dmrick
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posted on June 22, 2002 04:35:11 PM
This was posted on another eBay board. I"m assuming it's for real, although I can't find it announced on eBay anywhere. The person who posted it said to watch for it a couple of days in advance.
http://www.ebay.com/promo/pennygalleryday/
If it is something eBay is having..and not just something up on one of their pages, is there any chance they would also have free listing day, do you think? Gee, what if they have this, we all list on Wednesday, and then they have free listing day on Thursday. Or maybe this takes the place of it..or maybe this is just something sitting in cyberspace made up by someone!
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caffeitalia
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posted on June 22, 2002 06:04:55 PM
Wow,
It does appear to be for real. I would watch the boards real close. My guess it will be this instead of a free listing day. This is the place to keep tabs. Anyone that finds out different or can confirm to a most deffinite extend, please post here.
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JWPC
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posted on June 22, 2002 07:09:06 PM
It seems real enough, but if this is the replacement for a “free listing day,” I think I’ll pass, outside of reposting some store items which have closed, I’ll just take the day off – “free gallery,” doesn’t replace – FREE listing day for me - NOT in the dead heat of a slow summer market....no way eBay!
[ edited by JWPC on Jun 22, 2002 07:12 PM ]
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Libra63
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posted on June 22, 2002 07:40:27 PM
This is probably less expensive for ebay than a free listing. Probably everyone keeps their high ticket items for the free listing day and ebay didn't like that. Also didn't some just list without any item in the listing and then went back in and put in the auction. I don't know what you call that. Then ebay had to go find the ones and cancell the listing. That takes more time. With this all they will have to do is turn a button off (I think) the then on again the next day. Much easier and cheaper. No matter how much we complain about ebay making money that's a business and that is why everyone is in business is to make money. They do have to offer some perks now and then and again this is probably the easiest and the cheapest. Keep us posted
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dmrick
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posted on June 22, 2002 09:30:36 PM
I found the announcement on the eBay TV page, thanks to another person pointing it out. Yep, looks like that's what we are getting. I guess I'll put the cheaper stuff up with the one cent gallery, and put the pricier stuff up the following day if we get a free listing day.
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alwaysbroke
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posted on June 22, 2002 09:34:27 PM
I'm passing, too. I'd lose more than I'd gain starting on Wednesday. Not my best launching night.
geebay
lurking is not an option
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bidsbids
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posted on June 23, 2002 03:21:51 AM
If there is no free listing day it may be because they are embarassed by the mechanical breakdowns that always occur during them. Mr. Lister can load 100 auctions at a time and load 1,000 in a 24 hour period. AW and other third party services have bulk loaders too. Many eBayers have more than one selling account. It all adds up to too many uploaded auctions at once. The sellers have figured out how to get the maximum use out of the FLDs down to a science and eBay knows it. It may also be damage to their precious bottom line in the weeks following that would cause the end of the FLDs.
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rarriffle
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posted on June 23, 2002 08:38:55 AM
They may also be offering this with advance notice hoping that many of us will list then. Maybe to cut down on the listing number on free listing day. I think I will wait and see if the FLD happens with the usual 24 hour notice.
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replaymedia
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posted on June 23, 2002 09:11:40 AM
I'll pass too. Gallery doesn't do my type of merchandise any good.
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JWPC
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posted on June 23, 2002 09:18:26 AM
I was talking with some folks on the eBay NF Discussion Board today, and they seem to think there will be a FLD on the 27th. They seem to concur, that the Wed. 1Cent Gallery Day is to try to pull/sucker folks into listing on Wed, thinking there won’t be a FLD, so that the system won’t be swamped by listing on the 27th! It is a thought!
I’ll be waiting to see if FLD appears, I don’t have much need of 1 Cent Gallery Day.
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yeahwell
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posted on June 23, 2002 03:21:59 PM
where's the eBay NF Discussion Board ?
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bjboswell
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posted on June 23, 2002 03:51:52 PM
PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BUT IF THERE IS A FLD THEY GIVE A 12 HOUR NOTICE CORRECT? IF SO THAT WOULD BE 12 NOON ON WEND. THAT WOULD MEAN YOU COULD LIST LOW END MERCH IF YOU WANTED WITH A GALLERY AND WAIT FOR THE BULK UPLOAD ON THURSDAY. I PERSONALLY WOULD THINK IF THEY ARE TRYING TO GET LISTINGS FOR THE FREE GALLERY DAY THEY WOULD HOLD THE FLD ON FRIDAY NOT THURSDAY.... IF THEY ARE DOING BOTH. 1CENT OR FREE GALLERY DAY MEANS ALMOST NOTHING TO ME, I'M GOING TO WAIT IT OUT AND HOPE THEY ARE HAVING A FLD.
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hair2dye4
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posted on June 24, 2002 08:34:58 AM
Hello,
I haven't done a FLD before, IF it happens can you run 10 day auctions for the .10 what about the gallery day? Same thing? would be worth it not ending on the holiday, but then something always goes wrong with a host when they do something like this?????
Thanks in advance
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yeahwell
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posted on June 24, 2002 08:58:38 AM
FLDs usually happen seven days before a major holiday (july 4) or about ten days before New year's eve (christmas week). Many sellers do not like to post during these times because buyers like to bid at the last minute and many people are away for the christmas week or july 4 weekend.
So sellers put up stuff on FLDs and this keeps ebay's numbers up. I do 10 days, becuase it's only 10 cents each and I get three days additional exposure.
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bidsbids
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posted on June 24, 2002 09:59:28 AM
Watch the 10 extra cents for the extra 3 days if you use the free double category listing option. It's 10 cents extra per category. A lot of people get a chance to catch up on their eBay viewing/buying on holidays.
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JWPC
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posted on June 24, 2002 10:55:35 AM
Realize that there are a zillion eBay sellers, many, many either new or highly inexperienced. eBay can easily catch them on the Wednesday 1 Cent Day, and they would be so busy that they’d never know or check, or realize that at noon that day, the FLD was posted.
But, all of this is just guessing, we will see what happens this week. I plan to be ready, just in case.
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feistyone
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posted on June 24, 2002 11:27:17 AM
I will take advantage of both, if that's what they give us. I don't like to end all of my auctions on the same day, especially when there is as much competition as you would have a week or 10 days after a free listing day.
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replaymedia
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posted on June 24, 2002 12:35:33 PM
I was really expecting the FLD on the 27th (I've predicted that for ages, check my previous postings here)
But now, with the Gallery thing, I think they'll probably just skip the FLD day altogether this summer.
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