posted on August 15, 2000 10:44:49 PM new
reston ray....Now, that's a new one on me. Wonder what's goin on. BTW, Yahoo already has free listing days. Everyday....
posted on August 16, 2000 12:49:00 AM new
I didn't notice the "closed auctions" search OR the 10 cents minimum bid-for-featured-placement until reading your post. The drop of featured fees to 10 cents/day makes sense, since 25 cents is often too much to pay.
The "closed auctions" search is a complete surprise to me, as no one here seemed to have any idea it was coming. You still can't search closed auctions under user ID, just auction number and keywords. Since they now remove the photograph from completed auctions, being able to search for them is only partially helpful, though it's no different from looking at closed auctions on ebay where the seller deleted the photo.
I think an announcements board on Yahoo would be nice, so we'll know what's coming next!!!!
posted on August 16, 2000 12:00:55 PM new
They ommitted auctions which didn't get a bid which would have been useful.
As a free service it wouldn't hurt them to include all the closed auctions. As for ePay, I don't know why they show closed auctions. Since you can find out everybody's email address just by looking, it's possible to email a seller who's stuff didn't sell and make him an offer, and that's bad for epay's bottom line.
Since Yahoo hides user info, if Yahoo showed all closed auctions, then here is what would happen: A potential buyer would find the seller's auction list and pick another ongoing auction at random and use the Q&A feature to say something like this:
"I'll give you $5 for that wart extractor you couldn't sell for $7.50."
posted on August 17, 2000 01:14:42 AM new
zzyzx000,
Closed auctions are only searchable by "number" (which was ALWAYS searchable) and by "keyword", not by seller ID. Putting all of a seller's auction listings on your "Watchlist" OR writing down all his auction numbers or "keywords" is the only way to see all his closed auctions.
Most Yahoo sellers relist everything that didn't sell. The bidders know this, so they often put listings on their "Watchlist" and wait for the price to drop. I've had some make offers lower than my opening bid while my auction was STILL OPEN, so I don't really see how the "closed auctions" search will change anything.
When buyers make offers on ebay items that didn't sell, they know they're saving the sellers the costs of relisting and of paying commission, so the sellers have an economic REASON to sell for less. All the Yahoo seller is saving when he accepts an offer is time and trouble, not auction costs.
