Sneeky price bumping

zorber

Hintza wrote:

OK let me set out my stand I am against shill bidding but I have done it twice when I was new to e-bay.

Shill bidding catches out the newbies who have not researched the market (getting sucked into a bidding war) and will put them off e-bay which is a great shame.

In Germany many shops now use e-bay to sell new goods at cracking prices whilst in the UK people want something for nothing.

I have messed around on e-bay for 8 months and have shillbid on one item at my reserve price to try and generate some interest ...ended up buying my self and on the small margins I was working on relisting fees etc made this a fools game.

The only other time was when I tried listing without a reserve and the price was very poor so I bought it myself again costing me money.

Now I have a start price which is the minimum I need to cover costs and then I pray.

The worst thing I find on e-bay are the costs I have to add 16.5% onto anything I sell on e-bay (around £30 mark) to cover listing fees, final value fees and Paypal costs.

I just wish more people would buy and sell new goods fairly. I can source some excellent kit abroad offer it at a good discount to UK retailers but it will not attract any bids.

You should have reported your user id for NPB you then have the option to mutually agree not to complete the transaction hence get your fees back!!

soolin

**BG NOTE**

I am closing this thread and would refer users to the 'ebay ethics' sticky thread on this board.

Soo