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<p>[QUOTE="Irish2Ice, post: 1128130, member: 28761"]I disagree. You are focused (and rightly so for your business) on just the sellers perspective.</p><p> </p><p>The "no brainer" part is when sellers implement the incredibly high shipping costs to circumvent ebay's fees. I think ebay and paypal is a rip-off, not denying it. BUT they provide a way of selling to the lazy and cheap. Don't think so, drive around to all the coin dealers in your area or have a garage sale, or set up a booth at a flea market. Better yet, pay an auctioneer to sell your stuff. There are many alternatives....they all require effort and undetermined amount of "COST". </p><p><br /></p><p>You also get lazy BUYERS on ebay. They don't go to auction and fleamarkets.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the extend a time part..........HA!............Buyers are looking for deals and the excitement of bidding. Extending the time of an auction for each bid could drag a single auction on for HOURS. Who except the SELLER waiting for profit has time for that?</p><p><br /></p><p>There ARE venues for this type of selling. Go to auctionzip.com and they will gladly take your stuff for exorbitant fees and a 21% buyers premium to the buyer. =less money for the seller[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Irish2Ice, post: 1128130, member: 28761"]I disagree. You are focused (and rightly so for your business) on just the sellers perspective. The "no brainer" part is when sellers implement the incredibly high shipping costs to circumvent ebay's fees. I think ebay and paypal is a rip-off, not denying it. BUT they provide a way of selling to the lazy and cheap. Don't think so, drive around to all the coin dealers in your area or have a garage sale, or set up a booth at a flea market. Better yet, pay an auctioneer to sell your stuff. There are many alternatives....they all require effort and undetermined amount of "COST". You also get lazy BUYERS on ebay. They don't go to auction and fleamarkets. For the extend a time part..........HA!............Buyers are looking for deals and the excitement of bidding. Extending the time of an auction for each bid could drag a single auction on for HOURS. Who except the SELLER waiting for profit has time for that? There ARE venues for this type of selling. Go to auctionzip.com and they will gladly take your stuff for exorbitant fees and a 21% buyers premium to the buyer. =less money for the seller[/QUOTE]
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