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| NamePros Regular | Ebay Nonsense I just hate to see stuff like this, but there's an xbox auction on ebay where i'm sure everyone is being misled. The letter O is actually a zero. The auction is at $500. If you are going to pull a stunt like this, please state it in the auction what the characters are. |
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| DNOA Member | What really bugs me is the auctions that have UBER UBER UBER fine print. Next thing you know they'll be putting disclaimers in the HTML comments.
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| The MINISITE King | What I hate is $10/$15 Shipping/Handling charges for a Domain name and I know some NPer's do it , but it is a little irksome.
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| No Country for Old Domainers ... Member Services | Quote:
Sorry - But It is never understandable ........ There are no Handling or Shipping fees on them PERIOD ..... It's just a way to get Cheap listing fees on Generally Sub-Standard Names -OR- to trick people into bidding on a Name without reading the fine print. I hate that mess as well - But as I've said already "Buyer Beware" - If you rush in without looking or asking Questions .... Shame on you as the buyer ! | |
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| The MINISITE King | Quote:
Selling too low has always been one of the risks of an auction Quote:
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| Think for yourself | Quote:
I hate sellers that use inflated shipping/handling prices on items also. in fact, i never ever ever have shipping/handling on any of my ebay auctions (non domain related auctions, ofcourse) I just calculate the possible shipping in the starting price of my item. In fact i get more bids when they see that there is no shipping/handling fees. Good selling point | |
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and if you don't sell it ebay will charge you a bigger listing fee, and of course if you sell it you will have a higher final price fee Last edited by legend2; 10-16-2005 at 03:01 AM. | ||
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| - Siyk.com - | As much as he is an ass, it is pretty clear they are not o, but are really 0. I do feel he should disclose it though,
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| Senior Member | Sniping is used so that there is no "bid war" and the other guy will bid too slow to counter. Thus you get an item for cheap.
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| dawnofthefloatingworld | Quote:
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| The MINISITE King | Software for "Sniping" . http://www.OnBidder.com
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| NamePros Member | I don't think there is any excuse for people putting a big charge on shipping and handling. I have had it before where i have been charged $20 for shipping and handling, and the product came in an old box from an electronic item. The postage was only $3.00. Thee is no way everything else costed that much. |
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| NamePros Regular | I guess when you look at it...sniping is good for buyers, bad for sellers and ebay. Id imagine since the widespread adoption of sniping, ebay has suffered lower final commission fee's...what makes up for it is the ever increasing stream of new ebayers, as the internet enters more and more homes, and the professionalism of many ebay sellers these days who treat it as a job, and make a living from it. Its bad for sellers on a couple fronts: - "possibly" lower overall sale price because you dont get competition between buyers - less people browsing your auction because the fewer bids on it, the less attraction it will garner from those surfing ebay's listings. Look at it this way, if you see a full page of forum posts, and out of the page there are 10 threads with no replies, and 1 thread with 5 replies, which do you think your going to look at first?. The one with the action off course....thats just instinct. Again this may lower the selling price. Couple of ways a seller can overcome this i guess: - start at a higher price, which will dissuade buyers off course, but thats an option - cancel the listing if there are no showing bids. Ive seen a lot of sellers do this, and actually tell buyers in the listing they reserve the right to pull the listing at any time. You loose your insertion fee, but thats the price you pay. Ebay is really a clearance house i guess. I think if your going to list really good domains on there, you either start low and cancel if no interest, or start at the lowest figure your prepared to accept. |
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| dawnofthefloatingworld | a seller who regularly pulls his/her products before the auction end is going to get a bad reputation amongst ebayers. If you sell you MUST be prepared to sell at the opening price if that is all that is reached...and the lower the starting price the lower the listing fee. Sellers are less likely to pull once there is a legit bid on the table so the sniper might park an opening low bid just to get the ball rolling. You can get 3 free snipes a week at www.auctionstealer.com good website interface and friendly usability. Worth also buying their services on occasion. |
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| Senior Member | hope nobody bid on it. i hat when pepole lie or telling half tru, or some version of true. and hate advertisings on tv, where is some big disclaimer text written with very small letters, so you would not be able to read it. yakhq
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| Account Closed | I have often wondered if there is possibly some traffic from misspelt domains with a '0' instead of an 'o'. The reason is that the '0' is ontop of the 'o' on keyboards and if you have big fat fingers like me its easy to hit the '0' instead and not notice the mistake on screen. I have done this many times. Am I the only one with fat fingers? |
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