<VV> ebay fees increase - some Corvair

[Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per]

I wonder what he means by

"while we believe these changes are modest, we consider any changes that may 
impact our sellers with great care. These adjustments are the result of 
careful analysis and we believe they're the right thing to do to keep the 
marketplace strong for our eBay.com and eBay Motors sellers."

Fee increases range from 14 % for the 1st $10 of the final price of an 
auction, plus 8.3% of the final price over $25, to 33% for motorcycles, and 
25% for trucks.

If he really believes that "these changes are modest" what will eBay do to 
use next time, once they get us to swallow this ?

There is an alternative : www.iOffer.com, which is smaller and having a hard 
time competing, but maybe worth checking out ?

If you sell your Corvair (or anything else) on eBay, then you get what you 
deserve, and go from being part of the solution, to being part of the 
problem.

Not a lot different from the gas companies inuring us, little by little, 
gouging us, then lowering them a little, and we are relieved when they are 
still higher than they were before they gouged us.

"Inure" is the best word for it, and eBay seems to have learned a lesson 
from "big oil," haven't they ?

Maybe www.iOffer.com is an answer ?

Chaz


        Selling Price     New Fee     Old Fee  Increase %
       $          5,000   $         5.00   $      5.00  0%
       $          6,000   $         6.00   $      5.00  20%
       $          7,000   $         7.00   $      5.00  40%
       $          8,000   $         8.00   $      5.00  60%
       $          9,000   $         9.00   $      5.00  80%
       $        10,000   $       10.00   $      5.00  100%
       $        11,000   $       10.00   $      5.00  100%
       $        12,000   $       10.00   $      5.00  100%
       $        13,000   $       10.00   $      5.00  100%
       $        14,000   $       10.00   $      5.00  100%
       $        15,000   $       10.00   $      5.00  100%



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "grant young" <gyoungwolf at earthlink.net>
To: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 4:46 PM
Subject: <VV> ebay fees increase - some Corvair


> If you plan on selling your Corvair or collector car after today, you will 
> pay a 25% increase in the ebay listing fees. Based on ebay's current rate 
> of car sales, this means the apparently destitute company will earn an 
> extra $157,680,000 this year  just on the $5 increase alone, which their 
> CEO categorizes as a minor adjustment :-).
> Grant Young
> Wolf Enterprises
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