by the way.. I can promise you- You've never seen anything like this before...


Funny.

As for other auction sites, they will not do well, rember YAHOO auctions, it failed in the US. Can you guess why or do I need to tell you?

Hmmm well if you would stop being so negative you would see the REAL reason yahoo auctions failed. There were no buyers. Items listed on yahoo did not sell. Why you ask? Because there was no paypal or equivalent integration. Quite simply people do not want to send checks or money orders to strange people 500 miles away. However with paypal they can pay instantly and know they are protected from fraud.

This is the reason alternate auction sites will fail as well. If you look at then there are items listed. But no or little buyers.

As for the ads placed on auctions, I do agree thats crap.

But the point still remains that without paypal an auction site must fail.

"As for other auction sites, they will not do well, rember YAHOO auctions, it failed in the US. Can you guess why or do I need to tell you?"

and

"Items listed on yahoo did not sell. Why you ask? Because there was no paypal or equivalent integration."

Well, one thing is crystal clear... you never sold anything on Yahoo auctions before they retired (yes, that's right "retired", not "failed", after striking a deal with greedbay)... the reason I know you never sold on Yahoo auctions, is because I did, and had paypal (yuck) as a payment option in every ad.

Yahoo still has "Yahoo Shopping"... those are the ads you see plastered all over ebay in direct competition with ebay sellers' ads, the same ones that are posted on every ebay search results page now, just like buyernator said "It's much more profitable to let the sellers drive traffic to the click banners with the items they're selling. People click on the banners, and e Bay gets paid for the click , and Yahoo gets paid for the lead." Plus Yahoo makes a sale and the ebay seller gets screwed out of one.... do you see the money trail connection here?
(not that it matters, most ebay items don't even show in the fabulous "best match" search, so sadly ebay is just stealing the seller's listing fees from them)

I believe (even though I try to stay away from paypal as much as possible) that when you select what/where you're billing a customer for/from, Yahoo is even still an option... don't quote me on that though, as it may have changed by now and as I mentioned I try not to frequent anything that is "ebay" these days.

I did leave, as far as selling on this site, but will never stop helping others to make the best move of their lives too

Thousands, upon thousands of sellers have left ebay and they (the ebay execs) do feel it, otherwise they wouldn't be filing suit against little old craigslist, whining like the bratty, selfish children that they are, just because CL kicks their disrespective buttskis in the classified sector of the internet... they're not happy with their 28%, they want it ALL!!!

Typical and pretty much predictable for the gluttonous, greedy monsters.

I hope Craig and Jim mop the latrine floor with them.

Hi something4all and buyernator!

My 2 cents for the week... have a great one all!

Very informative, thanks for all the good info, YAHOO was a bad example it seems, I did try and sell on yahoo a few times but nothing ever sold. I dont rember paypal being an option but i may be wrong, The point still stands though that other auction sites will have a very hard time without a paypal like integration.

Boycott e-bay... Today... Not happy with the e- bay

So far there are just as many new listings started within the past 24 hours that end well after May1. Are sellers listing as much as possible then stopping after the date?

treasured (sum). Good to hear from you! You must be heading for the record books! In my rural area of Wisconsin I've never seen anyone with that many! Must be your constitution keeping you going! Hope your recovery goes well.

I suppose most people have just left to a number of sites. I wish them well. But I keep checking those other places out and just see so little with minimal activity. I know my "toys" aren't over there.