Theory : 1864


Marketplace / Theory / 1864	1863 \| 1865

Subject:	RE: EBAY Listing Fee Increases - Anti-LEGO?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory
Date:	Wed, 17 Jan 2001 03:56:37 GMT
Viewed:	11 times

> In lugnet.market.auction, Jon Kozan writes: > > bids on lots starting under $10 by 20%, whereas other opening • bid listings are > > only increasing 10%. > > Which makes me wonder... are they trying to reduce the number > of "lets list it > for 25-cents and take whatever we get" type of auctions (many of I think you guys are making this way too difficult. My guess: they decided to implement a 10% increase. 10% of .25 is only 2.5 cents, which doesn't make for a nice round number. Rather than leave it at .25 they raised it to .30. How many people who will carelessly list items at .25 will suddenly drop all auctions for an extra nickel a piece? Doug

Message has 1 Reply:

		Re: EBAY Listing Fee Increases - Anti-LEGO?
This increase will not discourage people from listing. If it does discourage people from listing, then there will not be as much items up for bid, so then the person who did list item(s) will reap the benefit of more bids on their auction(s), which (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)

Message is in Reply To:

		Re: EBAY Listing Fee Increases - Anti-LEGO?
(...) <snip> Which makes me wonder... are they trying to reduce the number of "lets list it for 25-cents and take whatever we get" type of auctions (many of which get no bids) ar do they view this portion of the market as having the highest return (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)

7 Messages in This Thread:

Entire Thread on One Page:: Nested: All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear: All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:: Nested: All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear: All | Brief | Compact

Custom Search