posted on October 17, 2004 05:45:27 PM
EVER NOTICE HOW WHEN A COMPANY STARTS OUT THEY HAVE REALLY GOOD PRICES........... UNTIL THEY GET TOO DAMN BIG!!!!!!!! THEN THEY HAVE TO CHARGE MORE MONEY FOR LESS SERVICE.
I HAVE DECIDED TO LOOK FOR A NEW AUCTION LISTING WEBSITE. ANY RECOMMENDTIONS??????????
posted on October 17, 2004 05:49:03 PM
I use Sparedollar. $4.95 a month. They had some outages back at the beginning of the year, but have been very reliable since.
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posted on October 18, 2004 02:37:03 AM
Yeah I signed up for the gallery thing and now my bill has doubled. It's ok when I want to use it but I don't have a choose. Like last week I was running some knitting cards and well the photos were just boring - I would have opted out of the gallery on that.
I'm going to have to drop some of Vendio services or I won't be able to afford using them anymore.
I've started listing directly with ebay and using some features like instant pay with BIN, shipping calculator on the page and it's not too bad I use my ebay for most of my followup info now too.
I am beginning to re-think Vendio????
posted on October 18, 2004 07:12:37 AM
I also use Spare Dollar for a secondary ID and it has been extremely stable for the last several months. It's tough to beat $4.95 a month with 50 megs of storage, gallery and very nice templates. It has a few quirks but for the price...it can't be beat. Used in conjunction with eBay's Selling Manager, it is the perfect combination for a total price of about $10 a month.
posted on October 18, 2004 07:19:35 PM
Am I reading the fee chart right that if you have over 135 mg per month on photo hosting you will be charged $19.99? If that is right boy Vendio really went up on their fees! Paying $20 more per month is a huge jump in fees. I alway keep my photos cleaned out and try to have as few as possible. Now I am trying to use fewer photos per auction, which is hard on certain items, and not uploading images until I know I will be writing and listing the auction.
Someone with 200 auctions though with more than 1 photo per auction is really paying for the hosting. Maybe I just don't understand the fee chart. I was charged $19.99 on my last invoice and was told it would be deducted if I didn't use the maximum amount of storage or something like that. I really didn't understand with they meant. Can anyone speak plain English anymore?
Looks like between all the fees profits are really going down the tubes and not worth listing smaller items. Maybe listing from ebay would be cheaper but I don't know anything about their fees.
posted on October 18, 2004 07:31:41 PM
I agree. I am on pay as you go plan and use only the photo service and if I don't delete my images I have a charge even if I don't list. I also notice if you sign up for the lower fee and you over extend it they automatically bump you up to the next charge but when you go below they don't decrease the charge. Oh well I hope my eBay days are numbered as I am getting tired of waiting for buyers to answer my EOA notice even if I say it in my initial email. All I ask is a confirmation that they receive it I honestly don't expect payment at that time as I know people send checks or money orders. Just a line to say. I have received your EOA notice. Here is my name and address. I will pay you (whenever). Is that to much to ask?
posted on October 18, 2004 07:39:32 PM
I use to use Vendio,they have the LAUNCH feature. E bay did not........then e bay got it. I no longer saw any need to use vendio. Once I figured out HOW to do it from e bay, Cinch. ALL of my pictures are in a program from my camera. Intel. E bay picture thing askes for a picture I do the steps and Walla! There are the pictures.
This is why I don't understand all these folks and picture storage fees. I pay nothing to have them on file.
It's in the C drive if that means anything. A computer wizard I am NOT.
posted on October 18, 2004 07:42:38 PM
Libra63: Have you tried Msgtag. It will notify you when the person you sent an email to has opened the message. It tells you how long it took them to open. The service is FREE unless you use the professional version. I have used it for several months and like it a lot.
http://www.msgtag.com/products/?s=ea#plus
[ edited by etexbill on Oct 18, 2004 07:43 PM ]
posted on October 18, 2004 07:48:02 PM
P.S. It works great for buyers who say the old famous line "I didn't receive your winning bidder's notice."
I just politely forward them the notification I received when they opened my eMail. It shows the date they opened, how many days, hours, and minutes after you sent the eMail to them.
