labbie1
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posted on October 25, 2000 05:55:59 AM new
VM--it is all your fault!
I didn't like Yahoo! auctions, but I decided to try them. I read the newbie threads and asked questions and now I am RUINED for Ebay!
I have a higher end item that I wanted to run on Ebay and just couldn't bring myself to list and waste all of that money on FEES! 
I tried Yahoo! and now I am just plain SPOILED! 
~Not labbie1 on Yahoo, but I wish I was!~
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VeryModern
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posted on October 25, 2000 06:09:18 AM new
I DO YAHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
I DO PAYDIRECT!!!!!!!!
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labbie1
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posted on October 25, 2000 06:20:47 AM new
Good morning VM! 
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VeryModern
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posted on October 25, 2000 06:34:38 AM new
labbie - it is a very good morning as a matter of fact. I got my $100 sales for the day already in the bag in the last 12 hours.
To infinity and beyooooonnnnnnnnd!
YAHOOOOOOO!
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akt
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posted on October 25, 2000 07:21:33 AM new
I tried paydirect, but it took almost 2 weeks to get to my checking account, Is this normal?
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labbie1
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posted on October 25, 2000 08:31:10 AM new
akt--it took about 8 days for my money to hit my checking account the first time. About 7 after that.
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mballai
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posted on October 25, 2000 08:36:29 AM new
Well I am happy. Had an auction close and the guy sent me the money even before an EOA.
YAHOO!!!
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haoleboy
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posted on October 28, 2000 06:29:27 AM new
Even though I'm an ebay Bronze Powerseller I sell alot of items on yahoo auctions because I think as a general rule yahoo bidders are less savvy than ebay bidders, i.e. yahoo bidders often pay ALOT more than ebay buyers. Case in point: I sold an item on yahoo auctions about a week ago that would have sold on ebay for about $325, at the very max $375 - but I received a little over $800 on yahoo! That's why I love yahoo
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jwpc
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posted on October 28, 2000 07:03:58 AM new
mballai
Getting paid before sending an EOA is a major problem with PayDirect, I've had 4 of these, and the buyer doesn't wait to know the shipping cost, just pays the auction amount, and the has to go back and try to pay the shipping costs, and this has caused ENDLESS problems.
Many of our items are too heavy to quote a cost till we know where the buyer is living, so we can ship UPS - so for us PayDirect is a pain in the derrière.
I strongly encourage my buyers to use PAYPAL, or call us direct with their credit card information. We have just experienced too many problems with PayDirect.
AND aside from the above, when some strange address all of the sudden appeared in our PayDirect account as our e-mail address I was doubly unhappy.
Regarding sales on Yahoo - I LOVE YAHOO - as someone above, being a power seller on eBay, it took me a while to adjust to Yahoo, but when I did - we sell tons more than we ever did on eBay without the hassles of eBay, the ever changing rules, and the constant outages....
I YAHOO!!!!!!!!
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dave_michmerhuizen
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posted on October 30, 2000 09:25:29 PM new
My sales on yahoo are nice and consistent - the length of time you can afford to expose an obscure item is a BIG plus.
-- I would like to remind all Bi-sellers (ebay & Yahoo) that when you contact your ebay winners, you should enclose some small note or email line that tells them about both http://auctions.yahoo.com and http://auctions.yahoo.com/booth/(your id)
That small gesture will help spread the bidders around between the two sites. I believe that eBay buyers need to be educated to look around.
ebay: [email protected]
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bearmom
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posted on November 2, 2000 08:15:07 PM new
Hi, Labbie!! How's it going? I have the same affliction-just got back from a buying trip, and found some real goodies. But I just can't bring myself to mess with Ebay!
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jwoodcrafts
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posted on November 2, 2000 08:25:14 PM new
I wish it would "ruin me"
"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."---Mark Twain
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labbie1
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posted on November 3, 2000 05:13:15 AM new
bearmom Isn't it something? The thought of the fees just kills me!
I list fewer and fewer things on Ebay.
jwoodcrafts In some cases I don't get as much for the item as I believe I would on Ebay, but that is offset by the lack of fees.
The one thing that I do miss is the "sleeper" items. You know, the things you thought you'd be lucky to get $5 on and they zoom over $100? What a rush! I haven't experienced that on Yahoo yet.
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labbie1
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posted on November 3, 2000 05:14:22 AM new
jwoodcrafts Mark Twain really said that huh? Good line! Clever
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