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    Awww C'mon!! Really??

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

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    Usually, to get the listing fee waived, you have to have some sort of monthly subscription. Be it one of their sponsored listing programs or store subscription. If you want to add a reserve price on an auction, they charge you. They get you at the end when your item sells. I usually end up paying eBay $80-100 a month in fees on about $900 in sales.

    They do run sales from time to time where the casual seller can get free listings though.

    All eBay sellers get 50 free listings per month for each account they have.

    Awww C'mon!! Really??

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

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    Some few years ago, back when eBay allowed Sellers to leave negative feedback for Buyers, they based feedback percentages on a Seller's entire sales history; now, it's based on just the last 12 months of sales.  That can drastically affect a Seller's feedback and give a slanted view of a true summary.

     

    If a Seller actually changes his account (closes one and opens another), feedback goes with the account.  If a Seller simply changes ID name on a continuing account (or merges 2 or more accounts), feedback remains unchanged.  There can be a number of legitimate reasons for changing an ID name.  I've not changed mine in the 15 years I've had an eBay account, but I know several Sellers that have changed names simply based on a change in item sales emphasis - they merely wanted one to better reflect their new items.  On the other hand, some seem to regularly need change as a result of impatience and restlessness.

    A new trend selling kit parts?

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

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    "Who are the clowns who buy this stupid-money garbage and then post glowingly positive feedback?"

    Some of these people maintain multiple accounts, and cross-post positive feedback to themselves. I first noticed it when I found a seller who was selling kits for $3.99 with $35 shipping. Turned out most of the completed sales were to accounts that had been created in the same month as the seller's and they all spoke in a similar fashion.

    It bugs me when people buy brand new kits, open the box, and sell, say, the wheels for $15 and the exhaust pipes for $10 and so on. Ridiculous.

    The other thing is, I like to be able to search for kits by price--but that means there are dozens of pages of decals, instructions, and separated-out parts to wade through. If there WERE any kits for a decent deal, they'd be completely hidden amid the the chaff.

    I don't really see leaving cross feedbacks for oneself over multiple accounts as being very frequent, especially at those prices.  EBay charges a 10% fee per sale (including shipping).  I suppose, of course, some sellers might feel feedback is worth $3.90 each.

     

    Search parameters can be tailored to a great extent.  If you're looking for a specific kit, you probably won't receive a great number of hits.  Simply minus out everything you don't want ( -decals -instructions -parts, etc.) and refine it over time in a saved search.  If you look for all kits in general, or 'Ford,' 'Chevy,' 'Mustang,' etc., you'll still get hundreds or thousands of hits whether you add general parameters or not.  That's only to be expected.  For that reason, I always search for specific ranges only.

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