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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Volante, post: 2197255, member: 57279&quot;]eBay certainly doesn&#039;t do everything perfectly, but in my opinion the Reserve Fee is a net positive.&nbsp; Coins with reserves do not sell, more often than not, as buyers are unwilling to bother bidding on them.&nbsp; By adding a reserve fee, eBay is helping disincent the seller behavior of setting reserves, which in turn will slightly reduce the number of auction listings that never sell and clutter up the search results. </p><p><br /></p><p>eBay has to strike a balance - they want to encourage sellers to list items but at the same time they want to incent sellers to list their items in such a way that they will actually sell.&nbsp; As it stands now, I would guess that less than 5% of all new coin listings actually sell within their timeframe.&nbsp; Sifting through the search results to find true $0.99 auction listings and coins that are actually priced to sell is a laborious process. A more innovative eCom company would have tackled this problem head-on much earlier, but from what I have heard the company culture at eBay has been stifled and regressive for some years now. </p><p><br /></p><p>To me, it seems a somewhat simple fix with two basic options.&nbsp; A) eBay can further disincent sellers from polluting the site with unsellable listings, by raising fees on BIN-only listings and auction listings with a starting price &gt;$0.99.&nbsp; B) eBay can incent sellers to list more true auctions, by lowering the fees for auctions with a $0.99 start price.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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