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1st May 5p listing day *merged*

pinkgem
pinkgem Posts: 3,299 Forumite
in Ebay, auctions, car boot sales, post & parcels
For the entire day of Thursday 1st of May 2008 (local UK time), sellers who list item(s) using the Auction-style format in an eligible category, will pay a reduced Insertion Fee of 5 pence (£0.05) per item listed.

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/sell/5pAuction%5FMay/
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  • StaffsSW
    StaffsSW Posts: 5,788 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Now there's a shock announcement that nobody expected or predicted...

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=877945
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  • syanide
    syanide Posts: 357 Forumite
    lol.. big boycot and they announce a 5p listing day...
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  • StaffsSW
    StaffsSW Posts: 5,788 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    syanide wrote: »
    lol.. big boycot and they announce a 5p listing day...

    That part remains to be seen!!!
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  • pepsi_max2k
    pepsi_max2k Posts: 401 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    >> That part remains to be seen!!!

    to be fair, I "boycott" most of their special offer days as they kill off most oversees buyers by stopping listings appearing outside ebay.co.uk (i think). as around 20% of my bids are from oversees (~10% winning), it's not worth saving 5p per listing to lose £1 in bids. so as much as i'd like to join the boycott, ebay have forced me to boycott anyway. damn them. i feel like such a dirty non-boycotting boycotter now :(
  • Jakg
    Jakg Posts: 2,267 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Anyone up for guessing how many eBay "test" auctions will "magically" appear on May the 1st? :P
    Nothing I say represents any past, present or future employer.
  • StaffsSW
    StaffsSW Posts: 5,788 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I agree - cheap listing days dilute UK exposure, kill international exposure, suppress final selling prices, and makes browsing difficult.

    I just use them for the Insertion Fee Credit cheat.... saves me more in the longer term than listing on the day itself.
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  • StaffsSW
    StaffsSW Posts: 5,788 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Jakg wrote: »
    Anyone up for guessing how many eBay "test" auctions will "magically" appear on May the 1st? :P

    I'll give you a head start on the betting - I'll have about 30!
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  • nutty
    nutty Posts: 145 Forumite
    Just some think to think about when you are ending your listings if you list for 10days that means your listings will be ending on the last day of the premier league and how things stand the title is up for grabs and any one from the bottom six can still go down so it’s a big day all games kick of at 3pm

    So I would list to end before 3pm or after 5pm

    Cheers nutty
  • amazamum
    amazamum Posts: 287 Forumite
    5p listing day for auction style listing thursday 1st may.
    see ebay for details
    Mfit member no 13 original balance £44000 :mad:
    current Mortgage balance 13537:T
  • broclo
    broclo Posts: 5,065 Forumite
    http://pages.ebay.co.uk/sell/5pAuction_May/
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