posted on September 22, 2000 10:41:37 PM
This totally bites.
I just re-listed my weekly category featured auction and was not at all happy with my discovery of the increased fee from $14.95 to $19.95. It may have been announced SOMEWHERE but I certainly never saw it on eBay, or here on AW, nor heard a hint from any other source.
The least those eBay bloodsuckers could have done is to publicize it a little better. An email to sellers like me that use it constantly, as they did when they raised it from $9.95 to $14.95 a year and a half or so ago would have been nice.
If it hadn't taken me by surprise, I probably wouldn't have run it featured. I did raise the minimum bid enough to cover the increase, but I don't know if my bidders will be willing to "cough up the extra dough".
I think that eBay just lost the additional $777.40 I pay them every year for featured auction fees, rather than gain the additional $260.00 that they expected. The value (additional profit) of running featured auctions has been declining for me the last few months, to the point that it just barely paid for itself anyway.
Greedy Ba$$$tard$.
As far as I'm concerned, this is worse than PayPal's recent debacle.
[ edited by silviron on Sep 22, 2000 10:48 PM ]
posted on September 22, 2000 11:02:19 PM
They did announce it, and it was discussed here. But as usual, they characterize the price increase as an "enhancement" users have been asking for:
"Today we have rolled out exciting new improvements to our optional seller features found on the Sell Your Item page....We are excited about these new improvements and we hope you are too.
