quote:True. I *wonder* how many mice are in M's pocket, or bats in her belfry. Also, what are the hours her belfry is open - must be part time, or perhaps closed for repairs.
Makes you wonder, doesn't it, Rick?
Time to go to General.
quote:True. I *wonder* how many mice are in M's pocket, or bats in her belfry. Also, what are the hours her belfry is open - must be part time, or perhaps closed for repairs.
Makes you wonder, doesn't it, Rick?
quote:As so apt as you are in addressing me.
And, of course, as you are so apt at, you may quote me.
quote:This post should help to exercise your eye muscles.
I just get cross eyed with all the quotes.
quote:They probably consulted with someone before hand to see if this was legal. It might even have been a paralegal or an intern.
It could be a legal issue if it were pursued.
quote:That’s something we can definitely agree on. I would also extend it to other areas, such as sellers and gift shop owners – especially the ones that sold beanie babies. It would even apply to competitive online auction companies.
There is no way to make all bidders "even".
quote:Well, you could say they should have a say because it’s somewhat their bat and ball. Kind of like the signs I see in retails stores that tell people how or when to shop: “No shirt; No shoes; No service.” They don’t mention pants, but they probably assume that in that respect all buyers have been made “even”.
so basically they should just shut up about how or when the bid is placed.
quote:They can’t “make” you do anything. The last I check, the U. S. was still a quasi-free-market society.
They would make us buy the ones we didn't want to get the ones we did.
quote:“Telling” and “HAD”? See response to previous quote.
The started telling us what we could buy,how many of each and how much we HAD to buy to get any at all.
quote:Were you one of those shop owners or did you end up with some brown dogs, or did you already do an “I said…”?
, alot of shop owners told them were they could put their beanies! (maybe that's where all the brown dogs came from!
quote:“Took”? - Again, a voluntary transaction on your part. “That’s too much” - If too much, one can always opt to stop the relationship. I would if I felt I was paying too much for something. And, the real issue isn’t the “percentage paid to ebay”. The issue is the “percentage increase to the seller”. More accurately, how much more profit does the seller make using ebay compared to any other marketing venue. A simple way to lower the cost of selling is to use less expense selling space – such as a yard sell. But, it would be a bit difficult to get 10 to 20 million people in your yard, especially considering how many Irises would get stomped.
took a good 25% of my sales by the time I added up all the fees. That's too much.
quote:Maybe yes – maybe no. When enough people think of them as “to big for their britches – greedies”, they will go elsewhere (there’s always an “elsewhere”, or “alternatives”). There has been other companies that have tried online auctions, and haven’t been successful, at least I think that’s the case, but I wouldn’t know because I never found one with the selection that ebay had. Ebay can’t abuse their buyers or sellers because that will encourage the buyers and sellers to stop using ebay. It will also discourage new buyers and sellers. Also, having multiple auction sites would tend to cut down on the efficiency and profit for everyone. Would the current number of buyers take the time to search multiple sites? If not, then the buyers would become fragmented between multiple services, causing unfavorable results to the sellers. Would sellers list their items on multiple sites? Same fragmentation – with similar results. Just look at the work/cost it would cause AS. They would have to double, or triple, or quadruple, their R & D to snipe multiple sites, which would probably mean an increase in fees. Of course, we would have more people on the forum talking about how AS didn’t place a snipe because one of the auction sites made some improvement.
Ebay needs a good competitor to make them back off the "too big for thier britches - greedies".
quote:So I gathered they didn't hold a gun to your head, in that is was a voluntary transaction and one that you felt was profitable enough to pursue.
Oh, and in reply to your question of "had to" with the beanie babies. Yes, we HAD TO follow all those rules or we could not sell them. They would not send a single one.
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Originally posted by MG intern:
Quick, somebody take away Rick's quote button before I puke!!
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Originally posted by MG intern:
Rick, have you ever owned and operated a gift shop?
quote:It sure does beat the alternative, Don’t you think?
Originally posted by MG intern:
Me thinks you thinks too much.