have profits and no fees.
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<< <i>Without Ebay there are no fees, but no profits either. >>
I don't agree........
I have profits and no fees. >>
<< <i>I love ebay fees, Just decided to check and see what my total ebay fees are at so far this month and looks like this.
New activity not applied to invoice: US $1,092.17
Current Balance: US $1,092.17
Thanks ebay
Which equates to about 9% of sales. So a $12k sales month and the smiley face means you like the results. Nice job, I hope your profits were nicer.
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<< <i>The only thing I wish ebay would do is what paypal does, take the fees out ASAP once an item sells so that I dont have 3k invoices at the end of the month. >>
No way. I want to record one transaction a month, not a few hundred for each individual item's fee.
<< <i>I got three letters for you, BST. >>
Not everybody goes for what some folks have to offer and the BST is in no way the panacea for selling coins, collections, or what nots!
I've had two really nice DDO Kennedy's on the BST since Oct last year with absolutely zero offers.
I had a reference to a complete set of MS64 Type B quarters on the BST that ran from July 19th through Sept 4th, again with zero offers until I negotiated them in a trade with a fellow forumite on October 19th.
Yes, the BST is a nice alternative but its in no way the answer to "actually" selling coins.
eBay fee's do suck but at least the OP sold something.
The name is LEE!
<< <i>The only thing I wish ebay would do is what paypal does, take the fees out ASAP once an item sells so that I dont have 3k invoices at the end of the month. >>
I've thought about that as well but what are they gonna take them out of? Your paypal account or your credit card before you get paid for your item?
The name is LEE!
<< <i>Making a profit with no fees someplace other than eBay is not necessarily evidence that that profit is more than one would have gotten with fees on eBay. >>
Agreed, but until people embrace an alternative, eBay will continue to have it's way with them...
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Which equates to about 9% of sales. So a $12k sales month and the smiley face means you like the results. Nice job, I hope your profits were nicer. >>
Unfortunately, ebay fees are often more than profits. The good news is my fees are usually much higher than the OP. --Jerry
<< <i>Agreed, but until people embrace an alternative, eBay will continue to have it's way with them... >>
I've embraced over a dozen alternatives since I started selling on eBay, for all the good it's done me. I'm through with that, but tell you what- when you can show me a site that performs as well for sellers as eBay does but with lower fees, I'll be right over.