i wonder if this is only in amercia. in japan yahoo auctions beats ebay by at least 20x, so they don't need to worry about competition over there.
//krunk (^_^x)
//krunk (^_^x)
Originally posted by: ClockerXP
Not a big deal...eBay is the biggest by far and people will continue to go there to shop (and not Yahoo). Yahoo needs traffic to their auction site, not reduced fees.
Sellers have to go where the buyers are so the sellers will have to go to eBay. It's a viscious cycle that eBay has on it's side... Now if the buyers were to be charged fees, that might be a problem..
Originally posted by: weepul
i wonder if this is only in amercia. in japan yahoo auctions beats ebay by at least 20x, so they don't need to worry about competition over there.
//krunk (^_^x)
Originally posted by: Avalon
Yahoo needs a big old fat flashy link to their auction site on their main site somewhere. That would help a lot. Or, even just a button next to their email button at top would be helpful. I bet a lot of people don't even know about Yahoo auctions because to get there you have to find its link at the bottom of the page. It's almost like it's brushed under the rug.
back in the day, yahoo didn't charge fees. The problem with that, was you had about a bazillion crap listings for the same thing. Like a hardware seller was selling a stick of ram at a certian price (not very good), and he would just put a minimum bid at a price he was still making money, then he would list it like 1000 times. So to find anything, you had to sort through tons of crap to try and find anything good. When they went to fees, this practice kinda died out.
Originally posted by: Marthisdil
Originally posted by: BadThad
IMO, as a seller, eBay is rip-off. I wish they'd only charge fees if you sold, but they don't. I've listed stuff on there, paid eBay, and never sold....BAH to them. I hope Yahoo and can make something of this.
And that's eBay's fault...how? Price your item cheaper - don't rip people off on shipping...maybe it'd sell better.
Don't like it - download an auction script and run your own. They're paying their bills and you agree to pay them ahead of time - tough to whine about it after.
Originally posted by: Avalon
Yahoo needs a big old fat flashy link to their auction site on their main site somewhere. That would help a lot.
If they could get people on there, they might actually get some products up. You can't buy any ATI video cards on there, and there are only two Nvidia cards. Also, no 17" or 19" monitors.
Originally posted by: Samus
yahoo is dangerous for buyers and sellers alike. there is no control over the listings, and in fact many sellers are scammers. when you are scammed, there is nobody to turn to.
Originally posted by: Samus
yahoo is dangerous for buyers and sellers alike. there is no control over the listings, and in fact many sellers are scammers. when you are scammed, there is nobody to turn to.
Originally posted by: thegreatfixer
buyer beware
Not to long ago I was going to buy a laptop through yahoo auctions
it looked to good to be true I emailed the seller and he made me more suspicious the only method of payment was money order or credit card, there was no buyer feedback so I let it go
I checked back a few weeks later and saw almost the same offer, well it was the same offer exactly the same offer about "our company bought to many and we are selling them cheap" it was the same exact description as the one I let go because it was to suspicious EVEN the picture was the same (it showed it on their dining table) I could not believe it had a different sellers name from a different state but the same EXACT sale so I emailed the seller of this offer with my other email @ and his response was the exact same one as the 1st WOW this was all bogus so I found how to contact yahoo about this auction (that was very hard to do)
and they thanked me for pointing this out to them and telling me "customers like me make for a better experience" well they must have check it out because the auction was canceled WooHoo!!!
well 2 weeks later I saw the same thing the same deal word for word with the same picture of the laptop on their dining table but of course from a "different seller" from yet another state. so I let yahoo know about it and this time they sent me a nasty email tell me to mind my own business and that only they have the right to close an auction!!!
Originally posted by: dc
Originally posted by: weepul
i wonder if this is only in amercia. in japan yahoo auctions beats ebay by at least 20x, so they don't need to worry about competition over there.
//krunk (^_^x)
yeah, in japan yahoo auctions are king. ebay japan doesn't even exist anymore. lol
How is it dangerous for sellers?Originally posted by: Samus
yahoo is dangerous for buyers and sellers alike. there is no control over the listings, and in fact many sellers are scammers. when you are scammed, there is nobody to turn to.
Originally posted by: Greenman
Originally posted by: Samus
yahoo is dangerous for buyers and sellers alike. there is no control over the listings, and in fact many sellers are scammers. when you are scammed, there is nobody to turn to.
Is ebay any better? Friend of mine got scamed on ebay, they did nothing about it. I stoped even looking at ebay then.