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Re: EBAY Listing Fee Increases - Anti-LEGO?
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lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory
Date: 
Wed, 17 Jan 2001 05:55:40 GMT
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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 means
more money for them.

Ken


"Doug Finney" <dfinney@wt.net> wrote in message
news:NDBBKKOKKLMLPEJDDLIKMELHCNAA.dfinney@wt.net...
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




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  RE: EBAY Listing Fee Increases - Anti-LEGO?
 
(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)

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