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Re: Defeating eBay sniping?
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Wed, 16 Jun 1999 16:14:03 GMT
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D Sorkin wrote:
[snip]
> Users may not use systems or techniques to interfere with
> the proper working of the eBay site, which includes the
> circumvention of the eBay fees. Some examples include:
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> - Auctions with low bid prices, but unreasonably high
> shipping costs
[snip]
So what does unreasonable mean? Taking Larry's suggestion, S&H (within
the US) could calculate as $7.40 * bid time discount * number of lots discount
where the BTD = 1 - (days from end^2 * .01) and
the NLD = 1 - (lots purchased * .01) while 60 > LP
or something.
Larry, how is it advantageous to tie shipping cost to bid time rather
than the end price of the unit? I liked the suggestion when I read it -
mostly because I hadn't thought of that approach, but I'm not figuring
out a very good implementation.
I guess one advantage - maybe a serious one - is that under my
originally proposed system, I would end up paying the commission on
prices up to ~26.6% higher than what I am collecting.
Another issue I need to consider is, how will the average bidder receive
this? I may convince a core of y'all that the system is good, but if we
have this long discussion, that's why. How would I encapsulate the key
justification in the listing while explaining the S&H function for third graders?
--
Sincerely,
Christopher L. Weeks
central Missouri, USA
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| (...) I'm still trying to get this. I likethe BTD, but the NLD that I state above sucks. I need some function that will discount the shipping as the number of lots increases, but won't have funny humps. I'm thinking S&H = $7.40 * BTD + (lots won * (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| Frank Filz wrote in message <3766E0FA.51A5@minds...ng.com>... (...) I think that was me. The following is taken from "Listing Policies" ((URL) interpretation of the eBay User Agreement ((URL) - David ---begin excerpt--- Listing Techniques that (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jun-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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