22 Jan
2002
22 Jan
'02
8:37 a.m.
Russ Blakeman wrote:
But the problem with Yahoo is that hardly anyone sells there (in comparison)
and that stooooopid auto-continue feature they run has made me and many
others pull totally out of Yahoo auctions. Everytime I check for just about
anything on ebay I find a deal, on Yahoo I've found one or two things and
then when I had sniped the auction it continued for 10 more minutes- that's
BS.
My understanding is that that auto-extend "feature" is optional; I too
just would not bid on auctions that used it. My understanding is that
the sell rate on Ebay is around 40% and the sell rate on Yahoo is closer
to 10%. Just depends on the type of buyers!
ebay starts charging for buy-it-now...a whopping
nickel for each item. I
know, 2000 buy-it-now items equals mucho dinero for ebay.
The price increase actually is pretty substantial, in some cases
approaching 100% (dutch auctions for example.) And raising the fees with
the economy in a recession and after record profits to my mind indicates
a greedy company not worth supporting. And with all the new "features"
in place to make it harder to use the site, I don't plan on listing or
buying there anywhere near what I had planned. Take a look at:
http://www.auctionguild.com/
for more information on Ebay problems as well as alternatives.