posted on March 16, 2001 12:44:24 AM new
I'm too lazy to read TOS so somebody please answer this question:
In the past I've posted auctions where there was a list of several or many similar items and the buyer got to choose which one they want from the list. For example NES Nintendo game carts I have listed 30 at a time and the buy price was $5.50 so the winner got their pick at that price. As soon as they choose the cart they wanted, I deleted that game from the list and relisted.
So the question is, now that yahoo is charging listing fees, is that against TOS? I never had a complaint before fees. It is a way for Yahoo to collect one listing fees per item sold, and at the same time, give me a much higher sell thru rate...approaching one listing fee for me for each sale as well.
Or will Yahoo have a problem with this, and require me to pay 30 listing fees to sell one item, which is what would happen if i listed them all seperately?
I am reluctant to take a chance on this type of add while I still have funny money left, having heard the numerous stories of accounts being deleted by Yahoo without warning for unknown TOS infractions.
Sorry about the duplicate posts. Please delete them moderator. I don't know how. There was congestion on the net and I thought AW was down when I submitted this post several times.
[ edited by zzyzx000 on Mar 16, 2001 12:56 AM ]
posted on March 16, 2001 06:00:47 AM new
TOS say you have to list them separately. No more grab bag auctions or dutch auctions for items that are not exactly the same.
Why don't you just list one of them, then when you contact the winner tell them you have others for sale. You can mail them all together and save them postage, etc., if they want more than one, (some buyers do, of this particular item). Those sales would be 'off auction' sales. You could avoid fees on the extras.
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posted on March 16, 2001 09:48:44 PM new
Why not list them individually? For the same reason why 92% of the auctions have disappeared from YaWho, that's why. If you list 100 items and sell only one, you generally lose money paying any listing fee at all.
posted on March 17, 2001 10:51:00 PM new
Changing the subject a bit, has anybody tried to get a refund from YaWho for deadbeat listing fees?
I have been using Funny Money and don't want to nickel and dime them, but I've spent several dollars worth listing a set of golf clubs, only to have the "winner" be from Indonesia.
Of course warning flags were waiving in my face about sales to indonesia, so I told the buyer i would not take Paypal or Pay Direct. The only payment i would take is Bidpay, and only ship after i got their money order.
So the buyer did attempt to use Bidpay and was turned down by them.
I would like to know what is the procedure (if any) for getting credit for deadbeat auctions? Or haven't the YaWhoze figured out that part yet?
