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Where do you guys sell your old stuff online? E.g., old laptop you don't need, old GPS navigation when you get a new one, etc? Ebay is too much hassle, and afaik Craigslist is only local. Any ideas?
Where do you guys sell your old stuff online? E.g., old laptop you don't need, old GPS navigation when you get a new one, etc? Ebay is too much hassle, and afaik Craigslist is only local. Any ideas?
I understand that they want to expand their market into new goods, but given that they have vast competition in that area, why hurt the revenue stream that they had a virtual lock on?
It baffles me that eBay is trying to kill its own core competency: connecting people with unusual stuff to sell with people who have unusual things that they want. Auction fees are ludicrously high, and the process is increasingly hostile (and expensive) to small time sellers. I understand that they want to expand their market into new goods, but given that they have vast competition in that area, why hurt the revenu…
Indeed. Isn't it ironic that eBay used to be a community of people (many of which were buying and selling at the same time) and just as social media started ascending, eBay moved in exactly the opposite direction - towards a warehouse model that pissed off the little people who were selling things to clear out their attics.
I am so annoyed at them that I have literally given stuff away rather than sell it on eBay. Right now as a retail site, they are a dead man walking, no matter what their uniques and cash-flow is. I can't see Ebay lasting another 3 years in its current model.
On the plus site, etsy.com seems to have done a great job picking at least one niche of the old eBay market (handmade goods).
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I assume you mean the risk of using PayPal. That's the main reason I don't use eBay.
Not to me - PayPal doesn't enter into why I don't go to ebay. It's like vaksel said: I used to be able to actually save money by buying things on ebay. Now I often find that ebay's sellers are so unrealistic that they have higher prices than even B&M stores. Also, from a seller's perspective, the fees that ebay charges today are so much more expensive that it makes it far less attractive for me to put my goods on eba…
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I assume you mean the risk of using PayPal. That's the main reason I don't use eBay.
Not to me - PayPal doesn't enter into why I don't go to ebay. It's like vaksel said: I used to be able to actually save money by buying things on ebay. Now I often find that ebay's sellers are so unrealistic that they have higher prices than even B&M stores. Also, from a seller's perspective, the fees that ebay charges today are so much more expensive that it makes it far less attractive for me to put my goods on eba…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I assume you mean the risk of using PayPal. That's the main reason I don't use eBay.
Not to me - PayPal doesn't enter into why I don't go to ebay. It's like vaksel said: I used to be able to actually save money by buying things on ebay. Now I often find that ebay's sellers are so unrealistic that they have higher prices than even B&M stores. Also, from a seller's perspective, the fees that ebay charges today are so much more expensive that it makes it far less attractive for me to put my goods on eba…
Does anyone know if any up-and-coming startups that are trying to take ebay's market? I'd be glad to support them.
You could start a grass roots movment and have people sign an online petition that says they will boycott ebay and use your service instead. There's enough people that are tired of ebay's overpriced fees that they would probably sign the petition and create some internet awareness.
Is this crazy talk?