posted on February 11, 2005 01:11:13 PM
I can't believe that EBAY with all of the success it has had in the past is now trying to hatch these convoluted schemes that benefit no one-What are they scared of- they have no legitimate competition- yet-but all of the dumb gimmicks they have come up with indicate a company that has lost it's sense of reality-and doen't know how to get it back-
posted on February 11, 2005 01:21:49 PM
Want to be more specific and explain what you believe are convoluted schemes?
"It is better to have none than to have some, but if you must have some, it is better to have few than to have many" - Ronald Reagan
posted on February 11, 2005 09:01:39 PM
I don't want to re-read the other posts, I asked a direct question to the poster what they felt was convoluted. I can't stand generalizations, if you want to go into a rant, at least be somewhat specific about it. What's to kid about that?
posted on February 12, 2005 08:20:23 AM
I didn't realize I was ranting- wow- didn't think I had that capability-But the absurdity of those EBAY airheads must have sent me over the top-If I could make head or tails out of their new desperate store promotion-I would not have come to the conclusion that they are running scared-The shortest distance between 2 poinrs is still a straight line and EBAY is thinking in circles- Sorry if that offends you but I think that answers you in general-
posted on February 12, 2005 08:29:37 AM
No offense, just trying to understand what the complaint was. I don't think the FVF credit is a convoluted scheme, it has been in place for some time. As ReplayMedia stated, it is a way to generate further business for ebay, as theoretically you are bringing them business from the outside. I am actually glad to see this, because now I will be more motivated to get my customers to find me outside of ebay, and not search for me when they are already on ebay. There is a lot more at stake now. Looks like 12% of my January store sales generated a FVF credit, I believe with better promotion on my part, I can at least double that. If I can do that, it will be like a 6.5% FVF instead of an 8% FVF, that is a pretty big difference. I still prefer 5.25% though!
posted on February 12, 2005 01:41:28 PM
LOL, if you can bring in your customers outside of ebay, then why are you using an ebay store? You can save money by using another site.
posted on February 12, 2005 02:08:08 PM
Oh, I definitely plan on being less reliant on ebay. It's been pretty easy, to keep all of my inventory basically in one place. I do plan on working on reducing what I have at ebay, and using my own site based store more. Just have to find the time to develop it
