Comments on: eBay bidding "saves buyers billions" http://tamebay.com/2008/01/ebay-bidding-saves-buyers-billions.html eBay & ecommerce made easy Thu, 24 May 2012 00:03:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Eddie http://tamebay.com/2008/01/ebay-bidding-saves-buyers-billions.html#comment-4183 Eddie Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:40:27 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2008/01/ebay-bidding-saves-buyers-billions.html#comment-4183 That has to be one of the most useless researches ever! How on earth can you extropolate from approx 4500 auctions only, derived from a defunct snipe site to $billions of dollars worth of ebay sales ? Its a bit (no a lot) like saying if Northy added a mere 50p to his P&P charges he would have gained an extra £850 in the last 12 months -ergo ebay sellers are losing a £billion's in extra profit by not adding 50p to P&P - or conversely ebay sellers are overcharging buyers by £billions by loading P&P :lol: That has to be one of the most useless researches ever!

How on earth can you extropolate from approx 4500 auctions only, derived from a defunct snipe site to $billions of dollars worth of ebay sales ?

Its a bit (no a lot) like saying if Northy added a mere 50p to his P&P charges he would have gained an extra £850 in the last 12 months -ergo ebay sellers are losing a £billion’s in extra profit by not adding 50p to P&P – or conversely ebay sellers are overcharging buyers by £billions by loading P&P :lol:

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2008/01/ebay-bidding-saves-buyers-billions.html#comment-4182 northumbrian Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:30:01 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2008/01/ebay-bidding-saves-buyers-billions.html#comment-4182 Auctions are a market place like no other, I have seen bidders buy goods for three times as much as they can buy normally over any retail counter Auctions are a market place like no other,
I have seen bidders buy goods for three times as much as they can buy normally over any retail counter

]]> By: Sue Bailey http://tamebay.com/2008/01/ebay-bidding-saves-buyers-billions.html#comment-4181 Sue Bailey Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:41:43 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2008/01/ebay-bidding-saves-buyers-billions.html#comment-4181 That's a very interesting take, North - and even more difficult to measure. "I want to feel I got a bargain" is close to unquantifiable, I would have thought, though it definitely describes the expectations of a lot of eBay bidders (and my own feelings at real life auctions too. My thirty quid leather Chesterfield is still the delight of my eyes!). That’s a very interesting take, North – and even more difficult to measure. “I want to feel I got a bargain” is close to unquantifiable, I would have thought, though it definitely describes the expectations of a lot of eBay bidders (and my own feelings at real life auctions too. My thirty quid leather Chesterfield is still the delight of my eyes!).

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2008/01/ebay-bidding-saves-buyers-billions.html#comment-4180 northumbrian Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:39:21 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2008/01/ebay-bidding-saves-buyers-billions.html#comment-4180 this is a bit sideways, I have made my living from auctions for 30 years . I might have been prepared to pay more. though if I dont get a bargain I dont go back this is a bit sideways,
I have made my living from auctions for 30 years . I might have been prepared to pay more. though if I dont get a bargain I dont go back

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