posted on January 9, 2001 04:36:42 PM new
IF Yahoo is implementing this fee structure to improve the quality of their auction, don't you think that they would just charge one listing fee no matter what you price starts at. By charging a listing fee and the reserve fee their true colors are showing through. This is just an attempt to drive up their profit to make the investors happy. As for Yahoo being cheaper than eBay, that is only if the item sell the first time around and as sellers we know they don't always have the traffic to support that.
posted on January 10, 2001 02:22:07 AM new
I don't think it's a matter of true colors. They're a company, and they need to make a profit, too. No profit, no Yahoo.
I do agree that they shouldn't be doing a posting fee, however. A closing one would be much more economical for the sellers, and we're an important aspect to their keeping the auctions open. After all, no sellers means no buyers.
Likewise, if people have to charge more to post (and re-post) items, there will be less buyers. Less buyers means less sellers...
But it's all moot now. Yahoo decided to sell us all out. Maybe they were just looking for a reason to kill the auctions? That would explain why they don't do anything about scammers.
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