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What would you do if ebay charged a buyer's premium?
Posted By: John S
With all their recent rate hikes I would not be surprised if this is in the future plans. Did they vow never to do this? I just received my monthly invoice from ebay and was shocked at the amount just for selling a dozen or so items. I would definitely limit my bidding to very unique items if I had to pay to buy. |
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What would you do if ebay charged a buyer's premium?
Posted By: davidcycleback
I don't think they would charge the buyer, as rebelious buyers is what they don't want. Whether by Google or whomever esle, an upstart auction site would advertise, "We don't charge the buyers to win," and that might finally be the impetuous for a new auction house to succeed where others have failed. |
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What would you do if ebay charged a buyer's premium?
Posted By: Al C.risafulli
If eBay charged a buyer's premium, then Amazon would likely enter the auction market immediately, in a big way. |
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What would you do if ebay charged a buyer's premium?
Posted By: Jay
Although it would be an operational issue because all bidders would have to have credit card information in the system so they could be billed I don't think it would affect me in the least. You bid what you are willing to pay for an item. The fee would just become part of the cost and I would adjust accordingly. |
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What would you do if ebay charged a buyer's premium?
Posted By: Noel
I think i would treat them as i will every other auction house that adds a "buyers premium"...abstain. This seems to be so assinine in so many ways. What a concept, charging someone a fee for buying your product. I am sure that someone who consigns to these auction houses gets shelled for a "consigners premium". That i understand. Along with the outlandish shipping fees of auction houses, the buyers premiums seem to be a slap in the face to the consumer. I understand it, i just dont get it. |
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What would you do if ebay charged a buyer's premium?
Posted By: JimB
I would also treat it like every other auction that charges one and figure the BP into the purchase price. It is simply a way to get more from the consigner without sounding like they are doing it. They can say, "We will only charge 5% or 10%." and what they really mean is they charge 22.5% or 27.5%. I just do the math and proceed accordingly. |
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