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<p>[QUOTE="tommyc03, post: 1242615, member: 17665"]This thread won't die because of the frustration level experianced by many ebayers. Although I would agree with much of what is being talked about, such as high fees I would also say that once you become a power seller many of the fees are reduced. A good example is a one day listing fee of 1 cent per item with no limitations in all catagories. If you have the time then this is ideal to spend a day doing so, listing as much as possible. I have done so several times. Ebay is also listening to the complaints egarding being "buyer centric". It is now providing protections for sellers also. If an item goes unpaid you are refunded your insertion fees. However, the added fees for postage are a ridiculous and unneeded annoyance. Especially so when they notified us sellers to simply charge more for an item to make up the difference and to offer free shipping instead. I know of a few people who are so outraged by this that they are considering a class action suit against Ebay. I was lucky to get in around 2002 and have acheieved power seller status even tho I am a small time seller out of my basement. I'm not going to get rich but I pay attention to the market "What's hot, what's not'. and try not to sell items that just refuse to move. It helps that I maintain a rather diverse offering of items also. The extra money also comes in handy to pursue my real hobbies w/o any cost to me and to spluge a little on vacation, things I could not do especially in this rough economy. It's not for everyone but if you pay attention to trends you can make out okay in the long run.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tommyc03, post: 1242615, member: 17665"]This thread won't die because of the frustration level experianced by many ebayers. Although I would agree with much of what is being talked about, such as high fees I would also say that once you become a power seller many of the fees are reduced. A good example is a one day listing fee of 1 cent per item with no limitations in all catagories. If you have the time then this is ideal to spend a day doing so, listing as much as possible. I have done so several times. Ebay is also listening to the complaints egarding being "buyer centric". It is now providing protections for sellers also. If an item goes unpaid you are refunded your insertion fees. However, the added fees for postage are a ridiculous and unneeded annoyance. Especially so when they notified us sellers to simply charge more for an item to make up the difference and to offer free shipping instead. I know of a few people who are so outraged by this that they are considering a class action suit against Ebay. I was lucky to get in around 2002 and have acheieved power seller status even tho I am a small time seller out of my basement. I'm not going to get rich but I pay attention to the market "What's hot, what's not'. and try not to sell items that just refuse to move. It helps that I maintain a rather diverse offering of items also. The extra money also comes in handy to pursue my real hobbies w/o any cost to me and to spluge a little on vacation, things I could not do especially in this rough economy. It's not for everyone but if you pay attention to trends you can make out okay in the long run.[/QUOTE]
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