How do you now when those 10 and 20 cent days on ebay are coming up?

[bluechip]

I went to list a few items and the fees have gotten so ridiculous I felt I was wasting my time. I like not the notion of spending 25 bucks to list something that'may not sell at all. of course anything will sell right away if you're willing to take a fifth of market value, but a guy should be able to hedge his bets without spending 25 or 50 bucks for a reserve price listing that doesn't cost ebay any more than it does to list a one dollar item.

[comicdonna]

That's business. It's no different than Enron and gas prices. Some products and services cost us dearly, because of the limited options or alternatives we have.

[alwaysbronze]

they dont announce it more than a day or 2 in advance. this prevents people from holding off on their listings and waiting for the special days.

[Dmac538]

I believe they will start offering some deal once a month, just to keep the revenue up. So with that, possibly the sale will be about mid to late March.

[silverweb]

Not wanting to give too much advance notice, Ebay emails us about 10 pm at night before the special listing day.

 

They seem to do it on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

[kidcolt]

They normally offer them on days when they suspect that auction listings will be down. I always expect one on holidays and I am usually right.

[comicdonna]

Um, How much do you expect to save, with these 10 to 20 cent listings? Your post talks about listing fees $25 to $50 per item.

[chaos_ad-migration]

...but a guy should be able to hedge his bets without spending 25 or 50 bucks for a reserve price listing that doesn't cost ebay any more than it does to list a one dollar item.

 

I don't sell much on Ebay - can you break down how one listing costs $25 -50? Do you spend an extra $20 to get on the Home page or something? Wasn't the max to list a comic like $4, then $1 for Reserve, $1 for Bold, $2 for the "shadow box" I see. I see the Featured Listing (which seems a waste to me the way I search for comics) - is that like $10 - 20 or something?

[Ares]

reserve costs are a percetage of the reserve.

I think its a 1%

cost me $17 to list an item witha $1700 reserve

[kidcolt]

However if the reserve gets met then there is no fee .

 

reserve costs are a percetage of the reserve.

I think its a 1%

cost me $17 to list an item witha $1700 reserve

[evilsly]

although on ebay.co.uk (and likely to come to .com too eventually) reserve fees are now no longer returned if the item sells. You pay the reserve fee whether the item sells or not.

 

 

we have a completely new fee structure for comics effective 2 days ago

 

10p (19c) flat listing fee, and 9% final value fees

[Mr. Zipper]

we have a completely new fee structure for comics effective 2 days ago

 

10p (19c) flat listing fee, and 9% final value fees

 

 

Wow. They are flirting with full service auction house commissions. Isn't Pedigree less?

 

At the rate ebay fees are going, anyone selling a high ticket item will go to a real auction house to avoid all the ebay risk and essentially pay the same commission with none of the ebay hassles.

 

Ebay will price itself out of nice items and it will turn into the worlds largest quarter / junk or scam bin.

[chaos_ad-migration]

However if the reserve gets met then there is no fee .

 

reserve costs are a percetage of the reserve.

I think its a 1%

cost me $17 to list an item witha $1700 reserve

 

Holy carp, I did not know that. Last time I sold, a Reserve listing was a flat dollar, no matter what the reserve. Now it's a percentage of the reserve? That is BS.