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Re: Ebay Fees

Posted: 29 Jan 2013, 17:09
by mrs maggot
yep had that one as well today, like i say if its not in your message folder on ebay ignore it completly

Re: Ebay Fees

Posted: 30 Jan 2013, 16:22
by bigj2552
this one really takes the award for D.U.M.B.

had one of the watchers on a "1p START - 0.99P DELIVERY auction send me an email asking -

if i bought 10 of these cases, would you do me a good deal with them and the postage :eek:

you wot ?

i emailed back - you do know that this is for an AUCTION. if you want "buy it now" for these cases here is the link.


reply back was - oh, so they are xxx amount of pounds instead of 1p EA ? - oh I will need to think about it then.


are they really that dam thick on there or what ?

did this person really think i was gonna sell him 10x iphone cases @ 0.01p ea and still want a discount on the 0.99p postage and the 0.01p cases ?:rolleyes:
oh come on !

Re: Ebay Fees

Posted: 30 Jan 2013, 18:16
by mrs maggot
thats the trouble with 1p listings, used to annoy the life out of me when people listed a bike with a £99 start - reserve not met, to find the reserve is at £800 - a lot have stopped listing that way as people tend to get fed up bidding when its way off the mark, hopefully with phone cases there is not so much difference as such

Re: Ebay Fees

Posted: 30 Jan 2013, 19:03
by gorgall2
But are you going to be happy if it sells for 1p at the end of the auction?

Re: Ebay Fees

Posted: 30 Jan 2013, 19:43
by John G
But are you going to be happy if it sells for 1p at the end of the auction?
This does happen. To be honest, I cannot see the point of putting promo items on auctions, much prefer "buy it now", or even "best offer" as there's no waiting for the auction to end.

Re: Ebay Fees

Posted: 30 Jan 2013, 21:02
by bigj2552
gorgall2;64351 wrote:But are you going to be happy if it sells for 1p at the end of the auction?

absolutely, otherwise i wouldn't do it :rolleyes: -There is a valid reason for doing it, and the others i have running as well.
And its not hard to work out :wink:

@john - come on John, your on ebay as well. You know fine well why i,m doing it auction instead of BUY IT NOW :wink:

Re: Ebay Fees

Posted: 30 Jan 2013, 21:05
by bigj2552
mrs maggot;64349 wrote:thats the trouble with 1p listings, used to annoy the life out of me when people listed a bike with a £99 start - reserve not met, to find the reserve is at £800 - a lot have stopped listing that way as people tend to get fed up bidding when its way off the mark, hopefully with phone cases there is not so much difference as such


again Laura, as i said to John, you to are on ebay and you should know why i,m doing these kind of sales :wink:

Re: Ebay Fees

Posted: 30 Jan 2013, 21:14
by John G
Nope, I don't understand - why are you doing it?

Re: Ebay Fees

Posted: 30 Jan 2013, 21:21
by purpledragon
John G;64358 wrote:Nope, I don't understand - why are you doing it?
im on ebay but i dunno why ur doing it im intrigued though

Re: Ebay Fees

Posted: 30 Jan 2013, 21:25
by John G
if its the pre approved buyers linked to your store, I think its a myth - people serching 1p auctions or ebooks, won't be buying anything of value from your store, and if you do manage to sell low cost items I think you need to average around £750 a month for power seller status. A lot of sales