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• Goldenladle Super Moderator Posts: 3,878 Senior Member

  March 2012 #2

  Ya, that whole fleabay, paypal thing simply isn't what it used to be.

  Moved to Montana, gonna be a dental floss tycoon.

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• swizz Senior Member Posts: 2,559 Senior Member

  March 2012 #3

  Goldenladle wrote: »

  Ya, that whole fleabay, paypal thing simply isn't what it used to be.

  
  Yup.
  Great place to buy, but has become a horrible place to sell.
  I use Craigslist (free) for selling stuff regionally now. Meeting place is always the local Police Station parking lot.... or I'll ship an item if they pay forward.

  All of your Trout are belong to me.

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• flytrap Banned Posts: 1,659 Senior Member

  March 2012 #4

  Because marriage broke me of the habit of carrying credit cards, I used to buy on E-Bay with cashier's checks, which seemed to work well, of course, then they went to PAY-PAL exclusively so I don't shop there anymore.

  There are worse things in life than being a born cynic.

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• pdawg Senior Member Posts: 195 Senior Member

  March 2012 #5

  The reason Ebay is doing that is because people were putting a ridiculous low buy it now price then charging huge shipping. "sunburst strat, 9.95 , $250 shipping" The other bad thing is every one is using the cheapest shipping possible, now I got to wait a week ,week and a half to get stuff. I dont see how it could be legal for bay to take a percentage of shipping costs.

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• Juliet Posts: 0

  March 2012 #6

  well first off most of those ads are from overseas scam sellers
  
  so if they are going to charge me 9% maybe they should spend some of that money policing their own site
  
  BTW ... USPS priority is usually as cheap as parcel post I rarely have a delivery take more than 2-3 days so if you are waiting weeks maybe you should meet the Pony Express rider somewheres more convenient
  
  

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• Trootfisher Senior Member Posts: 901 Senior Member

  March 2012 #7

  what sucks is eBay limits how much you can charge to ship certain items and it is always below the actual shipping cost.
  I hate selling there now as I always eat $5-$10 on the shipping.
  
  Swizz nailed it, good place to buy, horrible place to sell.
  
  Meg Whitman, ex CEO of eBay ran for governor of California. She (like all good Republicans) argued that government should be run like a business.
  So I was wondering if she were in fact governor, if she would find ways to keep increasing fees and other revenue (TAXES) just like has happened with eBay over time.

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• swiper Senior Member Posts: 396 Senior Member

  April 2012 #8

  Wow this whole thing is an eye-opener to me. I guess that shows the last time I used E-bay. I stopped after I bought a bamboo rod about 5 years ago and have never opened the box.

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• Juliet Posts: 0

  April 2012 #9

  I'll give you twenty bucks for it but you gotta cover shipping!:)

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• Trootfisher Senior Member Posts: 901 Senior Member

  April 2012 #10

  greenman wrote: »

  I'll give you twenty bucks for it but you gotta cover shipping!:)

  
  I'll give $25.
  
  You have just been outbid for item: Bamboo fly rod

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• Juliet Posts: 0

  April 2012 #11

  $25.50
  
  ...............................

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• NZ Indicator Senior Member Posts: 10,023 Senior Member

  April 2012 #12

  Goldenladle wrote: »

  Ya, that whole fleabay, paypal thing simply isn't what it used to be.

  swizz wrote: »

  Yup.
  Great place to buy, but has become a horrible place to sell.
  I use Craigslist (free) for selling stuff regionally now. Meeting place is always the local Police Station parking lot.... or I'll ship an item if they pay forward.

  
  Yes and Yes. I use craiglist to sell stuff.

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